Category Archives: Justice
Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster
OTTAWA — A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster. Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107, with the support of all but
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road. A lawyer for th...
Crackdown on land protests in 2020 infringes on liberties, future activism: experts
TORONTO — Months after a group of Haudenosaunee people set up camp on a construction site near Caledonia, Ont., an provincial court granted Haldimand County an order permanently forbidding people from “interfering” with any public road. A lawyer for th...
Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
PARIS — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies. The CNIL said in a statement that the French
Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
PARIS — France’s data privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for breaching the country’s rules on advertising cookies. The CNIL said in a statement that the French
Yukon releases strategy in response to MMIW national inquiry report
Yukon has released what it says is the first comprehensive response to a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The report contained 231 "calls to justice" when it was released in June 2019 after more
China affirms national security trial for Kovrig, Spavor after two years in prison
OTTAWA — China affirmed Thursday that Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor will face a national security trial as Canada and its allies urged Beijing to release the pair, saying they were being arbitrarily imprisoned. The two Canadian men — known in
New effort aims to zero in on illicit dealings tied to online child exploitation
OTTAWA — Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation. The federal Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac,...
Books, physical rigour stoke hope for Kovrig as ‘two Michaels’ mark two jailed years
OTTAWA — In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chinese prison cells. As much as that matters, Kovrig's
Lametti questions Conservatives’ sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable
OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people with disabilities. Despite a looming, court-imposed ...
