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PRESS RELEASE CTV's W-5 features CJRB vice-chairman Wallace Craig. view CTV video W5: select part 2-put a dent in property crimes Judging the judges: When the Vancouver Police analyzed sentencing for chronic offenders in 2008 -- some of them with over 100 convictions -- they discovered that after a criminal had more than 30 convictions, custodial sentences actually got shorter, not longer. One retired Vancouver judge, Wallace Craig, is willing to complain publicly about his former colleagues on the bench. "I'd say the sentences imposed by the judges are a mockery of reality," said Craig in an interview with W5. Craig presided over the provincial court in downtown Vancouver for more than 20 years and believes his solution to the problem of chronic offenders is simple. Craig has support from a surprising source -- a chronic offender who realized his life of crime and drugs would eventually kill him. PRESS RELEASE CJRB chairman Dr. Al Rosen appeared before the December 7th sitting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights (by video link from Toronto) to make suggestions for improving bill C-52 relating to "white collar crime". http://www2.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/CommitteeMeetings.aspx? Cmte=JUST&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2 PRESS RELEASE Constitutional expert, CJRB
past chairman Robert Martin (click to open summary) discussed
how and why human rights laws and the commissions created to enforce
them have evolved into instruments of oppression and offers suggestions
on what can be done to reverse the trend, at the Free Speech and
Liberty Symposium held December 7, 2009 in Ottawa. CJRB
founding member Karen Selick (click to open summary) addressed
the current litigation scene on issues pertaining to freedom of
speech and expression and discussed PRESS RELEASE CJRB executive director William Nichol provided testimony and a submission concerning the effect and possible improvements to bill C-52 (white collar crime) to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights at its November 25th sitting. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/CommitteeMeetings.aspx? Cmte=JUST&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=2 PRESS RELEASE At the annual general meeting of the Canadian Justice
Review Board (CJRB) held June 26, 2008 Dr. Al Rosen (of Toronto)
was elected chairman, retired judge Wallace Craig (of Vancouver)
was PRESS RELEASE CJRB directors Hazel Magnussen and Ted DeCoste launch law school course on victims' rights. An initiative to better educate law students about the needs and rights of crime victims is moving ahead as a result of collaboration by CJRB Board members, Ted De Coste and Hazel Magnussen. Professor DeCoste has received permission to use a Legal Case Book regarding Crime Victims' Rights, which was developed by Professor Alan Young from Osgoode Hall Law School and Steve Sullivan, the federal Victims' Ombudsman, during his tenure as president of the Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime.The case book project was funded by the Policy Centre for Victim Issues in the Department of Justice PRESS RELEASE CJRB director Hazel Magnussen been invited to be part of the opening plenary panel at the Safe, Respectful & Inclusive Workplaces: Stakeholders and Strategies Conference May 28-29 2009 in London Ontario. Inquiries to Eric Magni emagni@uwo.ca PRESS RELEASE CJRB director Michael Sporer has been appointed to the Federal Judicial Adisory Committee of British Columbia: The Honourable Madam Justice Pamela Kirkpatrick Ms Rita C. Andreone Ms Christine Elliott Mr. Richard C.C. Peck, Q.C. Ms Jennie Yee Mr. Dirk Laudan Mr. Kevin L. Boonstra Mr. Michael Sporer PRESS RELEASE Professor of law Frederick C. DeCoste has been elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Justice Review Board At its annual general meeting held June 12, 2008
the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) expanded its current board
of directors by electing Professor of law Frederick C. DeCoste (of
Edmonton). Mr. Bruce Haines Q.C. (of Toronto) was elected chairman,
retired judge Wallace Craig (of Vancouver) was PRESS RELEASE CJRB vice-chairman Wallace G. Craig has been appointed a member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal – Ottawa-The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the appointment of Wallace Gilby Craig as a Board Member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. Wallace Craig became a director of the Canadian Justice Review Board in 2005 and was elected vice-chairman for the current year 2007-08.
PRESS RELEASE CJRB founding member Karen Selick and current CJRB director Glenn Fox addressed the "Future of Freedom Conference" at the downtown Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, on October 12-14. 2007. Ms. Selick spoke about "Religious freedom, gay rights, and human rights legislation" and Dr. Glenn Fox spoke about "The state of property rights in Canada today". PRESS RELEASE August 25, 2007 CJRB vice-chairman Wallace G. Craig, spoke to the Canadian Police Association at its annual general meeting in Quebec City Aug 23-25th. Retired judge Craig's message: "WE HAVE TO START TREATING CRIMINALS LIKE CRIMINALS" PRESS RELEASE (click
to open) Ms Hazel J. Magnussen has been elected to the
board of directors of The Canadian Justice Review Board. At its annual general meeting held June 12, 2007,
the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) March 28, 2007 Canadian Justice Review Board director retired judge Wallace G. Craig spoke to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice today about the need to improve the judicial selection process. If the provincial Law Societies in Canada exhibited a modicum of integrity or acted in the public interest then the pool of licensed lawyers from which judges are drawn would be kept clean. If the pool was clean then any selection process would do, but if the Law Societies and Bar Associations have no standards, then it is in the public interest to expand the composition of the judicial selection committees so that lawbreakers or lawyers with political agendas are identified and not appointed to the bench, as happens now. Retired judge Craig was joined in the debate by - Edward Ratushny, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa- Tony Cannavino & David Griffin of the Canadian Police Association- William M. Trudell, Chair, Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers February 14, 2007 CJRB director Dr. Al Rosen addressed the House of Commons Finance Committee on February 13th. . "It's a very interesting relationship. There's a pattern here, I think. Mr. Rosen, you have suggested that something fairly significant and unethical is taking place. I don't want to putwords in your mouth, but the legal implications of what you're saying almost seem to be on the scale of the Enron scandal in the United States." said committee member Judy Wasylycia-Leis. HOC Finance Commitee transcript January 17, 2007 Canadian Justice Review Board past chairman Robert I. Martin has been appointed to the Federal Judicial Advisory Committee for Ontario JUDICIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
ONTARIO – WEST & SOUTH Mr. J.R. Caskey, Q.C. Ms Judith Sidlofsky Sfoffman Mr. Joseph A. Radocchia Ms Joanne Engelhardt Professor Rob Martin Ms Malkin Dare November 17, 2006 CPAC Network: On Sunday November 19th -Join host Dale Goldhawk and guests Matthew McGarvey, criminal defence lawyer with the firm Shore Davis, David Kahn, Chair of the Canadian Justice Review Board and Janice Tibbets of the Canwest News Service, as we debate the question " How should Canada's judges be appointed? " Call toll free 1-877-296-2722 to participate in this cross-Canada conversation. On Friday November 10, the Justice Minister Vic Toews issued a brief announcement indicating that he would invite law enforcement officials to sit on the various judicial advisory committees that make recommendations to the minister as to which individuals should be considered for appointments to the federal courts. The announcement was met with indifference by some who didn't think a police officer was any less of an impediment to the independence of the judiciary than say a member of the bar and by outright incredulity by others including the Supreme Court Justice Beverly McLachlin who felt the move would in fact compromise the independence of the panels that recommend people for judgeships. October 4, 2006 Court Challenges Program Axed: Far from being "a shining example of our democratic system," the Court Challenges Program is an example of government corruption and taxpayer abuse" says lawyer and CJRB director C. G. Landolt. Other observers point out that the Court Challenges
Program is an example of why more and more, the phrase "Canadian
justice" is beginning to sound oxymoronic. Practically every
legal challenge funded by the program in its 21 years of existence
has involved a debate between two minority-held ideologies. Minority
'A' hates traditional values and Minority 'B' cherishes them. How
can any honest person seriously believe that an organization that
has spent millions of our tax dollars to pay legal fees for Minority
'A', but not a cent to help Minority 'B', has anything to do with
justice? CBC Ottawa Morning broadcast the following remarks from CJRB chairman David A. Kahn: ( host Kathleen Petty) If the Court Challenges Program had picked up
deserving cases such as that described this morning twelve years
ago when the action started, rather than just one year ago when
it saw a new government coming down the tracks, it would likely
not have been axed. To review CJRB submissions to Members of Parliament
during the month of September 2006 click
here To join the CJRB, click here June 12, 2006 At its annual general meeting June 12, 2006 the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) expanded its current board of directors by electing Dr. Glenn Fox of Guelph Ontario, Mr. Bruce Haines Q.C. of Toronto, and Dr. Al Rosen of Toronto Ontario. March 8, 2006 The Assessment Review Board of Ontario: "As the Board is clothed with judicial functions it will be obvious that there must be both the appearance of and in practice complete impartiality between the members of the Board and the litigants that appear before it." said CJRB lawyer & Vice-Chairman Lynne Cohen. February 23, 2006 Privacy Commissioner of Canada (PCC): There is reason for concern that the Privacy Commission does not exercise the powers it has been given and fails to discharge its responsibilities. The laws protecting private information lodged with CCRA and HRDC are not being enforced. February 22, 2006 Public Hearings of Judicial Appointments: "Public hearings of proposed Supreme Court of Canada judges is not only a reasonable procedure, but a necessary one in view of the authority and power now assumed by the Supreme Court of Canada over the lives of ordinary Canadians " September 13, 2005 At its annual general meeting September 12th and 13th, the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) expanded its current board of directors by electing the Honourable Anne C. Cools of Ottawa, the Honourable Mr. Justice Wallace G. Craig (retired) of Vancouver and lawyer Michael R. Sporer of New Westminster B.C. August 23, 2005 Today, the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) turned up the heat on the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) by pressing the CJC to disclose its contracting, travel, and hospitality expenses in compliance with Treasury Board rules. March 24, 2005 In a letter dated March 17, 2005 the office of Chief Justice McLachlin has advised the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) that a proper financial statement for the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) for the year 2003-04 will be forthcoming. February 4, 2005 After reviewing the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) annual report, The Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) sent a letter to Sheila Fraser, Auditor General of Canada. In the letter, the CJRB suggested that the Auditor General take a hard look at how the CJC conducts its business.
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About the Canadian Justice Review Board Ottawa Citizen, September 12, 2003 'Identify Judges in Complaints: watchdog'--" People have a right to know what is going on within the judiciary November 26, 2003 McGill-Queen's University Press hosted a reception to launch Robert Martin's new books: 'The Most Dangerous Branch' and 'Media Law (2nd Ed.)' at Osgoode Hall, Benchers' Reception 130 Queen Street West, Toronto. (click here to open) Robert Martin's latest book 'The Most Dangerous Branch' has sold out its first edition. and second edition. A third edition is due shortly. Saving Canada October 24, 2003 As part of its deliberations, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights invited the Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) to appear at its October 23rd hearing. (click here to open) April 5,
2004 The House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights invited Ted Morton to speak about needed reforms to the current method of appointing judges. Professor Morton appeared with Peter McCormick (Univ. of Lethbridge) and Allan Hutchison (Osgoode Hall) on Thursday April 1, 2004. "Ironically, we all three agreed that ANYTHING would be better than the status quo" says Dr. Morton. . Click here to view the presentation March 25, 2004 In a letter dated March 18th 2004, CJRB vice chairman David Kahn urged Prime Minister Paul Martin to speedily implement a transparent appointment process to select Supreme Court judges. Among other things, the CJRB has recommended that candidates be approved by a parliamentary committee and selected solely on the basis of expertise, integrity, impartiality and respect for parliamentary democracy.
November 12, 2003 The Canadian Justice Review Board (CJRB) has asked the Commissioner for Judicial Affairs (CJA) to disclose details of financial estimates found in the Public Accounts of Canada.. In a letter to CJA Director of Finance and Administration Wayne Osborne, CJRB chairman Robert Martin requests information that will allow the public to know the cost of judicial travel, transportation, accommodations, meals and incidentals.
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