Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins To The Centre

BICYN’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.com/pol... https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2022... https://doi.org/10.22215/etd/2021-14559 https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw... https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... To learn more about the Basic Income Canada Youth Network Website: https://www.basicincomeyouth.ca/ Youtube:    / @basicincomecanadayouthnetw8430   Twitter: https://twitter.com/BICYN_ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@basicincomeyo... Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@basicincomeyo... For more on the bills discussed in the episode: Bill C-22: Canada Disability Be

For 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..Bill S-233 & Bill C-223: National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill... https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill...

Podcast 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 the Parliamentary Budget Officer Report - Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During the COVID Pandemic Click here to access Perspectives, document outlining the need and benefits of implementing a Guaranteed Livable Income in

ResourcesClick here to check out Kim’s Senate WebpageClick here to access publications of Professor Debra ParkesClick here to access research by Dr. Jane SprottClick here to read research by Professor Isabel GrantClick 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.

Reports and PapersClick 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 minimalist and transformative criminal justice system: Essay on the reform of the principles and objectives of sentencing, prepared for the Department of Justice Canada.Click here to access research by the Department of Justice on MMPsClick here to read the Senators Go to Jail report.LegislationClick here to access Bill S-233Click here to read Bill C-223Click here to check out Bill S-230PBO ReportsClick here to read the PBO report titled The Federal Cost of Minimum Sentences. Click here to check out Demonstrative Examples of Co

Click 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 PodcastOther 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 2:45Click here for resources about recent changes to Canada's child care system, as discussed at 20:20.General topics discussed in the episode:See the 4:00 minute mark for a discussion about the connection between competition policy issues, income inequality, and strategies to promote social and economic fairness.See the 6:05 minute mark for Professor Bednar’s commentary on consumer protection, competition, and opportunities to empower individuals in a digital economy.See the 7:05 minute mark for Professor’ Bednar’s commentary on rising food princes and expan

Click here to access to Bill C-5.Click here to read more on Bill C-22Click 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 ReportClick here to read R v LuxtonClick here to read more about R v NaslundClick here to access the Injustices and Miscarriages of Justice Experienced by 12 Indigenous Women reportClick here to read more about the inquest in Renfrew CountyClick here to access more information on the Portapique Inquiry Click here to read Bonnie Moonie’s story 

Click 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, basic income – revenue du base (Coalition Canada).Other resources mentioned in the episode: Click here to access the Wynne Government's Basic Income Pilot Project discussed at 1:48 and 14:10.  Click here to access Basic Income Canada Network's Signposts to Success: Report of a BICN Survey of Ontario Basic Income Recipients.Click here to access Ontario's 2021 "Right to Disconnect" legislative initiative (Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act) discussed at 9:59.Click here to access the Ontario Liberal Party's news release related to in

Resources 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.

More 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 areas of income security and taxation, such as child tax benefits, child support, maternity/parental benefits, pensions and social assistance. Her insight also comes from experiencing poverty as a young parent. Sheila is grateful, in her retirement, to have resources, time and health to do volunteer work and help care for twin grandsons.Click here to access the website of Basic Income Now, a campaign coordinated by Canada's leading Basic Income organizations and allies (including Basic Income Canada Network).For more inform

Click 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 Gosselin” (2019) 39 National Journal of Constitutional Law 85-121.For more information on Guaranteed Livable Income:Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Senator Pate.Resources and cases mentioned during the episode:Click here to access the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal's October 2021 decision, Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2021 NSCA 70. This case is discussed as the "Emerald Hall litigation" at the 6:53 and 12:04 minute marks. Click here to access the March

Learn more about Professor Sylvia Rich here.Additional readings & ressourcesClick 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

 Additional reading & resources: Dr. Forget’s book: “Basic Income for Canadians: The key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for allClick 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 hereThe Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment, Canadian Public Policy, Vol 37, No 3, 1 October 2011 by Evelyn Forget,Basic Income in a Small Town: Understanding the Elusive Effects on Work by David Calnitsky, Jonathan P. Latner

Selected Publications by Professor PichéMussell, 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 AccessBenslimane, Souheil, Sarah Speight, Justin Piché and Aaron Doyle, The Jail Accountability & Information Line: Early Reflections on Praxis, Journal of Law and Social Policy, Volume 33, 111-133 (September 2020) https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=jlsp Open AccessCarrier, Nicolas and Justin Piché, On (In)justice: Undisciplined Abolitionism in Canada, Social Justice, Volume 45, Issue 4, 35-56 (November 2019)Recent Publications by Senator PateNews Release:  Bill C-31 on Criminal Record Relief Offers Too Little, Too LateNews Release: Senators Move Another Step Forward on Anti-Racist Criminal Justice BillsPolicy Opinions Op-Ed: Time running out to prot

Resources 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.dohttps://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8000/index.dohttps://www.criaw-icref.ca/images/userfiles/files/P4W_BN_IncarcerationRacializedWomen_Accessible.pdfhttps://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.htmlhttp://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdfhttps://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnlzd/index-en.aspxhttps://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/oip-cjs/p3.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/one-third-canada-prisoners-indigenous-reporthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-overrepresentation-prison-oci-statement-1.5434712http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2020/01/number-of-incarcerated-indigenous-women-at-new-high/https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/indigenous-incarceration-rate-a-travesty-canadas-prison-watchdog-says/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion

Learn more about Dr. Napoleon hereJoseph Arvay Legacy Fund Information:https://www.uvic.ca/law/home/news/current/joseph-arvay-legacy-fund.phpOther resources mentioned during the show and further reading:https://adric.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Napoleon-Legal-Pluralism-published-version-2019-11.pdfhttps://www.uvic.ca/law/admissions/jidadmissions/index.phphttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/senator-says-new-liberal-sentencing-bill-needs-to-do-more-to-help-indigenous-women-offenders/https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/interventions/545733/33https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.html

Resources 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/253093https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aylmer-ottawa-light-rail-1.4713843https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/black-caucus-systemic-racism-1.5614203

On 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 tuned for the next episode of our wish list series! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: https://www.choosingrealsafety.com/ https://thewalrus.ca/untelling-the-story-of-race/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/ https://sencanada.ca/media/367363/senpate_news-release_bill-c-22_february-18-2021.pdf https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-ind

On 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!

On 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 available to people with disabilities. Kim and Sarah also talk about the meaning of “choice”, “autonomy” and “control” for people who are exponentially marginalized in Canada. Sarah Jama is the co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO), a speaker, a consultant and an activist advocating for disability justice. Learn more about Sarah Jama here: https://www.sarahjama.com/about Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Hill Times Article: https://www