Category Archives: National
Internal review into Indigenous Services Canada should be public, advocate says
Ottawa will open the department of Indigenous Services up for a review to identify ways it discriminates against First Nations children. The work will happen as part of a $40-billion agreement-in-principle reached last December between the federal Lib...
Long-awaited victims’ rights for military coming into effect in June
OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces says long-awaited rights for the victims of military-related crimes will come into effect in June, though other reforms to fix shortcomings in Canada’s court-martial system appear to be a long way off. Parliament appr...
B.C.’s UN Indigenous rights plan commits to changing history through action
VICTORIA — British Columbia introduced an Indigenous reconciliation plan Wednesday that sets goals toward implementing its law on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. During a ceremony at the legislature before the bill ...
Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation contracts
OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to "future proof" the carbon price against political decisions to cancel or lower it down the road. That could include legislation to enshrine the carbon price and its upward trajectory into law. Or it
RCMP’s bias-free policing policy inadequate, Mountie watchdog finds
OTTAWA — The civilian watchdog agency that oversees the RCMP has found that the Mounties' bias-free policing policy is inadequate and unclear. The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission's report released Wednesday also said the RCMP's national headq...
Government working to find out which Ukrainians coming to Canada need most help
OTTAWA — Canada will extend some settlement services to fleeing Ukrainians, but they will not receive all of the same supports as typical refugees, the federal immigration minister said Wednesday. Many Ukrainians who've applied to come to Canada are do...
Building national monument honouring residential school students to take five years
Ottawa is eyeing a possible five-year timeline to build a national monument to honour children who suffered its residential school system. Construction of a memorial in the national capital was listed as one of the calls to action in the final
Federal emissions reduction plan still undercounts forestry, environmentalists say
The federal government's new emissions reduction plan continues to undercount emissions from forestry, an environmental group says, throwing doubt on Canada's ability to reach its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. "They're not reporting their carbon i...
Small businesses seek extra hiring aid in federal budget to help with recovery
OTTAWA — The voice of Canadian small business says it hopes the federal government breathes extra months of life into an incentive for companies to hire new staff, a way to help firms only now hitting recovery mode. Dan Kelly, president
Former senator Joyce Fairbairn has died at the age of 82
OTTAWA — Colleagues of former Liberal senator Joyce Fairbairn remembered her kindness and determination after she died this week at the age of 82. Fairbairn began her 50-year career in Ottawa as a journalist in the parliamentary press gallery at a