Category Archives: National
Provincial watchdogs order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition tool
OTTAWA — Three provincial privacy watchdogs have ordered facial recognition company Clearview AI to stop collecting, using and disclosing images of people without consent. The privacy authorities of British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec are also requiri...
Freeland asks provinces to use more rapid tests, says millions more tests are coming
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland pleaded with provinces to use the COVID-19 rapid tests they've already been sent as she promised Ottawa will spend another $1.7 billion to buy millions more of them in the next few months. The dark
Highlights from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s fall economic statement
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland released a fall economic statement today that outlined a better-than-expected economic rebound, but also billions more in spending, including on the response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Here are some ...
Military preparing to act quickly on Arbour’s plan to fight sex misconduct: minister
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says she is preparing the military to act quickly on retired Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour’s recommendations for eliminating sexual misconduct from the ranks, which could come as early as the spring. Those pr...
NDP leader would back federal intervention in court challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21
OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh says he would support federal intervention in a court challenge to a Quebec law known as Bill 21, which bans teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job. The NDP leader said
Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee
MONTREAL — Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces and post-secondary institutions should not be imposing the use of so-called trigger warnings, according to a report released Tuesday by a committee on academic freedom. The provincial governme...
Discovery of unmarked graves selected as Canada’s news story of the year: CP poll
VICTORIA — The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the B.C. Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada’s news story of the year by editors in newsrooms across the country.
Fiscal update has deficit lower than expected but COVID-19 spending still dominates
OTTAWA — The Liberals have found themselves with a financial windfall amid an economic rebound, though the extra room is largely spoken for thanks to COVID-19 measures and relief for flooded British Columbia. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s update...
Government open to amending paid sick leave bill it wants passed by week’s end
OTTAWA — Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is open to amending legislation that would provide 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers. O'Regan acknowledges that at least two provisions in Bill C-3 could undermine the...
Trudeau’s minority Liberal government easily survives first confidence test
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has easily survived its first confidence test of the new parliamentary session with the help of the Bloc Québécois and the NDP. A Conservative amendment to last month's throne speech was defeated b...
