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Liberals face growing calls to create LGBTQ envoy, modelled on Biden appointment
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberals are facing mounting calls to appoint a senior diplomat to advocate for LGBTQ people abroad, including within their caucus. The Dignity Network, a coalition of Canadian groups that advocate for gender and sexual minorities abroad, says Ottawa should follow the Biden administration in creating a special envoy who can push for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amended bill that would extend citizenship rights to some born abroad heads to House
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – A committee of MPs has approved Citizenship Act changes that allow some born abroad to adopt their Canadian parent’s citizenship, despite objections from Conservatives about a lack of due process. Canadian parents who were born abroad cannot currently pass down their citizenship unless their child is born in Canada. The NDP proposed a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says kids denied a Pride flag at their schools have one on Parliament Hill
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says children who do not see a Pride flag at their schools should know one is flying for them on Parliament Hill. Trudeau hoisted the flag that celebrates the LGBTQ community today at an event where he was joined by MPs from all political parties, marking the eighth time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec fires: fierce fight in Normétal as flames within 500 metres of municipality
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s wildfire fight is focused today in the province’s northern region where flames have reached the doorstep of a municipality of roughly 800 people. Authorities say a wildfire is within 500 metres of Normétal, Que., located 720 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Quebec’s forest fire prevention agency says it is confident the small community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government policy tells CRTC to exclude social media users from online streaming bill
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is telling Canada’s broadcasting regulator to exclude individual social media creators in the regulations to implement the government’s new online streaming law. The bill is meant to force platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute and promote Canadian content. It passed in April but the Canadian Radio-television and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear unvaccinated woman’s case for organ donation
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hearthe appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated in order to get a life-saving organ transplant. Annette Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018 and was told she would not survive unless she received an organ transplant. She was placed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters of Hassan Diab urge Canada to reject France’s latest extradition request
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government’s representative in the Senate says France has requested the extradition of Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab – a demand his supporters are telling the prime minister to refuse. In a new letter to Justin Trudeau, over 130 members of the Canadian legal community say extradition must not be used as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for June 8 : Wildfires leave most of Canada under smoky haze
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 8 … What we are watching in Canada … The battle against hundreds of wildfires continues, as almost every jurisdiction in Canada remains under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire battles continue under heat, air quality alerts over most of Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
The battle against hundreds of wildfires continues, as almost every jurisdiction in Canada remains under either heat or air quality warnings from the federal government. The day after what was supposed to be national Clean Air Day, dozens of alerts remain in place for unseasonable heat or smoky air quality that kept millions of Canadians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada’s drug-price regulator
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Internal emails from the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada shows discord and division was sparked by a letter from the health minister, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and several resignations. Emails released to the House of Commons committee on health suggest some on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters focus on freeing Canadian held in China amid geopolitical ‘ups and downs’
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – A leader of the fight to secure freedom for a Canadian human-rights activist detained in China for 17 years is taking the latest diplomatic deep-freeze between Ottawa and Beijing in stride. Wilf Ruland, a volunteer fieldworker with Amnesty International Canada, says a sustained, long-term campaign aims to keep Huseyin Celil’s case in the ... Read More »
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