Resources, Briefs and Position Papers

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Corrections

• Presumptive Gradual Release (Prepared 1999; Revised 2007)
• Review of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (January 1999)
• Review of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act: A Summary (January 1999)
• Review of the Detention Provisions of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (January 1999)

Drug Policy

• Policy for Reduction in the Misuse of Drugs
• Senate Cannabis Discussion Paper Reaction
• Senate Cannabis Report Reaction
• Canadian Fact Sheet
• Balance in Theory But Not in Practice: Exploring the Continued Emphasis on Supply Reduction in Canada's National Drug Control Policy
• Perspective on Canadian Drug Policy - Volume 1
• Perspective on Canadian Drug Policy - Volume 2

Justice

• Why should prisoners have the right to vote? (2008) - (PDF 39k)
• Brief to the House of Commons: Regarding Bill C-10: Act to amend the Criminal Code (Nov. 2006) - (PDF - 385k)
• Brief to the House of Commons: Regarding Bill C-9: Act to amend the Criminal Code (Sept. 2006) - (PDF 144k)
• Speaking Notes - Bill C-215: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Nov. 2005) - (PDF 461k)

Literacy

• Understanding Literacy: A Judicial Imperative (1997)
• Comprendre l'alphabétisation: Une priorité pour la magistrature (1997)
• Literacy and the Courts (1996)
• L'alphabétisation et les tribunaux (1996)
• Taking Down the Wall of Words - Part 1
     Community Agencies and Literacy (1990)
• "Prison Voices Work Book - View in PDF (689k)
• Taking Down the Wall of Words - Part 2
     A Handbook for Community Agencies (1991)

Submissions

• Submission to the CSC Review Panel (Robert Sampson, Chair) May 2007 - View in PDF (155k)

Young Offenders

• Submission to the Government of Canada Department of Justice 39th Parliament Regarding The Youth Criminal Justice Act (August 2008) - View in PDF (234k)
• Youth Criminal Justice Act: An Act in respect to young persons and to amend and repeal other Acts (January 2000)
  View in PDF Format (118 k)
• Young Offender's Act Phase II Review. November 1995 (November 1995)