Category Archives: National
NDP’s Collins revives calls for environment commissioner to be stand-alone office
OTTAWA — NDP environment critic Laurel Collins is reviving a call for the environment commissioner to be a stand-alone officer of Parliament. Collins is pushing a motion at the House of Commons environment committee to pull the commissioner's position ...
Border officer doesn’t believe RCMP asked for Huawei exec’s phone codes
VANCOUVER — The border officer who led Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's immigration exam before her arrest at Vancouver's airport says he doesn't believe RCMP asked him to collect the passcodes to her phones. Sowmith Katragadda told an evidence-gatherin...
Extend mandate of election-interference warning panel, evaluation recommends
OTTAWA — A new evaluation says the Trudeau government should consider activating its election-interference warning system not just during the next general campaign but also in the pre-writ period. For the 2019 election the government established a "cri...
Federal system for appointing judges unconstitutional, new lawsuit alleges
TORONTO — Canada's process for appointing federal judges is unconstitutional because it is open to partisan political interference, a new lawsuit claims. The unproven application was filed in Federal Court by Democracy Watch, a non-profit advocating fo...
International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists
Environmental groups say a new ban on a highly polluting shipping fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps and Canada should not make use of loopholes in the new regulations for heavy fuel oil. "Arctic states and communities have been
Canada’s labour unions could play big role in efforts to avert ‘Buy American’ rules
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada's largest private-sector unions could be among those with their hands on the helm next year when the time comes to navigate the shoals of Joe Biden's proposed Buy American rules. The president-elect, a self-proclaimed "blue-c...
Feds need better data on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities: Miller
OTTAWA — A rapid rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities on reserve — especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan — likely does not tell the full story due to lack of data, says Indigenous Services
Feds send $120 million to help Indigenous communities in two provinces fight COVID-19
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is providing $120 million in immediate funding for Indigenous communities suffering COVID-19 outbreaks in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Speaking to reporters outside his Rideau Cottage residence, Trudeau ...
New data shows impact of immigration system slowing sharply amid pandemic
OTTAWA — New data is painting a stark picture of how the marked slowdown of the immigration system due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected thousands of lives. The figures show that approvals for immigration applications fell by about three-quarters ...
Sex-offender provision unconstitutional in not criminally responsible cases: court
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed that Ontario's sex-offender registry regime violates the constitutional rights of people found not criminally responsible for their actions by reason of mental disorder. The decision came Friday in the ...
