Justice LaForme discusses systemic discrimination and the consequent shortcomings of Bill C-22

Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

Resources mentioned during the show and further reading:

Learn more about Justice Harry S. LaForme here and here.

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1695/index.do

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8000/index.do

https://www.criaw-icref.ca/images/userfiles/files/P4W_BN_IncarcerationRacializedWomen_Accessible.pdf

https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/

http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html

http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnlzd/index-en.aspx

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/oip-cjs/p3.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/one-third-canada-prisoners-indigenous-report

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-overrepresentation-prison-oci-statement-1.5434712

http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2020/01/number-of-incarcerated-indigenous-women-at-new-high/

https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/indigenous-incarceration-rate-a-travesty-canadas-prison-watchdog-says/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/senator-says-new-liberal-sentencing-bill-needs-to-do-more-to-help-indigenous-women-offenders/

https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/interventions/545733/33

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.html

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/january-2020/despite-soaring-indigenous-incarceration-minimum-sentencing-persists/

http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter4.html#5

https://www.mcgill.ca/humanrights/files/humanrights/ihri_wps_v5_n13_philpott.pdf