Category Archives: Justice
Lametti warns Senate that more amendments to judicial training bill could doom it
OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is warning the Senate that making further amendments to legislation requiring new judges to take training on sexual assault law could doom the bill to failing for a third time. Bill C-3 is before the
B.C. premier expects those who are vaccinated will get flexibility to do more
VICTORIA — The lifting of more British Columbia health restrictions is likely as the COVID-19 vaccination plan rolls out across the province, Premier John Horgan said Wednesday. However, Horgan says he's not prepared to speculate on what limits could ...
Canadians not near death gain access to assisted dying as Senate passes Bill C-7
OTTAWA — Intolerably suffering Canadians who are not near the natural end of their lives now have the right to seek medical assistance in dying. And that will eventually include people suffering solely from grievous and irremediable mental illnesses. T...
‘Two Michaels’ detained in China have hearings Friday and Monday, says Garneau
WASHINGTON — Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, the two Canadians detained by China in 2018 as part of a high-stakes trilateral stalemate with the United States, are facing separate court hearings in the next week. The Canadian Embassy in Beijing has
Mounties enforced racist policies, RCMP commissioner says
OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Mounties have enforced racist and discriminatory legislation and policies, and they should do better in the future. Speaking to Indigenous chiefs at a national forum on First Nations policing, Lucki say...
Mounties enforced racist policies, RCMP commissioner says
OTTAWA — The Mounties have enforced racist and discriminatory legislation and policies, with some incidents leaving generational scars, and they should do better in the future, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said Wednesday. "As an institution of the go...
Ottawa rejects Iran report that blames shootdown of Flight 752 on ‘human error’
OTTAWA — The federal government is rejecting outright a final report by Iran's civil aviation authority that blames "human error" as the reason why a passenger jet was shot down by the Iranian military in January 2020. Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired
Officials had a ‘flagrant’ disregard for Meng’s rights, her lawyers tell court
VANCOUVER — Canadian and U.S. officials involved in the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou failed, "at times miserably," in their duties to act honourably and with regard for her rights, one of her lawyers argued Wednesday. Tony Paisana made the
Ottawa seeks post-pandemic ideas to prepare for next major disaster
OTTAWA — The federal government is looking beyond COVID-19 to prepare for the next large-scale calamity — be it another pandemic, a tsunami or cyberattack. In a notice posted Tuesday, Defence Research and Development Canada seeks proposals for studies,...
Protesters gather in Montreal for annual march against police brutality
MONTREAL — About 150 protesters gathered in Montreal's Parc-Extension borough Monday night for the annual anti-police brutality march.Protesters, mostly clad in black and wearing masks in conformity with the province's COVID-19 health order, chanted an...
