Monday May 26, 2014 – 11am
Posted May 26, 2014 02:01:26 PM.
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11:00- Makbule Sahan, Human and Trade Union Rights Officer with the International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation recently released the results of its inaugural Global Rights Index, a comprehensive ranking of where it’s good and not-so-good to be in the labour force around the world. The Rights Index is the first time the ITUC has attempted to rank countries based on workers’ rights. The survey used 97 different indicators to rank countries on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being the best). Overall, Canada came in at a solid 3 – neither the best nor the worst. What’s mainly surprising is the other countries counted in that same bracket: Australia and the United Kingdom, sure, but also Brazil, Ethiopia, Georgia, the Republic of Congo, Uganda and Venezuela.
11:30- Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Hundreds of thousands of people are listed in Canada’s national criminal records despite never having been convicted of a crime, a Toronto Star analysis has found. More than 420,000 people were listed in the RCMP’s Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database as having no conviction in 2005, the most recent year for which the Star has data. Many of them are listed in the database for mental health issues. For example, nearly 2,500 with no conviction registered had a notation for “attempt suicide.” Another 2,200 had a notation for “mental instability” with no conviction. Experts say the CPIC figures remain generally consistent over time.
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