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Modernization of CSIS Act ‘long overdue’ say national security experts

National security experts—and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service itself—are calling for major updates to the CSIS Act, first passed in 1984. The Act should be changed to reflect a rapid growth of online threats, changing attitudes and legislation around privacy, and the exploitation of both conventional and technological means for nefarious ends by authoritarian regimes, […]

New blood donation policy still targets queer men and trans women, advocates argue

Many members of Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ community celebrated when Health Canada announced that it would finally be ending the nation’s discriminatory ban on donations from men who have sex with men. Christopher Karas felt only sadness and exhaustion.  “I felt so tired, I cried,” recalled Karas, who brought a human rights complaint against Health Canada in […]

No big winners or losers in curious Conservative leadership debate, say strategists

During Wednesday’s first official Conservative leadership debate, several candidates had “their sights set on trying to blunt Pierre Poilievre’s momentum,” despite a “boring” format that was designed to be “controlled” and “civilized,” said longtime Conservative strategist Tim Powers. The shift from “royal rumble” debate in Ottawa on May 5 to the May 11 stage that […]

Experts, critics wary of feds’ ‘clearly opposite’ private investing plan to rejig infrastructure bank

The federal government has loosened the restrictions around the embattled Canada Infrastructure Bank to make it more nimble and responsive to private investors, even as a parliamentary committee’s blunt, one-line recommendation to abolish the Bank reflects deep skepticism from all opposition parties. Chris Roberts, director of social and economic policy for the Canadian Labour Congress, […]