‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said the call to designate Black people as a distinctive class under the Employment Equity Act is ‘under active consideration.’
Israel wants Hassan Diab to serve prison sentence in France but vows to stay out of any extradition request
‘We would like Hassan Diab to be extradited to France to serve his sentence, but we don’t interfere in that,’ says Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed.
House gridlock remains as Canada seeks to quickly respond to Trump tariff threats
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says it would be ‘shocking’ if opposition parties prevented the feds from presenting bills to provide the RCMP and CBSA with more resources.
Advocates for Hassan Diab call on feds to declare extradition will not go ahead
Canada has refused to say whether France has requested that Hassan Diab be extradicted.
Human rights matter for us all
The recent death of a Canadian woman in a Turkish prison further underscores that all citizens who remain locked up in northeastern Syria must be repatriated immediately.
No process replaces due process in the United States
Vile excesses that would once have carried consequences are now accepted as just part of the political noise.
Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings
The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
Liberals back away from MAID debate with Quebec, not wanting to ‘butt heads’
Quebec is allowing advance requests for medical assistance in dying, violating the Canadian Criminal Code. Unchallenged, the precedent could ‘influence other provinces’ to do the same, says UBC law prof Brian Bird.
Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs
The impasse in Parliament is now in its fourth week as Conservatives continue to demand the feds release unreacted SDTC documents to RCMP.
The security clearance process: an explainer from ex-CSIS director Ward Elcock
As politicians politick over Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre not having a security clearance, former CSIS director Ward Elcock breaks down the process.
