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Kent Roach
Last published Dec. 2025 · On our record since 2008
Where this writer stands
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“These changes were introduced without the use of the notwithstanding clause or an explanation of how they can be reconciled with the Charter. In my view, they cannot.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: The Carney government’s crime victim legislation is bad constitutional lawOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 21, 2025
- The fly-in court shooting in Wapekeka should draw our attention to two urgent issuesOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 29, 2025
- Opinion: Ten Indigenous people have died at the hands of police in recent months. Where is the outrage?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 20, 2024
- Opinion: The mysteries are mounting on the Jacques Delisle caseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 21, 2024
- Opinion: Ottawa should ask the Supreme Court about MAID for Canadians with mental illnessOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 2, 2024
- Canada is failing the wrongfully convicted, againOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 5, 2023
- Canada is failing the wrongfully convicted, againOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 4, 2023
- Kent Roach: The wrongfully convicted deserve acquittals, not prosecutorial holdsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 11, 2023
- Opinion: It sounds good, but tougher bail laws and more cops won’t improve public safetyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 5, 2023
- Opinion: Canadian detainees in Syria should be brought home immediatelyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 26, 2023
- Opinion: Ottawa’s new bill offers hope to the wrongfully convictedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 20, 2023
- Opinion: Canada should be putting RCMP contract policing on trialOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 20, 2022
- Opinion: The Fairy Creek injunction battle needs to consider harm to environmental and Indigenous rightsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 12, 2021
- Opinion: The RCMP cannot continue front-line policing if it isn’t responsive to the communities it servesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 16, 2020
- One year after the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, little has changedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 8, 2019
- Is police independence at risk in Ontario?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 9, 2018
- Khill verdict should make us think twice about our self-defence lawsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 3, 2018
- Why the Quebec City mosque shooting was terrorismOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 18, 2018
- Roach: Ending peremptory challenges in jury selection is a good first stepOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 1, 2018
- Roach: Ending peremptory challenges in jury selection is a good first stepOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 1, 2018
- Colten Boushie’s family should be upset: Our jury selection procedure is not fairOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 30, 2018
- Colten Boushie’s family should be upset: Our jury selection procedure is not fairOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 29, 2018
- Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2017
- Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2017
- Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2017
- Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2017
- Mandatory minimum sentencing should be Trudeau’s first resolutionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 31, 2017
- We need real, honest debate on Bill C-59Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2017
- We need real, honest debate on Bill C-59Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2017
- We need real, honest debate on Bill C-59Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2017
- We need real, honest debate on Bill C-59Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2017
- We need real, honest debate on Bill C-59Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 2, 2017
- Secret evidence should not be allowed in civil casesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 19, 2017
- Legislation to end stays is not the answer to court delaysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 20, 2017
- Legislation to end stays is not the answer to court delaysOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 20, 2017
- Is Brad Wall really defending school choice with his use of the notwithstanding clause?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 1, 2017
- Is Brad Wall really defending school choice with his use of the notwithstanding clause?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 1, 2017
- Is Brad Wall really defending school choice with his use of the notwithstanding clause?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 1, 2017
- Give Parliamentary committee a chance to shineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 25, 2017
- Give Parliamentary committee a chance to shineOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 25, 2017
- Our national security needs a global perspectiveOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 26, 2016
- Our national security needs a global perspectiveOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 26, 2016
- Renewed Bill C-51 questions: Balancing national security with civil libertyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 16, 2016
- Making the spies accountable: real change or illusion?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 11, 2016
- Making the spies accountable: real change or illusion?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 11, 2016
- Fighting terrorism in Canada: Five questions from the Driver caseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2016
- Fighting terrorism in Canada: Five questions from the Driver caseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 11, 2016
- Fighting terrorism in Canada: Five questions from the Driver caseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 10, 2016
- Fighting terrorism in Canada: Five questions from the Driver caseOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 10, 2016
- Entrapment verdict: Canada’s anti-terror strategy found guiltyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 29, 2016
- Entrapment verdict: Canada’s anti-terror strategy found guiltyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 29, 2016
- Why stripping citizenship is a weak tool to fight terrorismOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 2, 2016
- Why stripping citizenship is a weak tool to fight terrorismOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2016
- How Ottawa fails to meet the security challengeOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 13, 2015
- Banishment is a poor tool in fight against terrorismOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 27, 2015
- The government has not made its case for C-51Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 29, 2015
- Bill C-51 moves us one step closer to the end of privacyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 17, 2015
- France shows West the smart way to fight IS at homeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 12, 2015
- How Ottawa’s new terrorism act could chill free speechOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 4, 2015
- Red, yellow lights for security measuresOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 29, 2015