 | Let's Dump Canada's Privacy Commissioner Canada's Current Privacy Commissioner has not been an effective advocate. Complaints take years to be resolved, if resolved at all. And despite a fairly large budget, it is provincial privacy commissioners who are truly protecting Canadians' privacy rights. |
 | Stop killing our police campaign, Johannesburg Mzimhlophe cultural dancers welcoming the SAPS Provincial commissioner |
 | Stop killing our police campaign, Johannesburg Speech from the SAPS provincial commissioner |
 | Julian Fantino - 1996 Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino in a CFPL-TV report about Devil's Night in 1996, when he was London's police chief. |
 | Outside candidates will not mete out justice to the people Scholars are of the view that justice will not be meted out to the people of the Provinces due to candidates contesting the Provincial Councils being voters of other regions. Prof. Laksiri Fernando of the Colombo University said the Provincial Councils are meant to allow the voters to elect leaders known to them from the region. There is nothing legal against it although the intelligence of such an act is questionable. Under these circumstances outsiders contesting in local government polls is a controversial. If outsiders are contesting in Provincial polls it is also controversial although it is legally permitted. Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dishanayake at a recent media briefing said it is more suitable if candidates of the same Province contest the elections. His view was that the people of the Province will not benefit if an outsider not registered in the region contested as a candidate. It is not the same with Parliament as it is of the national level. Meanwhile, Minister Dulles Alahapperuma told journalists recently that they are concerned the United National Party which claimed that people of the province should enjoy the power of the area, was belittling the Provincial Council system. The UNP has rejected the Provincial Council concept which was one of their creations. The candidate contesting should be drawn from the area under the Provincial Council and local government regulations. He opined that fielding candidates from Colombo has impacted the election law and is an ignorant political act. |
 | Women@Google: Aloisea Inyumba The @Google program was pleased to welcome Senator Aloisea Inyumba to the Google NYC campus on November 30, 2007. Senator Inyumba discussed her experiences in Rwanda's Parliament, working for peace in the aftermath of genocide. She has been named as one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century and was recently honored at the Women for Women Gala in New York City. About the Speaker A senator in Rwanda's Parliament, Aloisea Inyumba is a member of the Senate's Committee on Political Affairs and Good Governance. There she is responsible for monitoring the implementation of decentralization programs, the adherence of political parties to the fundamental laws of the nation, and the implementation of Gacaca, a participatory justice mechanism being used to address crimes of genocide. Until 2004, Senator Inyumba served as governor of Kigali-Ngali Province, responsible for policy coordination and implementation at the provincial level. She is a former commissioner and the executive secretary of Rwanda's Unity and Reconciliation Commission, where she organized and oversaw national public debates promoting reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis in post-genocide Rwanda. Immediately following the 1994 genocide, Senator Inyumba was the first Minister of Family, Gender, and Social Affairs. She managed the aftermath of the genocide by overseeing the burial of the dead, the resettlement of refugees, and by directing a national adoption campaign that reduced the number of genocide orphans in Rwanda from 500,000 to 4,000. She later helped to establish a national women's network to adjudicate family and property issues resulting from the genocide that exist today, and she continues to play an important role in representing women's voices to local government throughout Rwanda. Senator Inyumba holds an Honors Degree (1988) in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University in Uganda, and an honorary doctorate from La Roche College in the United States. She serves as a member of the board of Women for Women International, the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace, and Ruhuka, a non-governmental organization that provides trauma counseling. |
 | International monitors claim the East poll was free and fair Representatives of the Asian Elections Federation have said that the Eastern Provincial election had been conducted in a free and fair manner and with transparency. Foreign monitors carried out their work on election day and the day before polls in all three Districts of the Province. The group comprised 17 monitors from 10 Asian countries. They emphasised that no pre-election or post-election violence had been reported from the region. The Foreign Monitors were addressing a media conference at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo. Head of the Monitoring Group Ming Hua Sai, Teresita De Liyako Flores and General Ayub Azil addressed the journalists. They said they were satisfied that a peaceful and democratic election had been held in the East, which was earlier a war zone. They expressed their gratitude to the Election Commissioner for his untiring efforts in this respect. Senior Advisor in Philippines Teresita De Liyako Flores said they are actually satisfied over the situation that prevailed in the East. The poll was conducted peacefully and in a systematic manner. It was very clear to them that the election was free and fair due to the monitoring of areas in Batticaloa where less civilians lived. Deputy Chairman of the Afghan Election Commission General Ayub Azil said they had no complaints to be made on the poll. It was a beautiful day the election was held. There were no incidents during polling. The election was transparent. Commissioner of the Asian Election Monitoring Federation Ming Hua Sai said several organisations including PAFFREL monitored the election and in general it was held peacefully. |
 | How to be a Good Lawyer - Judge Murray Sinclair In this excerpt from Tributary Streams of A Healing River, the Honourable Associate Chief Judge Murray Sinclair speaks about his personal challenges while working in the criminal justice system. Tributary Streams of a Healing River is an in depth study of restorative justice with over 14 hrs of video on 10 DVDs. (available from Heartspeak Productions -- www.heartspeakproductions.ca) Speakers Bio: Chief Judge Murray Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in March of 1988. He was Manitoba's first Aboriginal Judge, and at that time, Canada's second. After serving as Special Assistant to the Attorney General of Manitoba, Judge Sinclair attended the Universities of Winnipeg and Manitoba and, in 1979, graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. He was awarded the A. J. Christie Prize in Civil Litigation in his second year of law and articled with a law firm in his home town of Selkirk, Manitoba. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1980. In the course of his legal practice, Judge Sinclair practiced primarily in the fields of Civil and Criminal Litigation and Aboriginal Law. He represented a cross section of clients but by the time of his appointment, was known for his representation of Aboriginal people and his knowledge of Aboriginal legal issues. Shortly after his appointment as Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Manitoba in 1988, Judge Sinclair was also appointed as Co-Commissioner, along with Court of Queen's Bench Associate Chief Justice A. C. Hamilton, of Manitoba's Aboriginal Justice Inquiry. buffy.jpg (6592 bytes)Manitoba Government Home Page |
 | Pre election violence in Sri Lanka On 27.07.08 M.P. Mervin Silva: JVP Polannaruwa District parliamentarian S.K.Subasinghe told the 'Media' that a complaint was lodged at the Polannaruwa police station and the police were conducting investigations. About 15 minutes before the arrival of Mervyn Silva and his thugs, Pradeshya Sabha member Upali Rajakaruna and an army personnel named Rukman arrived there and threatened the businessman to It is reported that Mervyn Silva opened fire at point blank range using his revolver splintering four glass showcases causing damages to the tune of Rs. 75,000 and also opening fire at a man who was inside the business premises. The person who was shot at crouched and took cover behind a motorbike in the shop and the bullets hit the fuel tank of the bike. The fuel tank was damaged , it has reported. It is reported that Mervyn Silva opened fire at point blank range using his revolver splintering four glass showcases causing damages to the tune of Rs. 75,000 and also opening fire at a man who was inside the business premises. The person who was shot at crouched and took cover behind a motorbike in the shop and the bullets hit the fuel tank of the bike. The fuel tank was damaged , it has reported. emove a cutout of a JVP PC candidate that was in his business premises. Rukman, the army personnel, had telephoned someone using his mobile phone and informed "no one is here, you can come", probably signaling Mervyn Silva to come, it has been reported to us. CaFFE seeks legal action on misuse of vehicles by Berty Premalal (2008 July 22) The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) has reported to the Commissioner of Elections that vehicles used by the former Chief Minister of North-Central Provincial Council which were officially returned to the relevant authorities after the dissolution of the Provincial Council and all details of the returned vehicles were recorded. But these vehicles have reappeared for election propaganda work with different registration numbers appearing in their number plates, the CaFFE has reported. It was verified that fraudulent documents with regard to the ownership of the vehicles have been prepared and the vehicles are openly being used for election campaigning. According to official documents the vehicles were handed over to a business establishment called Siri Motors, the Transport Authority, the Regional Development and Construction Agency and some retired government officials. One shot and another disappeared in A'pura district election violence On 09.08.2008 One supporter of United National Party (UNP) Chief Minister candidate Major General Janaka Perera was hospitalized with serious gun shot injuries as a gang of goons shot at the vehicle the victim was travelling with other supporters. Another youth who was in the vehicle was disappeared. The firing took place around 1.30 AM today (09) close to the New Bus Stand of Anuradhapura. A spokesman of Anuradhapura hospital said that the victim Sampath Jayasinghe (18) was undergone a surgery today (09). A police spokesman said that the disappeared person was believed to be taken away by the goons. JVP protest in Nivitigala attacked (10.0.2008) Supporters of Rural Industries Minister Premalal Jayasekara had attacked a protest organized by the JVP in Nivitigala town this morning (Aug. 10th), the party said. The JVP was protesting against continuous targeting of its supporters in Sabaragamuwa, said its chief ministerial candidate Chameera Koswatte. When the protestors were marching towards Kalawana, bodyguards and supporters of Minister Jayasekara fired into the air and began attacking them, he said. Several party activists were injured in the incident. Police came to the scene and dispersed the protestors but did nothing to prevent the assault or to arrest the perpetrators, Mr. Koswatte charged. The JVP has identified WPGD 5899 and 51-5652 as the numbers of two vehicles used by the attackers and provided that information to Police, but to no avail, he added. According to latest reports, police have arrested five JVP activists in connection with the incident. But JVP gave their Vote to passed a motion for the extension of the state of emergency , which has accused the government of using emergency laws to clampdown on labour and student struggles. To visit our Web page and give your Comments: http://srilankandiasporablog.wordpress.com |
 | Vancouver Airport Taser Incident Robert Dziekanski a polish guy(Robert Dziekanski) gets tasered by RCMP and dies soon after. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/canada_police_airport_probe Canada's Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day on Tuesday said four federal police officers face possible criminal charges in the death of a Polish migrant zapped with a stun gun at the Vancouver airport last month. http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=216571 http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dziekanski http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=e4aec97c-8619-42f3-b20e-f910bc6dd335 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071117.wrcmptas1117/BNStory/National RCMP Commissioner William Elliott broke his silence Saturday on the taser death of Robert Dziekanski, saying the four officers involved in the incident at Vancouver International Airport have been reassigned. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9cd3f0c0-e582-42b4-a611-ae75a7f56f1d&k=39187 The provincial government is launching a full public inquiry into the death Oct. 14 of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver International Airport, Solicitor General John Les announced Monday. "Public safety and confidence demands a comprehensive and independent look at all of these issues," Les said. "This incident has British Columbians, Canadians and people all over the world seeking answers with regard to not only this human tragedy, but how the province welcomes the world to our airport." |
 | A victory for government for staging free and fair polls Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva is of the view that it is a great victory for the government for its ability to stage a free and fair poll in the East.He told the media that the allegations levelled by the UNP on the poll are baseless and unfounded. The Minister observed that before the election Lakshman Kiriella and Ravi Karunanayake told Parliament that the government would never win. They presented the voter base and described them as UNP areas, where the Freedom Alliance does not stand a chance. Today the Tamil, Muslim and Sinhala communities have rallied round the Alliance. The Elections Commissioner could nullify the polling in a booth under the powers vested in him by the Provincial Council Elections Act, after obtaining a report about any irregularities and if the voters were unable to cast their ballot. None of the UNP complaints had the ability to disqualify polling at any booth. Minister Nimal Siripala said the election was therefore legal. Any footage depicting malpractices at polling booths, assaults, or supporters of the Pillayan Group bearing weapons, could be submitted. |
 | The poll is a step towards democratic administration PAFFREL PAFFREL has described the Eastern Provincial Election as an important step in democratic administration. Its Executive Director Kingsley Rodrigo attributed the disputable situation to the arrival of UNP stalwarts for campaigning in the province. Mr. Rodrigo pointed out that the Eastern Election was very positive and the Elections Commissioner and officials discharged an outstanding task. 18 political parties were in the fray. No shooting incidents and killings were reported on polling day. He said very powerful MPs and activists of the UNP and the Muslim Congress were engaged in campaigning. It was they who created problems at the last moment. They were involved in the 61 incidents that had been reported. |
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