Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. For months now, I've been raising concerns about the use of solitary confinement in our provincial correctional facilities. Earlier in this sitting, I asked the minister if he had concerns about the province's vulnerability to a class-action lawsuit related to solitary confinement as we've seen …
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. Earlier this week an Ontario Superior Court Judge ruled that a $600 million class action lawsuit against the Province of Ontario could proceed. The lawsuit alleged that
Read MoreMr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. The prisoners at the Burnside jail have just ended their 20-day strike. In a statement today they say: "It is with heavy hearts we write that shortly after the end of our protest, a fellow prisoner incarcerated here lost his life…
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