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Congress of Aboriginal Peoples calls for end to police brutality in Canada
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
Canadian police forces need to acknowledge and apologize for brutality against members of racialized groups in the country, a national Indigenous organization said Tuesday. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples said the case of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after being brutally beaten by police earlier this month in Memphis, Tenn., is a reminder ... Read More »
1 responseEthics committee to probe conflict-of-interest violation by Trade Minister Mary Ng
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee has voted in favour of launching a study into a recent ethics ruling against International Trade Minister Mary Ng. Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett presented a motion at the House of Commons ethics committee today saying Canadians deserve a full accounting of what transpired, and the motion passed. The federal ... Read More »
1 response‘Political theatre’: NDP questions sanctions regime as few funds frozen, none seized
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The NDP is accusing the Liberals of basing their sanctions regime on “political theatre” as data suggest few funds have been frozen and none have been seized. The federal government has been announcing sanctions almost weekly that bar people associated with authoritarian regimes from having financial dealings in Canada and from entering the ... Read More »
1 responseLiberals should legislate long-term care standards to fulfil pledge in pact, says NDP
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberals must enshrine new standards for long-term care homes in law to fulfil a pledge in the confidence-and-supply agreement that would help keep their minority government in power, the health critic for the New Democrats said Tuesday. A panel of experts with the non-profit Health Standards Organization released updated the guidance for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Commission probing use of Emergencies Act for 2022 trucker protests granted extension
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The commission investigating the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell the trucker protests last winter in Ottawa has asked for more time to complete its report. A government source, who was granted anonymity to discuss matters not yet public, says the order-in-council establishing the Public Order Emergency Commission will be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the numbers for British Columbia’s overdose crisis
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s chief coroner released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. Lisa Lapointe says drug toxicity remains the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C., and is second only to cancers in terms of years of life lost. Here are some of the numbers connected to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yukon Liberals, NDP renew confidence and supply agreement to hold power
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Liberals and New Democrats have extended a confidence and supply agreement that the party leaders say will improve housing, health care and education, while advancing reconciliation and addressing climate change. Premier Ranj Pillai, who took over the job from Sandy Silver earlier this month, said the renewed agreement addresses the needs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 billion of its budget last year. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s office says the backlog of thousands of unprocessed applications for financial and medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man searching for group that helped him emigrate to Canada three decades ago
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
Ivo Ceko was a member of a military police unit that was guarding a hotel in a town in central Bosnia when he met a group of young Canadians and Americans in the summer of 1994. His English wasn’t very good back then, and they couldn’t speak fluent Croatian ““ but they managed to exchange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own riding
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – A Mi’kmaw member of Parliament says proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove him and two Indigenous communities from his riding. Jaime Battiste says a proposed boundary change for Sydney-Victoria was done without the consultation of its Indigenous constituents – a move he says does not foster ... Read More »
1 responseDecriminalization begins in B.C. as coroners service releases overdose death data
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply. The policy shift began Tuesday as the B.C. Coroners Service announced that ... Read More »
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