Rouleau Inquiry lifts lid on ‘federal, provincial, municipal dysfunction in crisis management and policing,’ say politicos
Testimony from federal officials last week shown light on the earliest and final days of the Freedom Convoy protests, discussions around the potential for ‘serious violence’ leading up to the first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act, and why the federal government needed to step up.
Canadians’ appetite for extremist organizations like Diagolon will need a ‘whole-of-society approach,’ say experts
‘Perfect storm’ of geopolitical events and two years of pandemic isolation have left Canadians looking for ‘easy answers to complex questions’ and someone to blame, says Barbara Perry.
With extraordinary power comes extraordinary accountability: Trudeau, eight ministers to testify at Public Order Emergency Commission alongside convoy organizers
The public inquiry looking into the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests earlier this year will hold its first meeting on Oct. 13, with more than 60 witnesses, including the prime minister and convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, set to testify as to whether the federal […]
Calls to list IRGC as terrorist entity re-emerge as Tories take four-year push to Foreign Affairs Committee
Amid increasing protests in Iran after the death of a women in custody, Conservative MPs are renewing their calls to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, including at the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Protests erupted across Iran following the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She was detained […]
‘Bloody bad business’: prison reform advocate calls for Canada’s last prison labour-operated abattoir to finally close
A prison reform advocacy group is renewing its calls on the federal government to finally close Canada’s last remaining prison labour-operated abattoir at the Joyceville and Pittsburgh institutions in Kingston, Ont., after its contract is set to expire on Sept. 30. Last month, Evolve Our Prison Farms released the second edition of its report criticizing […]
Advocates, politicos urge feds to lead on ending ‘appalling practice’ of immigrant detention in provincial jails
Human rights advocates are hopeful last month’s announcement that British Columbia is ending its contract with the Canada Border Services Agency to detain immigrants and asylum seekers in provincial jails will spur other provinces to follow suit. However, they are still calling on the federal government to take the lead. On July 21, B.C.’s Public […]
Politics This Morning: Key Nova Scotia RCMP members to testify in hearings on political interference
Good Tuesday morning, The House Public Safety Committee will meet at 11 a.m. today to hear from the deputy minister of justice and from senior RCMP members. The committee is continuing its investigation into allegations that the government interfered politically in the RCMP’s investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting in order to support […]
Joly’s intervention to ban handgun imports ‘a significant and creative measure,’ says gun control advocate
The government’s move to ban the import of most legal handguns as of Aug. 19 came as a surprise both to gun control advocates and to gun enthusiasts, but it is also a tacit acknowledgment of a boom in gun sales in Canada since the government’s May 30 announcement of pending gun control legislation. Public […]
Committee hearing exposes rift within RCMP, but observer says political interference claims in mass shooting investigation a red herring
Recent testimony from current and former RCMP employees before the House Public Safety Committee has shed light on tensions between “downtown” command in Ottawa and senior RCMP leadership in Nova Scotia in the days after the April 2020 mass shooting that began in Portapique, N.S. But a veteran political observer says claims of political interference […]
Committee to weigh ‘appearance’ of political interference with government status quo in NS shooting case
Despite two weeks of difficult questions and condemnations for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet, analysts and Liberal strategists aren’t convinced that the controversy over the alleged interference in the RCMP’s investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting is something Canadian voters are actually concerned about. While the Liberals’ political rivals […]
