Media
TVO: The Agenda with Steve Paikin
URL: https://tvo.org/video/programs/the-agenda-with-steve-paikin/creating-a-safer-ontario
Panel discussion: "Creating a Safer Ontario."
NEWS 957 Halifax, March 19, 2018Radio/Podcast
Radio interview on Mr. Big undercover police operations on the Sheldon MacLeod Show
Supreme Court Dismisses Former Cop James Forcillo's Appeal in Shooting Sammy Yatim
Toronto Star, December 6, 2018Print
Baloney Meter: Will Tougher Penalties for Gang Members Make Canada Safer?
Canadian Press, November 15, 2018Print
Monitoring Bracelets and Tax Credits: Conservative Task Force Report Suggests Sweeping Changes to Address Rural Crime,
Edmonton Journal, November 20, 2018Print
Mr. Big Sting Didn't Obtain Confession
Winnipeg Free Press, March 16, 2018Print
URL: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mr-big-sting-didnt-obtain-confession-477060323.html
Interviewed for and quoted in article on Mr. Big sting in the R v. Cormier case
Police Investigation in Tina Fontaine's Murder: Rethinking the Mr. Big Method
The Conversation, March 13, 2018Online
Op-Ed on the police investigation into the death of Tina Fontaine, with a discussion of the use of the Mr. Big undercover investigative technique. This piece also appeared in the National Post and The Tyee.
Criminal Justice Policy During the Harper Era: Private Members’ Bills, Penal Populism, and the Criminal Code of Canada
by Kate Puddister and James B. Kelly
Published by Canadian Journal of Law and Society
The Canadian Reference Power: Delegation to the Courts and the Navigation of Federalism.
Published by Publius: The Journal of Federalism
Who's in Charge of Mr. Big?
Published by National Post
August 5, 2014
Op-ed., with Troy Riddell
With or Without You: The Conservatives and Quebec
Published by University of Toronto Press
Chapter in: The Blueprint: Conservative Parties and Their Impact on Canadian Politics, edited by Joanna Everitt and JP Lewis.
The RCMP’s ‘Mr. Big’ Undercover Investigation Technique: A Case Study of Police Independence, Accountability and Oversight
Published by Canadian Journal of Public Administration
with Troy Riddell.
The Most Radical Amendment of All: the Power to Secede and the Secession Reference
Published by University of Toronto Press
chapter in: "Constitutional Amendment in Canada," edited by Emmett Macfarlane.
Judicialization of (Past) Politics: The Cameron Inquiry and the Green Commission
Published by McGill-Queens University Press
with James B. Kelly, in: "First Among Unequals: The Premier, Politics and Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador," edited by Alex Marland and Mathew Kerby
If Michael Brown Was Shot in Canada
Published by Metro News
November 26, 2014
special contribution to Metro News.
URL: http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1223026/if-michael-brown-was-shot-in-canada/
Biography
Kate Puddister has a PhD in Political Science from McGill University. She completed an MA in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at the University of Guelph and BA honours in Criminal Justice and Public Policy also at the University of Guelph. Her research and teaching focus on law and politics, criminal justice policy and Canadian politics. My book, Seeking the Court's Advice: The Politics of the Canadian Reference Power will be published with UBC Press in spring 2019. Puddister is interested in a variety of topics that relate to judicial politics and Canadian constitutionalism. She also works in the area of criminal justice policy in general, with a focus on policing, and sentencing. She has published on the RCMP's Mr. Big undercover technique, sentencing policy, and a variety of other topics related to criminal justice policy and Canadian politics.