Category Archives: Justice
RCMP commits to changes in how it collects, uses information about protesters
OTTAWA — The RCMP has agreed to revamp its policies on the collection and use of information about protesters after a watchdog expressed fresh concerns, a notable shift from the police force's position only months ago. In a letter to the
PQ member Harold LeBel removed from caucus after ‘very serious’ sex assault complaint
MONTREAL — A Parti Quebecois member of the legislature has been dumped by his party after he was arrested Tuesday in connection with an allegation of sexual assault. Quebec provincial police arrested Harold LeBel, 58, in Rimouski, Que., about 315 kilom...
Reconciliation delayed and anti-Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners
OTTAWA — Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together to voice their concerns about the slow pace of reconciliation in Canada. T...
Nova Scotia lobster pound owner fined, sanctioned for buying Mi’kmaq ceremonial catch
HALIFAX — The owner of a lobster pound in Nova Scotia who was convicted of illegally selling lobster harvested by Mi'kmaq fishers has been fined and temporarily banned from working in the Nova Scotia industry.Judge Tim Landry on Monday fined
Anti-racism task force calls for end to racial profiling in all Quebec police forces
MONTREAL — Random police stops should be banned for all of Quebec's police forces and patrol units should include social workers who can de-escalate tensions during interventions, the province's anti-racism task force said Monday. Junior health ministe...
City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver and the park board have released a plan to shut down a growing homeless encampment in Strathcona Park that has led to tensions in the surrounding neighbourhood. Two properties, including the Jericho Hostel and the
Series of gaps allowed massive Desjardins data breach, privacy watchdog says
OTTAWA — A series of technological and administrative gaps caused a high-profile data breach at Desjardins — the largest to date in the Canadian financial services sector, the federal privacy watchdog has found. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien sai...
Senators likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill
OTTAWA — It was out of the political frying pan and into the fire Monday for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 began in the Senate, where the government has no
‘Walk-of-shame’ comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations
VICTORIA — A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commissioner to call for provincial standards for sex crim...
Liberals ‘completely unwilling’ to hold political parties to account on privacy
OTTAWA — A leading expert on personal-information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in its current revamp of the federal privacy regime. Ter...
