The strength and fortitude of Hind Khoudary is unparalleled.

Maplehurst jail guards are being accused of carrying out a brutal act of collective punishment against dozens of inmates in an incident that is now impacting court cases across the province. “They were basically just torturing us as payback" thestar.com/news/investiga…

The average age of those who have died in custody in Canada since 2000 is 44, according to the Tracking (In)Justice project (trackinginjustice.ca), which recently published the first national database of in-custody deaths. Story by Mark Ramzy: thestar.com/politics/feder…

UN envoy doubles down on criticism that Canada's foreign worker program is a 'breeding ground' for slavery trib.al/FN97wCY

#StarInvestigation: Correctional officers at an Ontario jail are being accused of carrying out a brutal act of collective punishment against dozens of inmates in an incident that is now impacting court cases across the province. trib.al/qpLNKcP

NEW: The latest on Premier Doug Ford’s second cabinet shuffle in 10 weeks. There are now a record 37 members of the executive council. #onpoli thestar.com/politics/provi…

Jake reports the hell out of this hotdog story. One of my faves of the year so far.

The Canadian government is being accused of backpedaling on its promise to suspend arms exports to Israel after the U.S. government announced a plan to sell made-in-Canada explosive mortar cartridges to the Israeli government: thestar.com/politics/feder… My latest via @torontostar

How can a child long in the care of Ontario child-protection agencies end up dead in a dumpster and no one came looking for her? Wendy Gillis & I investigated what happened to 4-year-old Neveah and how we failed her: thestar.com/news/gta/almos…

"It's a contemporary form of slavery & it's government sponsored" Investigated how the Canadian gov't is fast-tracking applications for foreign workers by directing processing officers to skip crucial steps to prevent fraud w/Kenyon Wallace Toronto Star thestar.com/government-off…

“The # of open work permits issued to vulnerable migrant workers facing abuse by Canadian employers have surged in the last five years, a development that points to rampant abuse in the federal temporary foreign worker program” Latest for Toronto Star 👇🏽 thestar.com/business/exper…

The number of open work permits issued to vulnerable migrant workers facing abuse by Canadian employers has surged in the last five years, a concerning development that points to rampant abuse in the federal temporary foreign worker program, experts say. trib.al/43Fw32X

Canada closes the door: Canada is granting fewer visas and turning away a growing number of foreign travellers, data Reuters obtained show. reuters.com/world/americas…

In 2019 the gov passed a law aiming to abolish solitary confinement. A provision said it “must” undertake a review of the new law in 2023. Doesn't take a lawyer to interpret "must." Doob, Latimer, & Sprott on the need to review the SIU regime. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

NEW: Data shows that, on average, a child involved with Ontario’s care system dies every three days. The majority of those deaths are in kids who are on the radar of children’s aid but have not been formally taken into care. #Onpoli globalnews.ca/news/10735101/…

Final story updated with reaction: ‘We the survivors finally have closure’: Peter Nygard gets 11 years in prison for Toronto sex assaults thestar.com/news/crime/we-… via @torontostar

Chortling Canadians would do well to remember that time people said immigrants were defecating in the sand at a popular beach. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/…