The federal government was given one more month today to expand access to physician-assisted dying even as its efforts to achieve it ended in the House of Commons. Quebec Superior Court judge Martin Sheehan has agreed to grant the government a fourth extension – until March 26 – to bring the law into line with a 2019 court ruling. The […]
The federal government has not done enough to ensure that people in First Nations communities have continued access to safe drinking water, says the federal auditor general. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged in the 2015 election to eliminate all long-term advisories regarding the quality of drinking water on public water systems on First Nations reserves by the 31st. March 2021. […]
Some Conservative MPs are calling on the federal government to end the mandatory quarantine policy in hotels following two reports of sexual violence. Montreal police have arrested a Windsor, Ontario. the man allegedly assaulted a woman in a quarantine hotel in Laval, Quebec. The woman in question told La Presse that a fellow traveler forced his way into her hotel […]
Canada’s new senior military commander abruptly stepped down from his post on Wednesday evening after questions were posed to the Department of National Defense about a sexual misconduct investigation targeting Admiral Art McDonald. CBC News has learned that the allegations involved a female crew member in an incident ten years ago aboard a warship participating in an exercise in the […]
The federal government will return to court Thursday morning to request a fourth extension of the court-imposed deadline to expand access to medical assistance in dying. The government is asking for one more month, until March 26, to pass Bill C-7, which is stuck in the House of Commons with no prospect of passing by Friday – the current deadline. […]
Canada’s new senior military commander Art McDonald has voluntarily stepped down as he is under investigation by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service on unspecified charges of misconduct. Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan released an online statement just after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, saying he had been briefed on the situation and was taking the allegations of misconduct seriously. “As I […]
Hundreds of workers at Canada’s signals intelligence agency have voted in favor of the strike – a move that comes as the threat of state-sponsored cyber attacks linked to the pandemic appears to be increasing. The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents employees working in cryptography, applied mathematics, advanced language analysis and cybersecurity at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). PSAC […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today confirmed that Moderna will meet its contractual obligation to deliver 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March. Speaking in question period, Trudeau said the Massachusetts firm will send 460,000 doses during the week of March 8 and 840,000 doses from March 22 – 1.3 million doses. This is in addition to […]
Canada’s budget watchdog predicts that building the Navy’s new frigate fleet could cost at least $ 77.3 billion – a figure that could rise even more if the frequently delayed program suffers further setbacks. Yves Giroux, the Parliamentary Budget Officer [PBO], said the overall cost of building 15 Canadian combat ships could reach $ 82.1 billion if the program is […]
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, asks the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make public all documents relating to how his father handled the consequences of the PQ’s provincial electoral victory in 1976. In an interview with CBC News, St-Pierre Plamondon said his party will table a motion in the Quebec National Assembly asking for […]
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