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Fraser says Canada, U.S. support ‘root causes’ approach to immigration challenges
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
WASHINGTON – Canada and the United States both support a holistic, long-term approach to their shared immigration challenges, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday after a meeting in the U.S. capital with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Both the federal Liberal government in Ottawa and President Joe Biden’s administration are under mounting political pressure to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous leaders stress need for consultation on federal firearms legislation
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – A House of Commons committee studying Liberal efforts to outlaw assault-style firearms is hearing criticism, as well as some measured support, from Indigenous leaders. Chief Jessica Lazare of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake tells MPs on the committee the realities of Indigenous people who take their firearms on trips to hunt for food ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby: Federal government needs to reform bail system ‘now’ to target repeat offenders
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government needs to reform Canada’s bail system now instead of simply talking about it. His comments come after federal Justice Minister David Lametti said Ottawa is prepared to change the Criminal Code to add “more stickiness” for people seeking bail, and he plans to discuss the matter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opposition keeps pressure on the Liberals to call a public inquiry into interference
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s official Opposition is expressing little confidence that the Liberal government will appoint a truly independent watchdog to investigate foreign interference. The New Democrats, who are the Liberals’ closest allies in the House of Commons through the confidence-and-supply agreement reached between those parties, share similar concerns. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unpaid oilpatch taxes rise again despite industry boom, say rural municipalities
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
Rural Municipalities of Alberta says the total of unpaid taxes from the oilpatch keeps rising despite the industry’s boom. In a release, the group says energy companies owe towns and villages in which they operate a total of $268 million. That’s up more than six per cent from last year. As well, the rate of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No indication objects downed over Yukon, Lake Huron operated by foreign state: Anand
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Anita Anand says there is no indication the flying objects shot down over Yukon and Lake Huron last month were affiliated with a foreign country. But Anand says she won’t otherwise speculate on the origins or purpose of those two objects, or of a third shot down off the coast of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at the players involved in federal efforts to address foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s major political parties have accepted the results of the 2019 and 2021 election and a panel of bureaucrats has determined both elections remained free and fair, an assessment that national security agencies agree with. Despite this, attempts at foreign interference – mainly by China – have emerged in recent media reports, resulting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada adds indecency, abortion offences to list of ‘unjust’ historic convictions
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged. The list of “historically unjust offences” is being expanded to include a raft of charges that date back as far as 1892 and were largely directed at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Leader Dennis King
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
CHARLOTTETOWN – A look at Dennis King, leader of Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservative party. Age: 51 Early years: King was born Nov. 1, 1971, in Georgetown, P.E.I., to Catherine (Cattie) Rachel Stevens and Lionel MacKenzie King; he has three brothers and four sisters. Education: He graduated from Montague Regional High School in 1990, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations woman first to testify in trial for former residential school priest
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A First Nations woman told a courtroom she was left scared and sick to her stomach after a priest allegedly assaulted her at a residential school more than 50 years ago. Arthur Masse, 93, is charged with one count of indecent assault from when the woman was a 10-year-old student at the Fort ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government adds indecency, abortion offences to list of ‘unjust’ historic convictions
By The Canadian Press on March 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged. The list of “historically unjust offences” is being expanded to include a raft of charges that date back to 1892 and were largely directed at the LGBTQ ... Read More »
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