Benjamin Perrin

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Recent work

• Poilievre wants to override fundamental rights in service of ‘tough on crime’ policies that won’t even workOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 17, 2025
• Benjamin Perrin: Troubling shift toward mass surveillance in the age of AIOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 31, 2024
• Poilievre’s Tough-on-Crime Measures Will Make Things Worse | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 12, 2024
• Opinion: When calling the police does more harm than goodOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 13, 2023
• Opinion: From ‘tough on crime’ to a new transformative vision for Canada’s justice systemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 28, 2023
• Benjamin Perrin: Eby’s new bail directive won’t make us safer, but will worsen justice system woesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Nov 24, 2022
• Opinion: I used to agree with Kenney and Poilievre on criminalizing drug users, but I was wrongOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jun 8, 2022
• Opinion: I used to agree with Kenney and Poilievre on criminalizing drug users, but I was wrongOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 7, 2022
• Opinion: I was Stephen Harper’s criminal justice adviser. But I now think Canada should decriminalize drugsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 9, 2020
• Benjamin Perrin and Jordan Westfall: A perfect storm — COVID-19 and the opioid crisisOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 4, 2020
• Benjamin Perrin and Jordan Westfall: A perfect storm — COVID-19 and the opioid crisisOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 4, 2020
• Politicians can’t interfere with where and how Tori Stafford’s killer serves her timeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 3, 2018
• Perrin and Audas: Ontario's justice system is getting better, but challenges persistOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 4, 2018
• B.C. social-media terror case shows pitfalls for prosecutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 5, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• It takes more than removing one bad judge to improve justice system for victimsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
• Victims of crime pay the real price for unreasonable delaysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 19, 2017
• Victims of crime pay the real price for unreasonable delaysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 19, 2017
• Victims of crime pay the real price for unreasonable delaysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 19, 2017
• Justice delayed: the law of unintended consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 18, 2016
• Justice delayed: the law of unintended consequencesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 18, 2016
• I tweeted about Harper. Then the Twitter bots attackedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 28, 2016
• I tweeted about Harper. Then the Twitter bots attackedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 28, 2016
• Why Canada’s top court should weigh in on electoral reformOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 20, 2016
• Why Canada’s top court should weigh in on electoral reformOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 20, 2016
• The law should ensure Pickton never profits from his horrific crimesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 22, 2016
• Victoria earthquake an urgent wake-up callOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 6, 2016
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in Canada Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Why life in prison rarely works out that way in CanadaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 6, 2015
• Our laws are up to the homegrown terror threatOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 29, 2014
• How the new prostitution law can withstand a Charter challengeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 16, 2014
• For aboriginal women, an inquiry is the quickest route to the slowest responseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 20, 2014
• The West’s response to Putin is a joke on the free worldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 25, 2014
• Whatever the Supreme Court rules, it’s time to end prostitutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 17, 2013
• Calgary HeraldOpinion · Calgary Herald · Oct 5, 2010
• Opinion: Sweden's fix: Jail the johnsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 29, 2010
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009
• Tightening the leash on the 'dogs of war'Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 13, 2009