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In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach argues that increasing the number of people sent to prison will not reduce the number of Aboriginal women who are murdered or go missing ("Missing aboriginal women: More imprisonment is not the solution," May 27, 2014).

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In The Globe and Mail, Prof. Audrey Macklin, with co-authors Michael Adams and Ratna Omidvar, argues that the proposed new Citizenship Act will create second-class Canadian citizens who do not enjoy the same rights as others ("Citizenship Act will create two classes of Canadians," May 21, 2014).

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In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Lisa Austin, with Prof. Andrea Slane of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, reveals the legal loophole that has allowed the Canadian government to access customer information from telecom providers without a warrant ("We can’t let phone companies determine our privacy rights," May 5, 2014).

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Prof. Yasmin Dawood has co-authored, with several other academics from across Canada, an open letter to the Government of Canada about the Fair Elections Act that calls on the government to withdraw the bill. This open letter follows an earlier one co-authored by Prof. Dawood that expressed concerns about the Act and was signed by 160 professors from across Canada in various relevant disciplines. The second letter has been signed by an even larger number of professors.