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Blair’s focus will be guns, drugs, organized crime, more than migration, suggests Parl. Sec. Vaughan
The addition of Bill Blair as a cabinet minister tackling organized crime and border security is a ‘dilution’ of the public safety and immigration ministers’ authority, says former Tory minister Chris Alexander.
PMO mum over whether Trudeau raised concerns over ‘rising tide’ of anti-Semitism with the Latvian PM
The feds can be more forthright to condemn Nazi glorification and anti-Semitism in Europe, says a leading Jewish Canadian advocacy group.
After less than a year in the job, Jacqueline Kuehl will leave the Senate on July 6, leaving two top Senate admin roles without permanent staff to fill them.
Canada risks becoming a safe haven if we don’t have a serious look at changing the mandatory minimums for child pornography offences.
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For some, their involvement represents a public about-face to their stance on the drug while holding office.
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The Safe Third Country Agreement is a worth a second look, as the American situation deteriorates, says Anna Neistat.
Canada's spot in the middle of the rankings might be more acceptable if we were at least moving upwards, but progress in key areas hasn’t moved in over a decade, says UNICEF president.
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The Immigration and Refugee Board has rightly reversed a decision to close Ottawa hearing rooms in 2014.
Many of the recommendations were repeated from the 2013 review, say civil society groups, who want Canada to change its human rights-management approach.
The feds must act on vaporizers and concentrates sooner to ensure the black market doesn’t first.
Conservative Sen. Boisvenu says the bill should be changed to have zero tolerance for those who smoke and drive, as the committee hears of the potential for court challenges.
Data shows 665 officers nationally have advanced certification to test drug-impaired drivers, which critics say is a problem.
Last week’s Supreme Court ruling raised the possibility that B.C. might have a stronger legal argument now to limit the flow of oil through the province on environmental grounds.
Government legislation aiming to wipe historically unjust convictions is too narrow when it comes to the types of crimes for which LGTBQ Canadians are wrongly convicted, witnesses told the Senate as it started its study of the bill last week.
The charter's anniversary last week reminds us of how it’s changed us.
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