“The breeze of Navroz is blowing from the Beloved’s quarter; seek solace from this breeze to brighten your heart.”- Hafez Navroz Mubarak, On this auspicious occasion of Navroz, I would like to wish you and your family Navroz Mubarak. Navroz is a festival which marks the first day of [...]

Visible Minority Youth Need Our Support   On March 3, 2014 the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights met to discuss the issue of visible minority youth and the criminal justice system. As you may be aware, visible minority youth constitute a disproportionate amount of individuals involved in our criminal [...]

Today, on International Women’s Day, I send my appreciation to all the women and men that work to promote equality in its entirety around the world. It is my continual privilege to have the opportunity to travel across our beautiful country and abroad, and to meet so many remarkable women [...]

International Mother Language Day was established by the UN in 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. In Canada there are over 200 languages spoken, many spoken coast to coast to coast. The multitude of Aboriginal languages, as well as our two official languages of English and French, [...]

Mandatory minimum sentences are unjust because they take away judicial discretion forcing judges to impose a sentence regardless of the offender’s circumstances, their level of blameworthiness, and their prospect for rehabilitation. One way to prevent this injustice is to introduce an exceptions clause into a minimum sentencing provision. This would [...]