The RCMP, inquiries, and another musical ride
Over 73 years of investigations, commissions, and inquiries, the RCMP has seen few apparent changes to the way it operates.
Mass killing report a scathing condemnation of Canada’s failure to curb violence against women
As the Nova Scotia inquiry found, there is no excuse for not moving ahead vigorously and forcefully to address this shameful, ongoing crisis.
Chinese-Canadian activists raise concerns over feds’ rushed foreign registry consultations
With many members of the community only receiving an invite four days in advance and a lack of transparency on who would be in attendance, activists are concerned consultations on the proposed foreign agent registry could be skewed.
People’s Commission pushes for post-convoy apologies as joint parliamentary committee readies report
Despite nearing the end of its work, the special committee studying the use of the Emergencies Act will add the new Ottawa People’s Commission report to its evidence.
The political potency of the firearms issue
Canada’s more than two million firearms owners will be voting as a block in the next election based on their united opposition to Trudeau’s new firearms laws. And given the tiny margins that determine which party forms government, the Liberals should be worried, writes former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck.
Meaningful bail reform requires community supports not ‘more policing, more court work, and more corrections’: Sen. Pate
NDP justice critic Randall Garrison says the overrepresentation of marginalized Canadians in prison poses a long-term threat to public safety that must be balanced with the immediate threat of repeat offenders.
MPs’ work on gun control misses target
Notwithstanding the proven link between guns and violence against women, Canadian women’s groups have not been treated as serious stakeholders in the gun control debate. Now, 34 women’s groups are calling out misinformation around Bill C-21.
Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark
National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list ‘foreign states of concern,’ including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and Canadians who have ‘beneficial’ engagements with them.
Toronto police and the illusion of safety
It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one tasked with keeping Torontonians safe.
China’s interference in our elections is no surprise
While Canada has always practised ‘strategic engagement’ with China due to its economic importance, there have long been warnings of its malicious intent.
