Toronto News: Former OPP head Julian Fantino defends firing Mohawk police chief. Julian Fantino says he had no alternative but to terminate the employment of a Mohawk police chief for comments that there was “deep-seated” racism within the OPP, RCMP and Sûreté du Québec.
“He left me with no choice,” the former OPP commissioner testified Tuesday at an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal hearing. At issue are comments made by Larry Hay, who lost his job as chief of the Tyendinaga reserve police force in Eastern Ontario for comments he made in 2007 to a student newspaper, in which he said there was deep racism in the three police forces. Fantino called the comments “totally strange” and “bizarre” and said they threatened to ignite already volatile relations between police and First Nations communities. Known to police. FREE SATURDAY STAR with a DIGITAL ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION JUST 99¢ + TAX FOR 1 MONTH OF UNLIMITED ACCESS to thestar.com GET thestar.com DIGITAL ACCESS JUST 99¢ + TAX FOR 1 MONTH Featured Topics Columnists More Star columns Toronto police stop, question and document hundreds of thousands of citizens each year.
Known to police: Toronto police stop and document black and brown people far more than whites Is it possible that in certain Toronto neighbourhoods police have stopped, questioned and documented every young black male, and to a lesser extent, young “brown” male? Tario Ombudsman - Oversight of police: Oversight Undermined. Tario Ombudsman - Oversight Undermined. Unraveling File # 8-10-(2012-06)
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He was awarded a Doctor of Laws for his “unceasing pursuit of justice for the less fortunate among us.” Fantino calls in Mounties to probe 'mudslinging' over offshore accounts. Julian Fantino, MP - Vaughan - Watch what you tweet. Of all the many remarkable advances in science, medicine and technology that widely benefit modern society, the exponential use of social media must rank among the most progressive.
What began as a strategic military tool, the Internet has morphed into a valuable resource for untold communication applications, e-mails, blogs and tweets, mostly for good, lawful and legitimate purposes. The downside of such progress, however, has not escaped the attention of the criminal element, who have quickly adapted to make use of the Web for committing fraud, producing and distributing child pornography, and much more. Regrettably, the inappropriate use of such a powerful communications medium also includes the slanderous destruction of people’s good reputation. There are clearly wrong assumptions in that the same laws that apply to traditional printed media, radio and television, verbal utterances, etc., apply equally to communications using the Internet. VAUGHAN.
Feds must stop clawing back vets' benefits, court rules. The federal government should stop clawing back disability benefits paid to thousands of former Canadian Forces members, the Federal Court of Canada has ruled.
About 4,500 disabled veterans launched the class-action lawsuit against the government, arguing it was unfair that long-term disability payments for pain and suffering were being deducted from their Service Income Security Insurance Plan (SISIP) pension. SISIP is a disability benefits insurance plan that gives soldiers up to 75 per cent of their former pay if they become disabled. Ex-soldiers speak out against veteran review board.
OTTAWA - They once referred to her as "the little woman" and suggested the post traumatic stress she'd suffered as a peacekeeper in the Bosnia war meant she couldn't handle the rigours of service.
"It was so patronizing, it was unreal," Rhoni Speed of Ottawa said of her 2008 appearance before a panel of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, the independent agency where ex-soldiers turn to fight for benefits. The word "respect" repeatedly bounced off the walls in the House of Commons on Monday as MPs debated an opposition motion to halt possible cuts at Veterans Affairs Canada. Canadian soldier defies military orders not to speak out.
A Canadian soldier is continuing to speak out and battle for veterans' rights, despite being ordered not to by his superiors.
Canadian Forces Corporal Steve Stoesz first spoke out about the lack of mental health resources in the Canadian military in an interview with CTV News earlier this week. When he tried to get approval to do another interview on Sunday, he was ordered not to talk to the media. Stoesz decided to disobey those orders. He appeared on CTV News' national program Question Period Sunday afternoon and spoke about the issue. Judge ‘unreservedly rejects' clawbacks of disability benefits for veterans. A Federal Court ruling that directs Ottawa to stop clawing back disability benefits from veterans restores a degree of dignity for former military personnel, the lead plaintiff in the case said Tuesday.
Dennis Manuge wiped a tear from his eye upon hearing the decision, which dismissed the federal government's position as harsh, particularly for Canada's most gravely injured veterans. “Today's ruling provides hope for Canada's disabled veterans,” said Mr. Manuge, who led a five-year-old class-action lawsuit against the federal government. “We saw them in court and we won.” Lawyers representing Mr. Gerry Ritz is the least of our problems - Blog Central, Canada.