Category Archives: Social
Feds to apologize to victims of military sexual misconduct on Dec. 13
OTTAWA — A date has been set for the government to deliver its promised apology to victims of military sexual misconduct. The Department of National Defence announced Monday that the apology will be delivered on Dec. 13 and come in the
Canada’s residential addiction programs need national standards: expert
OTTAWA — An expert on substance use policy says there should be clearer standards for publicly funded residential addiction treatment programs in Canada. While health and safety standards for such facilities exist, there are no overarching national sta...
Government introduces beefed-up bill banning conversion therapy outright
OTTAWA — The federal government tabled a new, tougher bill Monday to ban conversion therapy in Canada, comparing the practice to "torture." The legislation, if passed, would make practices designed to change someone's sexual orientation or gender iden...
Quebec adopts new bill setting stage new special court for sexual assault victims
Quebec's legislature unanimously adopted a bill Thursday creating a specialized tribunal for cases of sexual violence and domestic assault. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has said the specialized court is needed because most victims of sexual as...
Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor’s letter to senior officers
OTTAWA — Canada’s newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to get back his job
Lewis to fight Liberal plan to axe charity status for anti-abortion pregnancy centres
OTTAWA — Leslyn Lewis, in one of her first acts as an MP on Parliament Hill, says she plans on inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to a pregnancy centre that risks losing its charity status over opposing abortion. The newly elected
Assembly of First Nations announces 13 delegates to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican
A chief and residential school survivor says he will be looking for justice and healing when he leads the Assembly of First Nations delegation to meet with Pope Francis next month at the Vatican. "We do this to seek true reconciliation,"
Ex-Liberal cabinet minister to lead task force on Halifax affordable housing shortage
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier picked a former political adversary to lead his government's new task force aimed at addressing housing shortages in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Premier Tim Houston said he named Geoff Mac...
Government opens College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
OTTAWA — The federal government has opened a new college to regulate immigration consultants and armed it with stronger authorities than the past regulator. Millions of potential immigrants and refugees often rely on consultants to help them navigate C...
‘There’s nowhere to put them’: Nunavut community still without morgue
GJOA HAVEN, Nunavut — When James Dulac's friend died in 2019, his body was kept the same way others are in his northern Nunavut community — in a shed with no heat or electricity. Dulac, who lives in Gjoa Haven, said