The government is set to strip the citizenship of some 1800 Canadians who apparently attained it fraudulently. The kicker – some of them may not know that their citizenship is fraudulent. Meanwhile, the newly reformed refugee system is set to come into effect on December 1st, which will process newer claimants faster but won’t have any effect on the existing backlog. The plus side is that the new claimants will also have an appeals process that has been sadly lacking for too long, and that will help make the system more fair and equitable as these new claimants move into the system.
Our “tough on crime” plans when it comes to youth criminal justice – basically, throwing more kids in jail for longer – is baffling our international peers who’ve seen this kind of approach fail. But hey, when has evidence actually mattered when it comes to the way this government makes policy. Because you don’t need evidence when you’ve got the power of populism.
The Canadian Press takes a look at the new money promised to veterans, and finds that it doesn’t really amount to a whole lot for most of them, barely bringing some on disability over the low-income cut off.
Senator McCoy (who is made of awesome) blogs for the Huffington Post about clean energy policies and practices.
And Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard is about to take Google and company to task – yet again – for the way they’re retaining user data for things like tailoring your web searches based on your browsing history, and how most Internet users aren’t aware of the way in which the data these companies retains about you shapes the way they present their data to you in return, and that can cross the lines of privacy violations.