CSIS watchdog probes spy service's role with Afghan detainees
OTTAWA - The watchdog over CSIS will look into the spy agency's role in interrogating Afghan prisoners.
Gary Filmon, chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee, says members are planning a report on CSIS involvement with detainees.
Filmon's comments to the Commons public safety committee come as CSIS officials defend the spy service's work in Afghanistan.
Dick Fadden, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, says the agency talks to suspected Taliban insurgents to gather information.
He says collecting information from people out to harm Canadians, and those who know them, has saved lives.
Fadden says CSIS is investigating over 200 individuals in Canada whose activities meet the definition of terrorism.
He adds that the spy service is spending more energy operating abroad because threats transcend borders.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Ban on unionizing is ruled unconstitutional by province’s labour relations board
Labour activists across Canada are cheering a ruling by Quebec’s labour relations board granting migrant workers at a small Quebec vegetable farm the right to unionize.
It is one of many cases – some reaching all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada – that involve the rights of migrant workers.
In mid-April, Quebec’s labour relations board ruled that an article in the province's labour code that excludes migrant workers from joining a union is unconstitutional.
“ I find it very difficult to believe they'll be better off unionized. ”— Nunzio Notaro
“From a legal perspective it's a tremendous victory,” said human rights lawyer Naveen Mehta, who works with the United Food and Commercial Workers.
Quebec's labour code bars agricultural workers from forming a union unless there are at least three permanent employees who work at the farm year-round, which Mr. Mehta said effectively blocks unionization attempts. “Well, farming is seasonal,” he said, “so you're not going to have three full-time staff.”
In its ruling, the labour relations board said denying migrant workers the right to unionize is no longer justified.
“There's no proof agricultural businesses that employ fewer than three workers a year are in a financial situation so dire that it justifies completely negating their freedom of association,” wrote commissioner Robert Côté.
Quebec lawyer Pierre Grenier, who represented the union, agreed that special protections for small farms are anachronistic.
“In Quebec, the government and employers' argument was that this exception was necessary to protect small family farms,” he said. “[The labour board] said that today, these farms have evolved into specialized companies and significant businesses, so the protection is useless and they no longer need special consideration.”
Nunzio Notaro, president of the association representing 500 Quebec farms that works in concert with the federal government to recruit foreign workers, said that's simply not the case. “Seventy-five per cent of our members employ fewer than 10 people,” he said. “The economic situation of small farms is precarious.”
Mr. Notaro's association, which meets annually with representatives from Mexico and Guatemala to negotiate employment contracts, said both the Canadian and foreign governments work hard to ensure migrant workers are well treated in Canada.
He also noted workers are guaranteed minimum wage and are entitled to a range of social programs.
“I find it very difficult to believe they'll be better off unionized,” he said. “We have a hard time understanding what more they need.”
He cited a 2009 survey by the Quebec labour standards board suggesting the majority of farms employing foreign workers respected the province's labour codes.
But the survey also noted workers had a spotty understanding of their rights and were wary of complaining for fear of losing their employment.
Mr. Mehta said migrant workers are too easily exploited by questionable recruiters and dishonest employers. “You can't have a system where those who are the most vulnerable have the least number of legislative resources to protect them,” he said. “But that's what's happening with migrant workers and migrant farm workers.”
Both Mr. Notaro's association and the Quebec government are considering appealing the ruling and wouldn't comment on it directly. The farm owners in question would not comment either, referring media queries to Mr. Notaro's organization.
Meanwhile, workers at the farm about 45 kilometres northwest of Montreal involved in the case are now allowed to seek union accreditation.
The push for unionization among farm workers is not new in Canada's courts.
A campaign launched by the United Food and Commercial Workers in the 1990s ended up before the Supreme Court, which in 2001 ordered Ontario to allow agricultural workers the freedom to associate, though the legislation stopped short of allowing them collective bargaining rights.
The union is now before the Supreme Court again, challenging Ontario’s legislation.
Two other demands launched by the union in Quebec in 2008 are still before the commission. Mr. Grenier said more demands for accreditation may be launched this year.
According to figures from the federal government, some 17,000 workers from Mexico alone worked in Canada in 2009. Guatemala and various Caribbean countries also supply labour. Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia employ the bulk of the workers but most Canadian provinces participate in the program.
In Quebec, temporary foreign workers are also branching out from agriculture and are employed on golf courses, in landscaping and in cleaning and sanitation companies.
Across Canada, they often also work in the food services and hospitality industry.
In 2009, a parliamentary immigration committee looking into the situation of temporary foreign workers found there were over 200,000 working in Canada annually in various sectors.
The federal government also found that the agricultural sector faces labour shortages despite the growing number of foreign workers employed in Canada under the seasonal agricultural program – from 8,000 in 2003 to 29,0291 in 2008.
Whatever their status, Mr. Notaro noted these workers play a key role in the provincial economy.
“If you cut these workers, by tomorrow, there'd be no agriculture in Quebec,” he said.
It is one of many cases – some reaching all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada – that involve the rights of migrant workers.
In mid-April, Quebec’s labour relations board ruled that an article in the province's labour code that excludes migrant workers from joining a union is unconstitutional.
“ I find it very difficult to believe they'll be better off unionized. ”— Nunzio Notaro
“From a legal perspective it's a tremendous victory,” said human rights lawyer Naveen Mehta, who works with the United Food and Commercial Workers.
Quebec's labour code bars agricultural workers from forming a union unless there are at least three permanent employees who work at the farm year-round, which Mr. Mehta said effectively blocks unionization attempts. “Well, farming is seasonal,” he said, “so you're not going to have three full-time staff.”
In its ruling, the labour relations board said denying migrant workers the right to unionize is no longer justified.
“There's no proof agricultural businesses that employ fewer than three workers a year are in a financial situation so dire that it justifies completely negating their freedom of association,” wrote commissioner Robert Côté.
Quebec lawyer Pierre Grenier, who represented the union, agreed that special protections for small farms are anachronistic.
“In Quebec, the government and employers' argument was that this exception was necessary to protect small family farms,” he said. “[The labour board] said that today, these farms have evolved into specialized companies and significant businesses, so the protection is useless and they no longer need special consideration.”
Nunzio Notaro, president of the association representing 500 Quebec farms that works in concert with the federal government to recruit foreign workers, said that's simply not the case. “Seventy-five per cent of our members employ fewer than 10 people,” he said. “The economic situation of small farms is precarious.”
Mr. Notaro's association, which meets annually with representatives from Mexico and Guatemala to negotiate employment contracts, said both the Canadian and foreign governments work hard to ensure migrant workers are well treated in Canada.
He also noted workers are guaranteed minimum wage and are entitled to a range of social programs.
“I find it very difficult to believe they'll be better off unionized,” he said. “We have a hard time understanding what more they need.”
He cited a 2009 survey by the Quebec labour standards board suggesting the majority of farms employing foreign workers respected the province's labour codes.
But the survey also noted workers had a spotty understanding of their rights and were wary of complaining for fear of losing their employment.
Mr. Mehta said migrant workers are too easily exploited by questionable recruiters and dishonest employers. “You can't have a system where those who are the most vulnerable have the least number of legislative resources to protect them,” he said. “But that's what's happening with migrant workers and migrant farm workers.”
Both Mr. Notaro's association and the Quebec government are considering appealing the ruling and wouldn't comment on it directly. The farm owners in question would not comment either, referring media queries to Mr. Notaro's organization.
Meanwhile, workers at the farm about 45 kilometres northwest of Montreal involved in the case are now allowed to seek union accreditation.
The push for unionization among farm workers is not new in Canada's courts.
A campaign launched by the United Food and Commercial Workers in the 1990s ended up before the Supreme Court, which in 2001 ordered Ontario to allow agricultural workers the freedom to associate, though the legislation stopped short of allowing them collective bargaining rights.
The union is now before the Supreme Court again, challenging Ontario’s legislation.
Two other demands launched by the union in Quebec in 2008 are still before the commission. Mr. Grenier said more demands for accreditation may be launched this year.
According to figures from the federal government, some 17,000 workers from Mexico alone worked in Canada in 2009. Guatemala and various Caribbean countries also supply labour. Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia employ the bulk of the workers but most Canadian provinces participate in the program.
In Quebec, temporary foreign workers are also branching out from agriculture and are employed on golf courses, in landscaping and in cleaning and sanitation companies.
Across Canada, they often also work in the food services and hospitality industry.
In 2009, a parliamentary immigration committee looking into the situation of temporary foreign workers found there were over 200,000 working in Canada annually in various sectors.
The federal government also found that the agricultural sector faces labour shortages despite the growing number of foreign workers employed in Canada under the seasonal agricultural program – from 8,000 in 2003 to 29,0291 in 2008.
Whatever their status, Mr. Notaro noted these workers play a key role in the provincial economy.
“If you cut these workers, by tomorrow, there'd be no agriculture in Quebec,” he said.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
The newly Honourable Liberal leader.
The newly Honourable Mr. Ignatieff
By Kady O'Malley
Turns out that the Liberal leader does, indeed, have at least one thing on his agenda today: he'll be heading to Rideau Hall to be sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, which will add his name to the list of those permitted to style themselves as "The Honourable" for life, as well as receive cabinet briefings, and view cabinet documents, should the prime minister of the day invite him to do so; he cannot simply show up at Langevin and start rifling through the PM's desk.
Apparently, this doesn't have anything to do with the negotiations over access to the Afghan detainee documents -- which are still ongoing, we're told -- but it's hard not to see the timing as possibly more than coincidental, what with the Speaker's deadline just days away. (Then again, would it really make sense to designate the party leader as a member of an in camera subcommittee charged with sorting through the uncensored documents?)
Nevertheless, as per the privy council oath, Ignatieff "shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity, or that shall be secretly treated of in Council," although it's not entirely clear what the penalty would be for breaching that particular provision. At the very least, you most likely wouldn't be welcome the next time the monarch of the day summons the Canadian privy councillors for a formal meeting, which has only happened twice since Confederation.
Tags: let the honourablizing begin! michael ignatieff, nothing to see here move along move along, queen's privy council for canada
By Kady O'Malley
Turns out that the Liberal leader does, indeed, have at least one thing on his agenda today: he'll be heading to Rideau Hall to be sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, which will add his name to the list of those permitted to style themselves as "The Honourable" for life, as well as receive cabinet briefings, and view cabinet documents, should the prime minister of the day invite him to do so; he cannot simply show up at Langevin and start rifling through the PM's desk.
Apparently, this doesn't have anything to do with the negotiations over access to the Afghan detainee documents -- which are still ongoing, we're told -- but it's hard not to see the timing as possibly more than coincidental, what with the Speaker's deadline just days away. (Then again, would it really make sense to designate the party leader as a member of an in camera subcommittee charged with sorting through the uncensored documents?)
Nevertheless, as per the privy council oath, Ignatieff "shall keep secret all matters committed and revealed to me in this capacity, or that shall be secretly treated of in Council," although it's not entirely clear what the penalty would be for breaching that particular provision. At the very least, you most likely wouldn't be welcome the next time the monarch of the day summons the Canadian privy councillors for a formal meeting, which has only happened twice since Confederation.
Tags: let the honourablizing begin! michael ignatieff, nothing to see here move along move along, queen's privy council for canada
Sunday, May 9, 2010
HEALTH HAZARD ALERT PROCESSED MEAT PRODUCTS MADE BY ZADI FOODS LTD. CONTAIN LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES May 9, 2010 !
HEALTH HAZARD ALERT
CERTAIN PROCESSED MEAT PRODUCTS MADE BY ZADI FOODS LTD. MAY CONTAIN LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Product photos
OTTAWA, May 9, 2010 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Zadi Foods Ltd. are warning the public not to consume various processed meat products described below because these products may be contaminated withwith Listeria monocytogenes.
The following processed meat products are affected by this alert. Please note that this list also includes a cheese package affected by this alert:
CODE / UPC
Product Name
Lot #
Best Before Date
CAS22630
Casa Italia Prosciutto Ham Bulk (Sliced) 500g
All lots
All dates
CAS301006 79648 30100 0
Casa Italia Ham Prosciutto (Sliced) 125g
All lots
All dates
CAS15000CAS15000A
Casa Italia Boneless Prosciutto
All lots
All dates
CAS15020
Casa Italia Gastronomia Prosciutto Matonella
All lots
All dates
CAS15020
Italfoods Boneless Prosciutto
All lots
All dates
LN015060
Longo’s Boneless Prosciutto (special reserve aged 12 months)
All lots
All dates
ITL15020
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless
All lots
All dates
ITL15010
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless (matonella square)
All lots
All dates
ITL15000
Italissima Prosciutto Boneless Grand Reserva
All lots
All dates
GOL15000
Golosini Prosciutto Boneless
All lots
All dates
VIT15080
Vitorio Prosciutto Boneless
All lots
All dates
CAS22620
Genoa Salami Shaved Bulk 500g
2309
10AU25
10JL06
CAS22624
Soppressata Piccante Shaved Bulk 500g
2329
10JL0610JL19
2260
10AU25
CAS302056 79648 30205 2
Casa Italia Genoa Light Salami(Sliced) 150g
2295
10MA18
CAS302106 79648 30210 6
Casa Italia Genoa Salami (Sliced) 150g
2309
10AU23
CAS302206 79648 30220 5
Casa Italia Genoa Hot Salami (Sliced) 150g
2357
10AU23
CAS302406 79648 30240 3
Casa Italia Calabrese Hot Salami (Sliced) 150g
2364
10SE05
2294
10MA10
CAS302606 79648 30260 1
Casa Italia Pancetta Italian Style (Sliced) 150g
RP0044
10MA17
CAS31240
C.I. Soppressata Piccante Salami Sliced (Sliced) 200g
2385
10OC26
CAS31700
C.I. Pancetta Rolled Mild (Sliced) 1kg
RP0044
10JL06
RP0046
10JL19
CAS322106 79648 32210 4
Casa Italia Genoa Salami with Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 200g COMBO PACK
2275-1407
10MA10
2273-1407
10MA10
SOB107740 68820 10774 3
Compliments Milanese Salami (Sliced) 175g
2342
10SE20
2265
10MA11
2296
10JL12
EMM019340 64445 01934 8
Emma Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 125g
1433
10MA18
268
10OC23
1528
10OC18
Certain products would have been sold to consumers at deli counters. However, the original brand and/or best before dates may not have been transferred at the deli counters to consumer packages. Persons who may have purchased these products and do not know original brand and code are advised to check with their retailer or supplier to determine if they have the affected product.
These products have been distributed nationally.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with these bacteria may cause listeriosis, a foodborne illness. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Infected pregnant women may experience only a mild, flu-like illness, however, infections during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.
The manufacturer, Zadi Foods Ltd., Brampton, ON is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers:
Vincenzo DiBattisia, President, Zadi Foods Ltd. at 1-905-799-6666 x 5234;CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on Listeria monocytogenes, visit the Food Facts web page at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/cause/listeriae.shtml.
For information on all food recalls, visit the CFIA’s Food Recall Report at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/corp/recarapp_dbe.asp.
To find out more about receiving recalls by e-mail, and other food safety facts, visit our web site at: www.inspection.gc.ca.
– 30 –
Media enquiries:
CFIA Media Relations613-773-6600
Click on image for larger view
Casa Italia Boneless Prosciutto
Italfoods Boneless Prosciutto
Longo’s Boneless Prosciutto (special reserve aged 12 months)
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless
Golosini Prosciutto Boneless
Vitorio Prosciutto Boneless
Compliments Milanese Salami (Sliced) 175g
Emma Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 125g
Fact Sheet: Food Safety Facts on Listeria
Audio Clips for Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
CERTAIN PROCESSED MEAT PRODUCTS MADE BY ZADI FOODS LTD. MAY CONTAIN LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
Product photos
OTTAWA, May 9, 2010 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Zadi Foods Ltd. are warning the public not to consume various processed meat products described below because these products may be contaminated withwith Listeria monocytogenes.
The following processed meat products are affected by this alert. Please note that this list also includes a cheese package affected by this alert:
CODE / UPC
Product Name
Lot #
Best Before Date
CAS22630
Casa Italia Prosciutto Ham Bulk (Sliced) 500g
All lots
All dates
CAS301006 79648 30100 0
Casa Italia Ham Prosciutto (Sliced) 125g
All lots
All dates
CAS15000CAS15000A
Casa Italia Boneless Prosciutto
All lots
All dates
CAS15020
Casa Italia Gastronomia Prosciutto Matonella
All lots
All dates
CAS15020
Italfoods Boneless Prosciutto
All lots
All dates
LN015060
Longo’s Boneless Prosciutto (special reserve aged 12 months)
All lots
All dates
ITL15020
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless
All lots
All dates
ITL15010
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless (matonella square)
All lots
All dates
ITL15000
Italissima Prosciutto Boneless Grand Reserva
All lots
All dates
GOL15000
Golosini Prosciutto Boneless
All lots
All dates
VIT15080
Vitorio Prosciutto Boneless
All lots
All dates
CAS22620
Genoa Salami Shaved Bulk 500g
2309
10AU25
10JL06
CAS22624
Soppressata Piccante Shaved Bulk 500g
2329
10JL0610JL19
2260
10AU25
CAS302056 79648 30205 2
Casa Italia Genoa Light Salami(Sliced) 150g
2295
10MA18
CAS302106 79648 30210 6
Casa Italia Genoa Salami (Sliced) 150g
2309
10AU23
CAS302206 79648 30220 5
Casa Italia Genoa Hot Salami (Sliced) 150g
2357
10AU23
CAS302406 79648 30240 3
Casa Italia Calabrese Hot Salami (Sliced) 150g
2364
10SE05
2294
10MA10
CAS302606 79648 30260 1
Casa Italia Pancetta Italian Style (Sliced) 150g
RP0044
10MA17
CAS31240
C.I. Soppressata Piccante Salami Sliced (Sliced) 200g
2385
10OC26
CAS31700
C.I. Pancetta Rolled Mild (Sliced) 1kg
RP0044
10JL06
RP0046
10JL19
CAS322106 79648 32210 4
Casa Italia Genoa Salami with Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 200g COMBO PACK
2275-1407
10MA10
2273-1407
10MA10
SOB107740 68820 10774 3
Compliments Milanese Salami (Sliced) 175g
2342
10SE20
2265
10MA11
2296
10JL12
EMM019340 64445 01934 8
Emma Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 125g
1433
10MA18
268
10OC23
1528
10OC18
Certain products would have been sold to consumers at deli counters. However, the original brand and/or best before dates may not have been transferred at the deli counters to consumer packages. Persons who may have purchased these products and do not know original brand and code are advised to check with their retailer or supplier to determine if they have the affected product.
These products have been distributed nationally.
There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.
Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with these bacteria may cause listeriosis, a foodborne illness. Listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Infected pregnant women may experience only a mild, flu-like illness, however, infections during pregnancy can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn, or even stillbirth.
The manufacturer, Zadi Foods Ltd., Brampton, ON is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.
For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers:
Vincenzo DiBattisia, President, Zadi Foods Ltd. at 1-905-799-6666 x 5234;CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on Listeria monocytogenes, visit the Food Facts web page at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/cause/listeriae.shtml.
For information on all food recalls, visit the CFIA’s Food Recall Report at: http://active.inspection.gc.ca/eng/corp/recarapp_dbe.asp.
To find out more about receiving recalls by e-mail, and other food safety facts, visit our web site at: www.inspection.gc.ca.
– 30 –
Media enquiries:
CFIA Media Relations613-773-6600
Click on image for larger view
Casa Italia Boneless Prosciutto
Italfoods Boneless Prosciutto
Longo’s Boneless Prosciutto (special reserve aged 12 months)
Italissima boneless Ham Prosciutto Grand Reserva boneless skinless
Golosini Prosciutto Boneless
Vitorio Prosciutto Boneless
Compliments Milanese Salami (Sliced) 175g
Emma Provolone Cheese (Sliced) 125g
Fact Sheet: Food Safety Facts on Listeria
Audio Clips for Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C.supreme court of canada.
The Right Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
View image details of the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on January 7, 2000. She had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989. Prior to that, she was Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1988 to 1989, a judge of the British Columbia Court of Appeal from 1985 to 1988, a judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1981 to 1985, and a judge of the Vancouver County Court from April 1981 to September 1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin received a B.A. (Hon.) (1965), M.A. (1968) and LL.B. (1968), all from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She was called to the Alberta Bar in 1969 and the British Columbia Bar in 1971. She practised law in Edmonton, Fort St. John and Vancouver from 1969 to 1974, and taught in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law from 1974 to 1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin chairs the Canadian Judicial Council, the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada and the Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute.
Chief Justice McLachlin has authored many publications and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees. She was named commander of the French Legion of Honour in 2007 and was presented with the International Jurists Award in 2008.
View image details of the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on January 7, 2000. She had been appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1989. Prior to that, she was Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1988 to 1989, a judge of the British Columbia Court of Appeal from 1985 to 1988, a judge of the British Columbia Supreme Court from 1981 to 1985, and a judge of the Vancouver County Court from April 1981 to September 1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin received a B.A. (Hon.) (1965), M.A. (1968) and LL.B. (1968), all from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She was called to the Alberta Bar in 1969 and the British Columbia Bar in 1971. She practised law in Edmonton, Fort St. John and Vancouver from 1969 to 1974, and taught in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law from 1974 to 1981.
Chief Justice McLachlin chairs the Canadian Judicial Council, the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada and the Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute.
Chief Justice McLachlin has authored many publications and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees. She was named commander of the French Legion of Honour in 2007 and was presented with the International Jurists Award in 2008.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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Hospital for Sick Children
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Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children from University Avenue.
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Organization
Care system
Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
Hospital type
Teaching, Specialist, paediatric research facility
Affiliated university
University of Toronto
Emergency department
Yes - regional paediatric trauma centre
Beds
265
Founded
1875
Website
home page
Lists
Hospitals in Canada
The Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, is a children's hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, and it is home to the world's second largest hospital-based paediatric research facility (world's largest being Children's Hospital Boston). It was founded in 1875, inspired by the example of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England. The hospital is located on University Avenue in the city's Discovery District, a block south of Queen's Park near Queen's Park and St. Patrick subway stations.
Contents[hide]
1 Funding
2 History
2.1 Infant deaths
3 Contributions to medicine
4 Recent events
5 References
5.1 Footnotes
6 External links
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[edit] Funding
Atrium of the Hospital for Sick Children.Designed by Eberhard Zeidler.
Medical treatments at SickKids are covered by publicly funded health insurance, as is the case in all Canadian hospitals. Philanthropy is a critical source of funding for SickKids that is separate and distinct from government and granting agencies. In 2006/07, financial support from SickKids Foundation to the hospital totalled $72.1 million. The support went towards infrastructure and support for physicians, researchers and scientists who compete for national and international research grants. Next to government, SickKids Foundation is the largest funding agency in child health research, education and care in Canada. The Foundation maintains a fund, called the Herbie Fund, for patients not covered by Canadian health insurance. The fund was established in 1979 to provide for the treatment of a seven month old patient from Brooklyn, New York named Herbie Quiñones.
[edit] History
Victoria Hospital for Sick Children
During the spring of 1875 a group of Toronto women led by Elizabeth McMaster rented an 11-room house for $320 a year. They set up six iron cots and "declared open a hospital 'for the admission and treatment of all sick children.'" Their first patient, a scalding victim named Maggie, came in on April 3. Forty-four patients were admitted to the Hospital in its first year of operation and sixty-seven others were treated in outpatient clinics.[1]
In 1876 the hospital moved to larger facilities. In 1891 the hospital moved from rented premises to a building constructed for it at College and Elizabeth streets where it would remain for sixty years. This old building, known as the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children is now the Toronto area headquarters of Canadian Blood Services. In 1951 the hospital moved to its present University Avenue location, on the grounds where Canadian star Mary Pickford's childhood home once stood.[1] The hospital underwent its last major expansion in 1993 with the construction of a glass-roofed atrium on the east side of the main building.
The hospital was an early leader in the fields of food safety and nutrition. In 1908 a Pasteurization facility for milk was established at the hospital. Researchers at the hospital invented the infant cereal, Pablum. The research that led to the discovery of Insulin took place nearby at the University of Toronto and was soon applied at the hospital. Doctor Frederick Banting, one of the researchers, had served his internship at SickKids and went on to become an attending physician there. In 1989, a team of researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis. In 1991, Dr Arlette Lefebvre founded Ability Online, an online community for ill and disabled children and their families.
[edit] Recent events
In 2004, doctors at SickKids helped save the life of 10-year-old Djamshid Popal from Afghanistan by treating his heart problem, after the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario diagnosed his illness and referred this patient.[3]
In 2004, SickKids implemented a document management software strategy to improve the storage, security and retrieval of their Electronic Patient Charts. The initiative is continuously updated and has helped streamline processes at the point of care by providing physicians with quick computer access to complete Electronic Patient Charts. The following link is shared with the permission of Canadian Healthcare Technology. [4]
In 2010, researchers led by Dr. Andrew Redington, a cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada have found that intermittently inflating the cuff on the arm of someone having a heart attack helps set off a response that lessens the heart damage caused by the attack[5].
[edit] References
Braithwaite, Max (1974). Sick Kids; the story of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-1636-0.
[edit] Footnotes
^ a b "SickKids History". Hospital for Sick Children. 2005-12-15. http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutHSC/section.asp?s=History+and+Milestones&sID=11889&ss=SickKids+History&ssID=211. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
^ Ontario. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children and Related Matters . Toronto: Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, 1984. (Commissioner: Samuel G. M. Grange). ISBN 0774399686 (pbk.)
^ "Healthy Djamshid Popal heads home to Afghanistan". CTV. 2004-11-27. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101509587169_96918787/?hub=TopStories. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
^ http://www.microdea.com/health-care/case-studies.aspx?id=870
^ "Simple device helps cut heart attack severity". CTV.ca. 2010-02-26. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100226/hearts_100226/20100226?hub=TopStoriesV2.
[edit] External links
Hospital for Sick Children official website
SickKids Foundation website
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Hospital for Sick Children
The Hospital for Sick Children from University Avenue.
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Organization
Care system
Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP)
Hospital type
Teaching, Specialist, paediatric research facility
Affiliated university
University of Toronto
Emergency department
Yes - regional paediatric trauma centre
Beds
265
Founded
1875
Website
home page
Lists
Hospitals in Canada
The Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, is a children's hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto, and it is home to the world's second largest hospital-based paediatric research facility (world's largest being Children's Hospital Boston). It was founded in 1875, inspired by the example of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, England. The hospital is located on University Avenue in the city's Discovery District, a block south of Queen's Park near Queen's Park and St. Patrick subway stations.
Contents[hide]
1 Funding
2 History
2.1 Infant deaths
3 Contributions to medicine
4 Recent events
5 References
5.1 Footnotes
6 External links
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[edit] Funding
Atrium of the Hospital for Sick Children.Designed by Eberhard Zeidler.
Medical treatments at SickKids are covered by publicly funded health insurance, as is the case in all Canadian hospitals. Philanthropy is a critical source of funding for SickKids that is separate and distinct from government and granting agencies. In 2006/07, financial support from SickKids Foundation to the hospital totalled $72.1 million. The support went towards infrastructure and support for physicians, researchers and scientists who compete for national and international research grants. Next to government, SickKids Foundation is the largest funding agency in child health research, education and care in Canada. The Foundation maintains a fund, called the Herbie Fund, for patients not covered by Canadian health insurance. The fund was established in 1979 to provide for the treatment of a seven month old patient from Brooklyn, New York named Herbie Quiñones.
[edit] History
Victoria Hospital for Sick Children
During the spring of 1875 a group of Toronto women led by Elizabeth McMaster rented an 11-room house for $320 a year. They set up six iron cots and "declared open a hospital 'for the admission and treatment of all sick children.'" Their first patient, a scalding victim named Maggie, came in on April 3. Forty-four patients were admitted to the Hospital in its first year of operation and sixty-seven others were treated in outpatient clinics.[1]
In 1876 the hospital moved to larger facilities. In 1891 the hospital moved from rented premises to a building constructed for it at College and Elizabeth streets where it would remain for sixty years. This old building, known as the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children is now the Toronto area headquarters of Canadian Blood Services. In 1951 the hospital moved to its present University Avenue location, on the grounds where Canadian star Mary Pickford's childhood home once stood.[1] The hospital underwent its last major expansion in 1993 with the construction of a glass-roofed atrium on the east side of the main building.
The hospital was an early leader in the fields of food safety and nutrition. In 1908 a Pasteurization facility for milk was established at the hospital. Researchers at the hospital invented the infant cereal, Pablum. The research that led to the discovery of Insulin took place nearby at the University of Toronto and was soon applied at the hospital. Doctor Frederick Banting, one of the researchers, had served his internship at SickKids and went on to become an attending physician there. In 1989, a team of researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto discovered the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis. In 1991, Dr Arlette Lefebvre founded Ability Online, an online community for ill and disabled children and their families.
[edit] Recent events
In 2004, doctors at SickKids helped save the life of 10-year-old Djamshid Popal from Afghanistan by treating his heart problem, after the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario diagnosed his illness and referred this patient.[3]
In 2004, SickKids implemented a document management software strategy to improve the storage, security and retrieval of their Electronic Patient Charts. The initiative is continuously updated and has helped streamline processes at the point of care by providing physicians with quick computer access to complete Electronic Patient Charts. The following link is shared with the permission of Canadian Healthcare Technology. [4]
In 2010, researchers led by Dr. Andrew Redington, a cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada have found that intermittently inflating the cuff on the arm of someone having a heart attack helps set off a response that lessens the heart damage caused by the attack[5].
[edit] References
Braithwaite, Max (1974). Sick Kids; the story of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0-7710-1636-0.
[edit] Footnotes
^ a b "SickKids History". Hospital for Sick Children. 2005-12-15. http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutHSC/section.asp?s=History+and+Milestones&sID=11889&ss=SickKids+History&ssID=211. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
^ Ontario. Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Certain Deaths at the Hospital for Sick Children and Related Matters . Toronto: Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, 1984. (Commissioner: Samuel G. M. Grange). ISBN 0774399686 (pbk.)
^ "Healthy Djamshid Popal heads home to Afghanistan". CTV. 2004-11-27. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101509587169_96918787/?hub=TopStories. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
^ http://www.microdea.com/health-care/case-studies.aspx?id=870
^ "Simple device helps cut heart attack severity". CTV.ca. 2010-02-26. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100226/hearts_100226/20100226?hub=TopStoriesV2.
[edit] External links
Hospital for Sick Children official website
SickKids Foundation website
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
RCMP unveil new stun gun rules Multiple shocks restricted.
RCMP unveil new stun gun rules
CBC News
The RCMP are now limited to using their stun gun in cases where a person is causing bodily harm or an officer has "reasonable grounds" to believe a person will "imminently" harm somebody, according to new policy restrictions.
"Members’ actions must be reasonable and the force used must be necessary in the circumstances," according to the RCMP's revised policy released Tuesday in Ottawa.
RCMP officers must always give a verbal warning, "where tactically feasible," that they are about to use their stun gun, the policy says.
In medically high-risk situations, officers will be required to request medical assistance, when feasible, before using their stun guns.
Multiple shocks restricted
Officers have also been ordered not to shock someone for more than five seconds and to avoid multiple deployments. But the policy says this rule can be amended if "situational factors dictate otherwise."
The federal Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP says it is encouraged by the revised policy.
"This clearly defined threshold requirement for Taser use should help reduce the risk of 'usage creep,'" Ian McPhail, the interim commission chair, said in a statement. "This change, along with the recognition that additional precautions must be taken before using the weapon, is a prudent move on the part of the RCMP."
The commission had pushed for more explicit rules on when officers can use shock weapons such as Tasers.
The RCMP changes come in response to the B.C. inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, new Alberta guidelines and persistent criticism from human-rights advocates that the Taser was often being used to make people obey police commands, not to defuse the most serious threats.
'More precise' guideline
Bob Paulson, an assistant RCMP commissioner, said the threshold is more specific than the previous one, defined as "a threat to officer or public safety."
"We feel that this is more precise," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Liberal public safety critic Mark Holland said the new rules are an improvement but need to be clearer about when an officer's life is danger.
"Bodily harm leaves a lot to the imagination," he said.
NDP public safety critic Don Davies said he's more concerned with the number of times the RCMP might still be allowed to zap someone.
Before he died in 2007, Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, was shot with a stun gun five times at Vancouver's international airport.
But Davies said the new policy still gives an officer the discretion to use a Taser more than once.
"We have to make sure that if that Taser is discharged, it's discharged in the lightest possible manner to get the job done," he said. "No multiple cycling. No long duration."Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/04/rcmp-stun-gun.html#ixzz0n1V6TFGZ
CBC News
The RCMP are now limited to using their stun gun in cases where a person is causing bodily harm or an officer has "reasonable grounds" to believe a person will "imminently" harm somebody, according to new policy restrictions.
"Members’ actions must be reasonable and the force used must be necessary in the circumstances," according to the RCMP's revised policy released Tuesday in Ottawa.
RCMP officers must always give a verbal warning, "where tactically feasible," that they are about to use their stun gun, the policy says.
In medically high-risk situations, officers will be required to request medical assistance, when feasible, before using their stun guns.
Multiple shocks restricted
Officers have also been ordered not to shock someone for more than five seconds and to avoid multiple deployments. But the policy says this rule can be amended if "situational factors dictate otherwise."
The federal Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP says it is encouraged by the revised policy.
"This clearly defined threshold requirement for Taser use should help reduce the risk of 'usage creep,'" Ian McPhail, the interim commission chair, said in a statement. "This change, along with the recognition that additional precautions must be taken before using the weapon, is a prudent move on the part of the RCMP."
The commission had pushed for more explicit rules on when officers can use shock weapons such as Tasers.
The RCMP changes come in response to the B.C. inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, new Alberta guidelines and persistent criticism from human-rights advocates that the Taser was often being used to make people obey police commands, not to defuse the most serious threats.
'More precise' guideline
Bob Paulson, an assistant RCMP commissioner, said the threshold is more specific than the previous one, defined as "a threat to officer or public safety."
"We feel that this is more precise," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Liberal public safety critic Mark Holland said the new rules are an improvement but need to be clearer about when an officer's life is danger.
"Bodily harm leaves a lot to the imagination," he said.
NDP public safety critic Don Davies said he's more concerned with the number of times the RCMP might still be allowed to zap someone.
Before he died in 2007, Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, was shot with a stun gun five times at Vancouver's international airport.
But Davies said the new policy still gives an officer the discretion to use a Taser more than once.
"We have to make sure that if that Taser is discharged, it's discharged in the lightest possible manner to get the job done," he said. "No multiple cycling. No long duration."Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/04/rcmp-stun-gun.html#ixzz0n1V6TFGZ
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