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Justice minister open to changes on Victims Bill of Rights after scathing report
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – The federal justice minister says he is open to updating the Victims Bill of Rights as a parliamentary report calls on the federal government to better support victims of crime. Justice Minister David Lametti says he has not yet read the House of Commons justice committee’s report, released Wednesday, but he says he ... Read More »
1 responseDefence Department reviewing contracts with Ontario company linked to China
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Department of National Defence says it is reviewing several contracts that were awarded to an Ontario company with links to China. The review comes after Radio-Canada reported that Sinclair Technologies was awarded a separate contract to provide the RCMP with a radio frequency filtering system last year. Its parent company, Norsat International, ... Read More »
1 responseMPs want to hear from witnesses on the government’s assault-style gun definition
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Seven members of a parliamentary committee studying the Liberal gun bill have requested two special meetings to hear from witnesses on the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm. The definition, put forward by the government as an amendment, has prompted confusion and controversy as MPs go over the bill clause by clause. ... Read More »
1 responseFirst Nations leaders reject Trudeau’s proposed gun law, citing risk to treaty rights
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations have voted to publicly reject the Liberal government’s proposed gun-control legislation. An amendment to Bill C-21, which is currently being debated by members of Parliament, aims to create an evergreen definition for “assault-style” weapons and enshrine it in law, allowing the government to ban hundreds of ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec judge authorizes class-action lawsuit against ‘addictive’ Fortnite video game
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Superior Court judge has authorized a lawsuit brought by Quebec parents who allege their children became addicted to the popular online video game Fortnite. Justice Sylvain Lussier issued the ruling on Wednesday after hearing arguments in July regarding the 2019 class-action request from three parents who described how their children had symptoms ... Read More »
1 responseChildren’s deaths from influenza up in B.C., with five mortalities last month
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
VICTORIA – At least five children died in British Columbia from influenza last month alone, a rise that comes as an early season of respiratory illnesses adds strain to the beleaguered health-care system. Data from the BC Coroners Service shows the figure marks a departure from the average two to three flu deaths recorded annually ... Read More »
1 responseFederal environment minister certifies 14 bird-friendly cities in six provinces
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
MONTREAL – Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is certifying 14 more Canadian cities as bird-friendly. Guilbeault, who’s attending the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal, says cities share some responsibility to protect and sustain Canada’s declining bird populations. The program, administered by Nature Canada, recognizes cities that have reduced threats to birds such as free-roaming cats, ... Read More »
1 responseAFN chiefs to vote on opposing federal gun-control bill, citing risk to treaty rights
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations are set to vote on whether to publicly oppose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s proposed gun-control legislation. An amendment to Bill C-21, which is currently being debated by members of Parliament, aims to create a definition for “assault-style” weapons and enshrine it in law, allowing the government ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says Ottawa to work constructively with Alberta after sovereignty act passes
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is going to work as constructively as possible with Alberta after lawmakers passed Premier Danielle Smith’s controversial sovereignty act. The legislature passed the legislation overnight after stripping out a provision that would have granted the provincial cabinet extraordinary powers. Indigenous groups had called for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals aim to secure long-term role for feds in national child-care system
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Families Minister Karina Gould introduced legislation today to strengthen child care in Canada in an effort to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the new national daycare system. The Liberal government brought in a national child-care plan that would cut daycare fees by an average of 50 per cent by the end ... Read More »
1 responseFirst Nations leaders call for police chief to resign after not searching landfill
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
First Nations leaders in Manitoba are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg’s police chief after the force decided to not search a landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women. Police chief Danny Smyth said this week that it’s believed the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are in a landfill outside the city, ... Read More »
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