Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsA podcast from the office of Kim Pate. Hosted by Kim Pate, an Independent Canadian Senator from Ontario, bringing issues affecting folks on the margins, to the centre.
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Episodes
A Conversation with Kendal David: Basic income, Canada Disability Benefit & Youth engagement
October 10, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBBICYN’s most recent op-ed in The Hill Times (not mentioned in the podcast - but super relevant to the podcast!) is about the Canada Disability Benefit and why we still need a guaranteed basic income. It was written by BICYN directors Alexandra Zannis and Ellen Spannagel. (https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/...) Kendal's academic work: https://carleton.ca/socialwork/people... https://invisibleinstitutions.com/ https://invisibleinstitutions.com/pol... https://invisibleinstitutions.co...
Conversation with President Cassidy Caron: Métis Self-Governance, Bill C-53 & Bill S-233
October 09, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBFor more information: President Cassidy Caron: https://www.metisnation.ca/presidents... Métis National Council: https://www.metisnation.ca/ The various Accords and Sub-Accords between the MNC & Canada: https://www.metisnation.ca/about/reso... The Métis Nation of Ontario Housing Census: https://www.metisnation.org/news/the-... Bill C-53: Recognition of Certain Métis Governments in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan and Métis Self-Government Act : https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill...
A Conversation with Neil Belanger: Disability Benefits, Indigenous Equality, and Guaranteed Livable Income
August 30, 2022 13:11 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBPodcast Links: Click here to access Income Supports and Indigenous Peoples In B.C. - An Analysis of Gaps and Barriers Click here to check outCovering All the Basics: Reforms for a More Just Society Click here to read Together BC - British Columbia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Click here to access resources available via Basic Income Coalition Canada and UBI Works here Click here to read Bill S-233 and here to check out MP Leah Gazan’s Bill C-233 Click here to check out ...
Part Two of A Conversation with Professor Debra Parkes: Mandatory Life Sentences for Youth and Constitutionality
August 08, 2022 14:14 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBResources Click here to check out Kim’s Senate Webpage Click here to access publications of Professor Debra Parkes Click here to access research by Dr. Jane Sprott Click here to read research by Professor Isabel Grant Click here to learn more about Bryan Stevenson’s work. Click here to get the reports, Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women and Senators go to Jail.
A Conversation with Professor Debra Parkes: Mandatory Life Sentences, Constitutionality, and Bill C-5.
July 20, 2022 13:33 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBReports and Papers Click here to access Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women. Click here to read Carly Peddle, Emma Ronsley & Debra Parkes, Toward Abolishing the Mandatory Life Sentence and Parole Ineligibility Periods for Murder: Discussion Document. Click here to check out Sarah Chaster’s paper, Cruel, Unusual, and Constitutionally Infirm: Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Canada. Click here to access Marie-Eve Sylvestre’s research, Moving towards a m...
A Conversation with Professor Vass Bednar: Competition Reform, Inequality, and the Path Towards Fairness
July 11, 2022 13:58 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBClick here for more information about Professor Bednar and her public policy research. Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Team Pate. Click here to check out Professor Bednar on the Cross Country Checkup Podcast Other resources referred to in the episode: Click here to access Professor Bednar’s paper on competition policy in Canada, mentioned at 2:45. Click here to access a copy of the Competition Act, referred to at 2:45 Click here for resour...
A Conservation with Dr. Elizabeth Sheehy: Bill C-5, Judicial Discretion, and Mandatory Minimum Penalties
June 17, 2022 16:18 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBClick here to access to Bill C-5. Click here to read more on Bill C-22 Click here to check out Dr. Sheehy’s book Defending Battered Women on Trial. Click here to read Justice Arbour’s Inquiry into certain events at the Prison for Women in Kingston also known as the Arbour Report Click here to read R v Luxton Click here to read more about R v Naslund Click here to access the Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women report Click here to read more about t...
A Conversation with MPP Kathleen Wynne: Guaranteed Livable Income and Lessons from the Pandemic
January 09, 2022 17:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBClick here to access more information about MPP Wynne's political career. For more information on Guaranteed Livable Income: Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Team Pate. Click here for Bill C-223 and here for Bill S-233 on guaranteed livable basic income. Click here for a new year's statement and update from national guaranteed livable basic income groups Basic Income Canada Network, Basic Income Canada Youth Network, and Coalition Canada, basi...
A Conversation with Senator Colin Deacon: Open Banking & Guaranteed Livable Income
December 12, 2021 17:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBResources and cases mentioned during the episode: Click here to access the US Federal Study Senator Deacon discussed at the 8:44 minute mark. Click here to access the report from the Advisory Committee on Open Banking discussed at the 15:10 minute mark. Click here to access more information on the Dauphin Manitoba Experience discussed at the 17:53 minute mark. Click here to access Senator Deacon's Senate speech discussed at the 18:29 minute mark.
A Conversation with Sheila Regehr: The Economic and Moral Case for a Guaranteed Livable Income
October 22, 2021 18:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBMore information about this episode's guest, Sheila Regehr (as seen here, on Basic Income Canada Network): Sheila is a founding member of the Basic Income Canada Network and former Executive Director of the National Council of Welfare. Her 29 years of federal public service spanned front-line work, policy analysis and development, international relations and senior management, with a focus on improving fairness and equality, and on gender and race in particular. She has policy expertise in a...
A Conversation with Professor Martha Jackman: "Poverty is a Human Rights Violation"
October 17, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBClick here to access Professor Martha Jackman's biography on the University of Ottawa website. Click here to access Professor Martha Jackman's CV as of 2020. For more information on the social and economic rights, visit the following selected works by Professor Martha Jackman: Martha Jackman, "What's Wrong With Social and Economic Rights?" (2000) 11 National Journal of Constitutional Law 235-246. Martha Jackman, “One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Poverty, the Charter and the Legacy of...
A Conversation with Professor Sylvia Rich: Corporate Crime and Deferred Prosecution Agreements
October 06, 2021 21:13 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBLearn more about Professor Sylvia Rich here. Additional readings & ressources Click here to access the private bill Senator Pate introduced relating to Mandatory Minimum Penalties (S-207). Click here to access the fact sheet on Mandatory Minimums introduced by Senator Pate. Sylvia Rich (2016). Corporate Criminals and Punishment Theory. Canadian Journal of Law &Jurisprudence, 29, pp 97-118 doi:10.1017/cjlj.2016.4
A conversation with Professor Sylvia Rich: Corporate Crime and Deferred Prosecution Agreements
October 06, 2021 21:13 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBLearn more about Professor Sylvia Rich here. Additional readings & ressources Click here to access the private bill Senator Pate introduced relating to Mandatory Minimum Penalties (S-207). Click here to access the fact sheet on Mandatory Minimums introduced by Senator Pate. Sylvia Rich (2016). Corporate Criminals and Punishment Theory. Canadian Journal of Law &Jurisprudence, 29, pp 97-118 doi:10.1017/cjlj.2016.4
A Conversation with Dr. Peter Graefe: What we can learn from the McMaster University study "Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Ontario Workers, Workplaces and Families"
July 23, 2021 14:31 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBAdditional reading & resources: Dr. Forget’s book: “Basic Income for Canadians: The key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for all Click here to access the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s “Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During the COVID Pandemic” report. Click here to access the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s “Costing a National Guaranteed Basic Income Using the Ontario Basic Income Model” report. Read Senator Pate's Guaranteed Livable Income perspective document here The...
The Wish List Series: A Conversation with Professor Justin Piché
June 15, 2021 17:07 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBSelected Publications by Professor Piché Mussell, Linda, Kevin Walby and Justin Piché, ‘Can you make it out alive?’ Penal Imaginaries at Forts, Sanitaria, Asylums, and Segregated Schools, Qualitative Criminology, Volume Online First (April 2021) https://www.qualitativecriminology.com/pub/1bk9q4t1/release/1 Open Access Benslimane, Souheil, Sarah Speight, Justin Piché and Aaron Doyle, The Jail Accountability & Information Line: Early Reflections on Praxis, Journal of Law and Social Policy, ...
Justice LaForme discusses systemic discrimination and the consequent shortcomings of Bill C-22
May 04, 2021 16:30 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBResources 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 http...
Exploring New Vistas and Indigenous Legal Orders: A Conversation with Val Napoleon
April 08, 2021 21:05 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBLearn more about Dr. Napoleon here Joseph Arvay Legacy Fund Information: https://www.uvic.ca/law/home/news/current/joseph-arvay-legacy-fund.php Other resources mentioned during the show and further reading: https://adric.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Napoleon-Legal-Pluralism-published-version-2019-11.pdf https://www.uvic.ca/law/admissions/jidadmissions/index.php https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/ https://www...
The Wish List Series: A Conversation with MP Greg Fergus
March 26, 2021 19:05 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBResources mentioned during the show and further reading: Read about MP Greg Fergus here. https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/06/17/the-black-caucus-has-laid-out-yet-another-road-map-and-its-time-for-the-feds-to-drive/253093 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aylmer-ottawa-light-rail-1.4713843 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/black-caucus-systemic-racism-1.5614203
The Wish List Series: A Conversation with Joshua Sealy-Harrington
March 15, 2021 18:15 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBOn this episode of our wish list series, Kim asks Joshua Sealy-Harrington what he would like to see happen in 2021. Here is his wish list: (1) full decriminalization of personal drug possession, (2) defunding police and (3) taking systemic sentencing disparities seriously. Read Joshua Sealy-Harrington’s bio here. This episode was recorded on February 22nd, 2021. On our wish list series, we will hear from different change makers in Canada about what they would like to see for 2021. Stay t...
The Wish List Series: A Conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour
March 09, 2021 14:00 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim kicks off the first episode of our wish list series with a conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour. On our wish list series, we will hear from different change makers in Canada about what they would like to see for 2021. This episode was recorded on February 5th, 2021. Stay tuned for the next episode of our wish list series!
The Wish List Series: A Conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour
March 09, 2021 14:00 - 9 minutes - 9.15 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim kicks off the first episode of our wish list series with a conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour.
Intersecting Discrimination of Racism, Ableism and Bill C-7: A Conversation with Sarah Jama
February 17, 2021 16:16 - 18 minutes - 17 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim and Sarah Jama discuss the impact Bill C-7 (“An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)”) could have on racialized people with disabilities. They talk about Sarah’s work with the Disability Justice Network of Ontario; the connections between racism, ableism, poverty and capitalism; racism in the medical field and the ways in which this intersects and impacts racialized people with disabilities; and the lack of services and supports avail...
Abolish Racism: A Conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard
February 16, 2021 02:44 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard about the need for action to tackle anti-Black racism in Canada. They talk about the need to create equitable social, education and economic practices, policies and approaches that acknowledge Canada’s racist history and present, and that begin to remedy the harm and discrimination that has been caused to Black Canadians. Kim and Senator Bernard also talk about the need for policymakers to not merely acknowledge but d...
Abolish Racism: A Conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard
February 16, 2021 02:44 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard about the need for action to tackle anti-Black racism in Canada. They talk about the need to create equitable social, education and economic practices, policies and approaches that acknowledge Canada’s racist history and present, and that begin to remedy the harm and discrimination that has been caused to Black Canadians. Kim and Senator Bernard also talk about the need for policymakers to not merely acknowledge but di...
More effective ways to respond to mental health crises: A Conversation with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg
January 26, 2021 18:13 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBOn this episode of Appointed, in the wake of calls to Defund the Police, Kim speaks with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg, two mental health advocates and the founders of “Reach Out Response Network,” about shifting mental health responses to an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed model. Kim, Asante and Rachel discuss how current approaches to mental health crises may discourage people from getting help; the ways in which different countries have chosen to respond to mental health crises; an...
The fiction of food security in Canada: A conversation with Josephine Grey
December 23, 2020 15:15 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Josephine Grey, an activist, human rights advocate, and community organizer who is well known for her work on healthy food security, human rights, climate action and basic income. Kim and Josephine discuss the illusion of food security in Canada; the social and economic barriers facing numerous communities in urban areas; Canada’s legal and societal commitments to food security; the ways in which food intersects with climate change; and the impac...
What is the meaning of “choices” when there are too few opportunities or supports? A discussion with Bonnie Brayton
November 12, 2020 17:30 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Bonnie Brayton, the National Director of Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada, and Kim discuss the intersection of disability and inequality, with particular focus on poverty, housing, sexism, racism, unpaid caregiving in Canada, and guaranteed livable income. They identify the need for changes to C-7 (MAiD) medical assistance in dying for disabled folks and the meaning of “choice” in this context; and the actions the government must take to adequately address...
What is the meaning of “choices” when there are too few opportunities or supports? A discussion with Bonnie Brayton
November 12, 2020 17:30 - 33 minutes - 31 MBOn this episode of Appointed, Bonnie Brayton, the National Director of Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada, and Kim discuss the intersection of disability and inequality, with particular focus on poverty, housing, sexism, racism, unpaid caregiving in Canada, and guaranteed livable income.
Guaranteed Livable Income, First Nations Sovereignty, Indigenous Self-Governance, and Economic Decolonization: A Conversation with Senator Sinclair and Dr. Sinclair
September 17, 2020 18:05 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we continue our guaranteed livable income discussion with Senator Murray Sinclair and Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair. Senator Sinclair, Dr. Sinclair, and Kim discuss the social, health and economic impacts of poverty and racism on our society; the ongoing economic marginalization of Indigenous Peoples; how division of powers and party politics concerns may outweigh obligations of governments to assist the people they represent; and the role a guaranteed livab...
The Intersection of Food Insecurity, Anti-Black Racism, and a Guaranteed Livable Income: A Conversation with Paul Taylor from FoodShare Toronto
September 15, 2020 19:25 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we continue our guaranteed livable income discussion with Paul Taylor, the Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto. Mr. Taylor discusses the origins of food banks in Canada and their ineffectiveness in addressing food insecurity, and the ways in which racism, social services, and income and housing inequality intersect to create the racialization of hunger. We also discuss the role a guaranteed livable income, coupled with comprehensive social services, includin...
All Canadian Youth Deserve a Future: A Conversation with Chloe Halpenny about Guaranteed Livable Income
September 04, 2020 18:35 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we continue our discussion on guaranteed livable income with the co-chair of the Basic Income Canada Youth Network, Chloe Halpenny. Chloe and Fregine explore the impact a guaranteed livable income could have on young people in Canada; decimate myths and stereotypes surrounding youth and work-ethic; and discuss the work being done by the Basic Income Canada Youth Network. Chloe Halpenny helped establish the Basic Income Canada Youth Network in 2019 and currently...
How Would a Guaranteed Livable Income Support Workers, Unions, and Labour? A Conversation with President Hassan Yussuff of the Canadian Labour Congress
September 03, 2020 17:47 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBOn this mini episode of Appointed, we continue our discussion on guaranteed livable income with the Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress. Mr. Yussuff speaks about the importance of social programs for workers; his role as President of the Canadian Labour Congress; the intersection of workers’ issues and social assistance programs; and the role he believes a guaranteed livable income could play in the lives of workers, the Canadian labour movement, and improving overall q...
How a Guaranteed Livable Income could Advance Indigenous Self-Determination and Self-Governance & Move us Closer to Substantive Equality for all: A Conversation with ITK President Natan Obed
September 01, 2020 18:02 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBOn this next episode of our Guaranteed Livable Income series, Senator Pate speaks with Natan Obed, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), about how a Guaranteed Livable Income could advance Indigenous self-determination and self-governance. ITK is a national representative organization that advocates for the rights of Inuit in Canada. Senator Pate and President Obed talk about how Indigenous self-determination is a vital and sustainable solution in achieving socio-economic equality ...
Prisoners' Justice Day
August 10, 2020 18:47 - 44 minutes - 41 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we are taking a quick break from our Guaranteed Livable Income series to talk about Canada’s prison system. In recognition of Prisoners’ Justice Day, here’s an episode that focuses on debunking myths and sharing knowledge about prisons in Canada. I, Fregine, ask Kim the questions you sent us about prison. Thank you to all those who sent in questions. Unfortunately, we were not able to answer all of your questions in this episode, but please keep an eye out for ...
Evidence points to Guaranteed Livable Income as a way to address the inequality of poverty: What are we waiting for?
July 29, 2020 14:13 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we are talking about guaranteed livable income (GLI). We talk about what this program might look like in Canada; about how the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) could evolve into a GLI; and about how such a program might play a role in creating a more equitable Canada. We speak with Dr. Evelyn Forget, an economist and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Forget is a recognized expert and authority o...
Economic Marginalization of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: The Case for a Guaranteed Livable Income
July 02, 2020 15:06 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBOn this first episode of our Guaranteed Livable Income series, we speak with Chief Commissioner Marion Buller and Commissioner Qajaq Robinson from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. This episode discusses the impacts of economic marginalization on Indigenous women and girls and the need for a National Guaranteed Livable Income, which was one of their Calls for Justice in the Final Report. Stay tuned for the next episode in the Guaranteed Livable Income...
Best Interest of Who? The State or the Child?
May 12, 2020 13:01 - 51 minutes - 47 MBOn this episode of Appointed we’re talking about the child welfare system and how systemic discrimination plays a key role in determining who ends up in care. We speak with Natasha Reimer, the founder of the peer support group Foster Up and host of her own podcast, titled "The Disappearance of Natasha Lynn Starr" and Dunia Nur from the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council about the experiences of those who have lived in care and how the state falls short of advocating for youth's best i...
Transformative Justice: Healing in Place
April 29, 2020 17:28 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBOn this episode of Appointed we're talking about challenging systemic marginalization by healing interpersonal harm. We ask what the role of transformative justice is in the work of decarceration and unpack the difference between restorative justice and transformative justice. We speak with James Favel, the co-founder and executive director of Bear Clan Patrol, and Rachel Herzing, the Executive Director of the Center for Political Education and an activist who has practiced transformative j...
Coronavirus: Equalizer or Magnifier?
April 14, 2020 22:22 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBOn this episode of Appointed we're discussing the novel Coronavirus pandemic and its varied effects on each of us. Far from The Great Equalizer, COVID-19 is instead magnifying existing societal inequities. We speak with former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour, author and activist Robyn Maynard and epidemiologist Dr. Aaron Orkin about crucial measures we must take now and after this crisis to advocate for and fortify long term equity. Read Senator Pate's statement on COVID 19 M...
Don't Label Me!
November 05, 2019 22:45 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBOn this episode, we're unpacking labels like "victim" and "criminal". We speak with Canada's Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Margot Van Sluytman, a poet and writer whose father was murdered at his workplace when she was a child, and Shannon Moroney, a bestselling author whose husband forcibly confined and raped other women. Click here to access Shannon's books and learn more about her story and here to find Margot's Master's Thesis: Sawbonna: Justice as Lived Experience
Dear Canada: Stop Detaining Migrants
August 21, 2019 18:50 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we dig into the issue of immigration detention. We speak with a man named Olu and his wife Kimora. Olu was detained for 11 months, despite having no criminal charges laid against him. He organized with his fellow detainees and even went on a hunger strike to try to secure his freedom. We also speak with Jared Will, the lawyer who ultimately helped Olu out of detention, and Professor Jamie Liew, a legal expert in immigration and refugee law who represented Amnest...
Turning the Tides Against Solitary
July 24, 2019 03:22 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBOn this shorter episode Kim and Reakash discuss the recent push in the Senate to overhaul the government's Bill to "end" solitary confinement, Bill C-83. (Spoiler: Bill C-83 doesn't end solitary confinement at all) Kim provides an update on which Senate amendments the government accepted and the many more that were ignored. This sad story has a silver lining, and we share clips from a recent Senate debate where Senators like Murray Sinclair and André Pratte speak out against Bill C-83.
Livable Incomes for All
April 26, 2019 23:03 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBAll paths to income equality seem to point towards a National Guaranteed Livable Income Program -- find out why on the newest episode of Appointed.
Livable Incomes for All
April 26, 2019 23:03 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBAll paths to income equality seem to point towards a National Guaranteed Livable Income -- find out why on the newest episode of Appointed. We speak with Sheila Regehr, the Executive Director of Basic Income Canada to learn about Ontario's Basic Income Pilot Program and why it got scrapped. We also speak with Avvy Go, a co-founder of the Colour of Poverty Campaign and and Clinic Director of Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic. She helped us understand the intersections of po...
Beyond Incarceration
March 26, 2019 22:20 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBOn this episode of Appointed we're talking about decarceration and why Canada needs WAY more of it. We interview Yusuf Faqiri, the brother of Soleiman Faqiri, a man with mental illness who was killed in an Ontario jail. We also speak with Debbie Kilroy an advocate, legal practicioner, former prisoner and founder of an Australian organization called Sisters Inside about international decarceration strategies. Watch the full Fifth Estate episode on Soleiman Faqiri here. Learn more about Sis...
Mandatory Minimums Aren't About Justice
March 01, 2019 15:30 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBKim and Reakash discuss Bill S-251, legislation that, if passed, would give judges discretion to decide whether or not to apply mandatory minimum sentences. We speak with Pam Palmater, a Mi'kmaq lawyer and activist about why mandatory minimums disproportionately affect Indigenous people and Neal Nshannacappo, a Saulteaux social worker and graphic novelist who designed a graphic novel on the real life effects of mandatory minimums called Mashkawide'e Has a Strong Heart. Before you listen you...
Segregation and Solitary Confinement in Canadian Prisons
February 13, 2019 03:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBOn this episode of Appointed, we're talking about segregation and solitary confinement. What's the difference? Didn't the federal government's Bill C-83 end the use of segregation? What can average people do about it? Press play and find out. We speak with Renee Acoby, a woman who survived segregation and for a time was labelled the most dangerous woman in Canada and El Jones, a prisoner justice advocate. For more information on the use of segregation in Canada, check out this op-ed from K...
Introducing... Appointed!
January 31, 2019 16:58 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MBWelcome to Appointed, allow us to introduce ourselves. Kim Pate is an Independent Canadian Senator and Reakash Walters is a law student and community advocate. We do our best to bring issues affecting folks on the margins, to the centre. Please follow us on Twitter @AppointedPod and subscribe to our podcast today! A big thank you to Creeasian, an artist based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton), for providing the music for this episode. Follow him on Instagram @anotherbadcreeasian