Ian Mulgrew
The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Ian Mulgrew: Canada's refugee system continues to fail Afghans
Ian Mulgrew: Desperation has set in for one family seeking to come to Canada as they face being shipped by Pakistan back into the hands of the Taliban → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Gender debate requires clarity
Opinion: It's time to clarify gender rights and deal with their nuances and challenges if we want a community in which everyone feels safe. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Travels with my monarch
Opinion: I'll remember not the crowds, not the pageantry, nor the yacht, but that Queen Elizabeth could share a parish joke with me or anyone. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Indigenous justice clashes with Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the courts
It might sound medieval, but banishment has become a common tool used by First Nations across the country. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Time to evaluate City of Vancouver fentanyl tax uses
City introduced 0.5% property tax increase in Dec. 2016 to enhance funding support to deal with opioid crisis by roughly $3.5m annually. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Charter of Rights and Freedoms a mirage?
Opinion: COVID pandemic orders and recent court decisions have forced many Canadians to realize the nation is not the True North Strong and Free. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Timing of strong anti-SLAPP ruling perfect
Opinion: 'Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation' are legal actions launched to silence a critic rather than remedy some ostensible tort. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: ICBC dumpster-fire fix ruled unconstitutional — again
"The thinly veiled purpose of this legislation is to improve the finances of ICBC by reducing the quantity of expert evidence in motor vehicle accident… → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: ICBC dumpster-fire fix ruled unconstitutional — again
"The thinly veiled purpose of this legislation is to improve the finances of ICBC by reducing the quantity of expert evidence in motor vehicle accident… → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Gadfly lawyer Linde, 80, fights disciplinary joust
Lawyer Carey Linde: "Back to the stodgy club of old, back to the Star Chamber, that's progressive." → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Cullen commission report on B.C. money laundering 'an enormous opportunity missed'
This report breaks no new ground and tells us little about why this scandal happened → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Feds, Horgan dodging transparency over use of Emergencies Act
Analysis: So far, the federal government has not explained how exactly the country was imperilled by truckers protesting COVID restrictions → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Straight talk needed for reconciliation
Forty years after the constitution was repatriated and the Charter adopted, First Nations in B.C. are still waiting to be treated fairly. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Convoy exposed topsy-turvy policing
“Let’s be crystal clear: an inquiry that does not include the sworn testimony of the major players involved and the production of documents is a sham." → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Mandatory minimum sentence for B.C.'s fentanyl dealers simply isn't working
Five years ago in a ruling reminiscent of a religious crusade, the B.C. Court of Appeal told provincial judges to jail those selling fentanyl for at least 18 months or more. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: $10-million fine a bitter end for sweet thief
Canada's top court has reinstated a nearly $10-million fine that received international attention because it involved the theft of $18 million worth of maple syrup. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Politicians, judges, cops, doctors failing in drug crisis
Opinion: Despite lofty talk of decriminalization, drug users still being thrown in jail in B.C. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: First Nations justice moves forward
DOUG WHITE: "From the over-policing of our people to the criminalization of structural poverty, we cannot commit to anything less than a massive overhaul of… → Read More
Ottawa admits B.C. man robbed of justice after extradition to U.S. for Wounded Knee execution
Extradited more than a decade ago and later convicted in the blood-soaked South Dakota Badlands execution of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a 30-year-old Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq woman, John Graham maintains his innocence. → Read More
Ian Mulgrew: Decades of politicians ignoring the evidence led to today's opioid crisis
Opinion: With five people a day dying of overdoses in B.C., government efforts have amounted to little more than a Band-Aid → Read More