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Liberal minister promises plan on Access to Information as MPs highlight woes
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says she hopes to share a plan in coming months for improving the key federal transparency law and how it is managed. Fortier is telling a House of Commons committee today she expects the plan for making the Access to Information Act more effective will come before the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general ‘assessing’ mandate in terms of Trudeau Foundation ask to investigate
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal auditor general’s office says it is still “assessing” its mandate as it relates to a request from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation to investigate its handling of two donations with possible links to the Chinese government. The foundation’s interim board chair wrote to the office last week, saying it would welcome ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. inquest hears initial 911 calls related to man who died after police beating
By Breanna Owen, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has heard from two people whose 911 calls set off the Vancouver police response that led to the beating death of another man by several officers. Myles Gray, who was 33, died in Burnaby, B.C., in August 2015 within an hour of the beating by officers that left him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s what the looming public-service strike would look like for hybrid workers
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s federal public servants will need to show up at the picket line for four hours each day if they go on strike – even if their union has been trying to negotiate permanent work-from-home arrangements with the government. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says that if it doesn’t reach a deal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ministerial mandate letter fight about accountable government, CBC lawyer tells court
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – The CBC’s fight to see mandate letters for Ontario cabinet ministers goes to “the very core” of what freedom-of-information regimes are designed to foster, a lawyer for the public broadcaster told the country’s top court Tuesday. These elements are an informed public, accountable government and, ultimately, the democratic process, Justin Safayeni argued in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. inquest hears initial 911 call related to man who died after police beating
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – A coroner’s inquest has heard from a man whose 911 call set off the police response that led to the beating death of another man by several officers. Myles Gray, who was 33, died in Burnaby, B.C., in August 2015 within an hour of the beating by Vancouver police officers that left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan minister asks man guilty of domestic assault to return service medal
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s agriculture minister says he requested a public service medal be returned as the recipient had been convicted of domestic assault. “It is not appropriate for someone who is guilty of domestic abuse to receive a medal or an honour from the province,” David Marit said in a statement Tuesday. Jim Wickett, a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Done and dusted’: Liberal’s controversial online streaming bill back before Senate
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s controversial online-streaming bill is back in the upper chamber today, where a senator who opposed it expects it to pass. After more than a year of debate and revisions, Alberta Sen. Paula Simons says she would really like to see Bill C-11 “done and dusted” this week. She says this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s premiers set to meet with police chiefs over public safety risks
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s premiers will meet with the association representing police chiefs this week over the concern of a recent spike in violence across the country. Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, who chairs the Council of the Federation, says the premiers want to hear the views of the chiefs on public safety risks and threats, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some 200 long-term care residents forced to move from troubled Montreal facilities
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
MONTREAL – Some 200 vulnerable residents are being forced to move out of two Montreal-area long-term care homes that were put under trusteeship last fall amid allegations of poor treatment. The health authority representing western Montreal has confirmed that all the residents of the Floralies Lachine and Floralies LaSalle homes are being relocated out of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mont-Tremblant evacuates residents amid flooding, other Quebec cities warn residents
By The Canadian Press on April 18th, 2023
MONTREAL – Several municipalities in Quebec’s Laurentians region, north of Montreal, are warning residents to take precautions as local rivers spill their banks. Mont-Tremblant, Que., officials asked residents of about 65 homes near the Diable River to evacuate on Monday evening, warning that the river would reach flooding levels overnight. The City of St-Jérôme, Que., ... Read More »
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