Feb 14 2019 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has moved to shore up support in his Liberal caucus as the aftershocks of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s resignation from cabinet rocked both Parliament Hill and members of his own party. Multiple caucus sources told CBC News that Trudeau convened an extraordinary caucus meeting by telephone Tuesday evening to reassure them that nothing […]
Feb 3 2019 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Canadian government should suspend engineering giant SNC-Lavalin from competing for future federal government contracts after two former top executives pleaded guilty to charges in recent weeks, says NDP MP Charlie Angus. “How is it that a company with such a horrific record of corporate malfeasance is able to obtain so many government contracts and […]
Jan 23 2019 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Canadian government has shared more than 1.6 million Canadian banking records with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service since the start of a controversial information-sharing agreement in 2014, CBC News has learned. In 2016 and again in 2017, the Canada Revenue Agency provided the IRS with information on 600,000 Canadian bank accounts each year. That’s […]
Jan 19 2019 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Canadians may never know the details of an elaborate scheme orchestrated by engineering giant SNC Lavalin to funnel more than $117,000 to two federal political parties after one of the key players quietly pleaded guilty a few weeks ago. Normand Morin, the 76-year-old former vice-president of the company, took advantage of a routine court appearance […]
Jan 9 2019 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The federal government has adopted strict new regulations to govern the use of drones in Canadian airspace — prohibiting them from flying near airports and emergency scenes and ensuring that those operating them aren’t drunk or high on drugs. Transport Minister Marc Garneau is set to formally announce the new rules for remotely piloted aircraft […]
Dec 23 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Thousands of Canadian residents forced to pay income tax in both Canada and the United States could be about to get some respite. Legislation has been tabled in the U.S. House of Representatives that would exempt Americans living in countries like Canada from having to pay tax on income earned outside the United States. North […]
Dec 12 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Two and a half years after the landmark Panama Papers leak of offshore financial information, the Canada Revenue Agency has yet to charge or convict anyone with offshore tax evasion. “To date, no Canadian taxpayer or company has been charged with an offence as a result of information received from the Panama or Paradise Paper […]
Dec 10 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Canada Revenue Agency is using a new tool in its battle against tax evasion — one that experts say could radically change the way it pursues tax cheats. For the first time, the agency has used proceeds-of-crime provisions in the law to freeze the assets of individuals charged with tax evasion. Up to now, […]
Dec 6 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Cyber criminals are shifting their attention from traditional computers to internet-connected devices in Canadian homes, says the government’s cyber security agency. In its cyber threat assessment for 2018, the newly created Canadian Centre for Cyber Security says the growing number of devices connected to the internet like “televisions, home appliances, thermostats and cars” have become […]
Nov 21 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — There is a very real risk of Canada’s political parties being hacked in the lead-up to next year’s federal election, says the campaign manager for one of the country’s largest political parties. “I am worried about the hacking of political parties,” Conservative campaign manager Hamish Marshall told an Ottawa audience Monday night. “I think we’ve […]
Nov 1 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The next federal election will face “important risks” unless Parliament makes political parties subject to privacy law, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien warned Thursday. “Canadian political parties’ lack of oversight is unfortunately becoming an exception compared to other countries, and it leaves Canadian elections open to the misuse of personal information and manipulation,” Therrien told members […]
Nov 1 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has changed the way it handles credit cards for gasoline purchases after it fell victim to organized criminals and the fraud went undetected for months. By the time the RCMP realized one of its gas cards had been cloned, the crooks had racked up $104,555 in purchases. The force may […]
Oct 31 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — Canada could go through its next federal election without any rules to curb potential abuses of privacy by political parties and interest groups, some MPs are warning. With less than a year to go before the next federal election, Canada’s three largest federal political parties were in the hot seat on Tuesday, fielding questions from […]
Oct 18 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — New regulations designed to ban asbestos will go into effect by the end of this year, however an analysis of the final rules introduced Wednesday reveal they have been watered down from what the federal government originally proposed. The final regulations include new exemptions to allow the military, nuclear facilities and chlor-alkali plants to continue […]
Oct 15 2018 — Elizabeth Thompson — CBC — With only days to go before recreational cannabis use becomes legal in Canada, Parliament Hill’s own rules governing marijuana in the workplace amount to a confusing patchwork — or, in some instances, are nonexistent. The rules are so disjointed that, in at least one case, two people doing the same job might be subject to […]