Canada adds Maniac Murder Cult, Terrorgram Collective to list of extremist entities
OTTAWA -- The federal government says it has added three extremist networks and an armed insurgent group to its list of terrorist entities.
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PM says new envoy to U.S. will have window to prepare for next phase of trade talks
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's next ambassador to Washington will have a window to prepare for the next phase of trade relations with the United States. Carney noted Wednesday Canada has finished its consultations on renewing the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, while the United States is beginning its work. The review process will "gather force" in the new year...
PM says new envoy to U.S. will have window to prepare for next phase of trade talks
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's next ambassador to Washington will have a window to prepare for the next phase of trade relations with the United States.
Justice bill takes aim at femicide, coercive control, pornographic deepfakes
OTTAWA -- Federal legislation introduced Tuesday proposes new measures to address hateful and controlling behaviour toward women and shield children from online predators.
Federal government to table bill to protect children, address gender-based violence
Justice Minister Sean Fraser will introduce legislation today that aims to better protect children and address gender-based violence. The Justice Department is touting the measures as "generational reforms" to the Criminal Code to protect victims and keep children safe from predators. In their spring election platform, the Liberals promised to crack down on sexual violence and intimate partner violence.
Federal government to table bill to protect children, address gender-based violence
OTTAWA -- Justice Minister Sean Fraser will introduce legislation today that aims to better protect children and address gender-based violence.
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller
OTTAWA -- Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer.
Supreme Court restores woman's conviction for attempted murder of her mother
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has restored a woman's conviction for attempting to kill her mother by injecting her with insulin.
Supreme Court of Canada orders trial on drug charges to proceed despite delay
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says a case against two people for alleged drug offences will go to trial in Ontario after it was derailed due to a delay.
Supreme Court of Canada to review inmates' challenge of jail lockdowns
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear the cases of two inmates who challenged the use of rotating lockdowns at a Nova Scotia jail.
Spy watchdog says it faces 'difficult choices' due to budget cuts
OTTAWA -- The vice-chair of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the spy watchdog will face "very difficult choices" about what it examines in coming years due to federal budget cuts.
Spy watchdog says it faces difficult choices about future reviews due to budget cuts
OTTAWA -- The vice-chair of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the spy watchdog will face "very difficult choices" about what it examines in coming years due to federal budget cuts.
Multi-agency effort led to seizure of large amounts of fentanyl, other drugs: RCMP
OTTAWA -- The RCMP says it teamed up with other law enforcement agencies to seize 386 kilograms of fentanyl and significant amounts of other illicit drugs over a five-month period.
Investor's case against mining firm over timely disclosure can proceed: Supreme Court
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor can pursue legal action against a mining company on the basis that it did not immediately publicize information about a production setback.
Supreme Court says investor's action against mining company can proceed
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says an investor's legal action against a mining company over its decision not to immediately publicize information about a production setback can proceed.
Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence.
Sexual extortion of children for money is on the rise: financial intelligence agency
OTTAWA -- Canada's financial intelligence agency is warning of an increase in cases of sexual extortion of children for profit -- acts that often are linked to organized crime.
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
More than a dozen women's advocacy groups are denouncing what they call federal government inaction on a gun control measure designed to save lives. In a statement issued today, the organizations chastise the Liberals for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure would make anyone subject to a special...
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
OTTAWA -- More than a dozen women's advocacy groups are denouncing what they call federal government inaction on a gun control measure designed to save lives.
Canada and G7 security partners to focus on disrupting transnational organized crime
OTTAWA -- Interior and security ministers from Canada and the other Group of Seven countries are pledging to work together to aggressively fight transnational organized crime.
Tackling global crime groups a focus of G7 security meeting, European official says
OTTAWA -- Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for internal affairs and migration, says security officials from around the globe are discussing ways to better fight organized crime.
G7 security ministers in Ottawa to talk organized crime, migrant smuggling, drugs
OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree plans to meet his Group of Seven counterparts and others in Ottawa today to discuss problems including transnational organized crime.
Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says a federal prisoner can challenge a refusal to reclassify them to a lower-security facility through a habeas corpus hearing before a judge to determine if a detention is lawful.
Supreme Court of Canada to look at request for religious records through B.C. law
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations.
Gun control group warns of Liberal 'inaction' ahead of Polytechnique anniversary
OTTAWA -- A well-known gun control group is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney it would be "disingenuous and even hypocritical" for Liberal MPs to wear white ribbons to mark the anniversary of the Montreal massacre given the government's lack of action on key firearm measures.
Supreme Court of Canada upholds impaired driving convictions based on breath tests
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld impaired driving conditions in two cases, saying criminal law amendments enacted in 2018 were intended to streamline prosecutions based on breath test results.
China, Russia spying on governments, businesses in Canada's Arctic: CSIS director
OTTAWA -- Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Dan Rogers warns that spies from China and Russia have a significant interest in Canada's Arctic and those developing its potential.
Federal prison service 'ill-equipped' for long-term mental health care: watchdog
OTTAWA -- The federal prison ombudsman says weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the Correctional Service of Canada's efforts to deliver mental health care.
Canadian travellers to Europe face new border measures as security ramps up
OTTAWA -- Many Canadian travellers to Europe are being asked to reveal more about themselves as officials begin to usher in new security measures.
Fraser dismisses using notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child pornography
Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography violate the Charter of Rights. Fraser says the path forward involves policy choices and that the government is eyeing new legislation with harsher penalties for online...
Fraser dismisses using notwithstanding clause to overturn ruling on child pornography
OTTAWA -- Justice Minister Sean Fraser has rejected calls to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to overturn a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography violate the Charter of Rights.
PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April call, memo shows
Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low defence spending, a newly released memo shows. Federal officials prepared the internal memo to guide Carney's conversation with Trump following the Liberal party's April 28 election victory. A concise...
PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April call, memo shows
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low defence spending, a newly released memo shows.
Mandatory minimum child pornography sentences unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says the one-year mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography are unconstitutional.
Canada's Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hacktivists have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities.
Financial intelligence agency stresses stepped-up role in fight against fentanyl
OTTAWA -- The federal anti-money laundering agency says it made more than 100 disclosures of "actionable financial intelligence" in support of probes into illicit opioids between last November and the end of March of this year.
Good Samaritan law provided immunity to man arrested at overdose scene: Supreme Court
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the acquittal of a man who was arrested at the scene of a drug overdose, saying he had immunity under a law intended to reduce the number of substance use deaths.
Supreme Court of Canada clarifies application of Good Samaritan drug overdose law
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed the acquittal of a man who was arrested at the scene of a drug overdose, a ruling that clarifies application of a law intended to reduce substance use deaths.
Supreme Court of Canada to review sentencing in handgun possession case
OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who received a sentence to be served under house arrest for illegal handgun possession.
Auditor finds gaps in federal government's cybersecurity shield as threats multiply
OTTAWA -- The federal auditor found "significant gaps" in the government's cybersecurity services, monitoring efforts and responses to active attacks on information systems.
Auditor finds gaps in federal cybersecurity shield as threats multiply
OTTAWA -- The federal auditor found "significant gaps" in the government's cybersecurity services, monitoring efforts and responses to active attacks on information systems.
CP NewsAlert: Auditor finds gaps in federal cybersecurity as threats multiply
OTTAWA -- The federal auditor general says there are "significant gaps" in the government's cybersecurity services, monitoring efforts and responses to active attacks on information systems.
Canada's scientific study of oceans may be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report
OTTAWA -- Canadian ocean research is among the scientific fields that could be vulnerable to foreign espionage, theft or misuse because people overlook its value to adversaries, says a report commissioned by the federal government.
Liberals say anti-fraud measures to protect bank customers coming with federal budget
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals say they plan to direct banks to put new policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent fraud as part of a national strategy to fight scammers.
Liberals say anti-fraud measures to protect bank customers coming with federal budget
The federal Liberals say they plan to direct banks to have new policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent fraud. The proposed legislative amendments would require that banks obtain the express consent of account holders before enabling transfers and payment capabilities that fraudsters use to steal money. The changes -- part of a pre-budget announcement today -- would...
Liberals say anti-fraud measures to protect bank customers coming with federal budget
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals say they plan to direct banks to put new policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent fraud as part of a national strategy to fight scammers.
CSIS pledges 'robust' review of technologies in response to critical watchdog report
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's committed to "ongoing review and improvement" of its use of new technologies following a critical spy watchdog report.
CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked "adequate policies and procedures" to manage a confidential technology for collecting information, says a newly released spy watchdog report.
CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
A newly released spy watchdog report says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked adequate policies and procedures to manage a secret technology for collecting information. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says CSIS mischaracterized a novel technical capability as an extension of existing know-how. The report says this led to CSIS not consulting Public Safety Canada in a timely...
Shifting global picture disrupted Canada's national security strategy update: memo
The Liberal government's efforts to revise Canada's national security strategy hit a snag when it became clear earlier this year that many of the assumptions underlying the work were "no longer valid," a newly released memo reveals. John Hannaford, the Privy Council clerk at the time, told Prime Minister Mark Carney in the memo that "changes to Canada's strategic environment"...
Shifting global picture disrupted Canada's national security strategy update: memo
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government's efforts to revise Canada's national security strategy hit a snag when it became clear earlier this year that many of the assumptions underlying the work were "no longer valid," a newly released memo reveals.
PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core missions. In a July 8 letter, Carney gave the ministers and secretaries less than three weeks to map out these priorities for action over the next year, preferably using...
PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked each of his cabinet ministers and secretaries of state to identify three to five "key objectives" that will help the Liberal government achieve its core missions.
Minister open to changing bill that would give police easier access to personal data
OTTAWA -- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he is open to amending proposed border security legislation that would make it easier for police to obtain access to information about Canadians.
Liberals introduce second border bill as they look to pass some measures quickly
The Liberal government has introduced a second border security bill that contains several measures from a bill tabled in June -- provisions it hopes Parliament will pass soon. The government will still pursue passage of the first bill, which proposes giving authorities controversial new powers to search mail and access personal information. The move means the federal border security proposals...
Liberals introduce second border bill as they look to pass some measures quickly
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has split its border security bill in two in the hope of seeing some measures pass swiftly while giving Canadians more time to evaluate other, more contentious ones.
Five premiers urge Carney to withdraw court submission on notwithstanding clause
OTTAWA -- Five premiers say Ottawa's recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause amounts to a "complete disavowal" of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Carney government flags plan to retool much-maligned border security bill
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberals are signalling plans to revamp their border security bill in response to widespread concerns about its impacts on civil liberties and privacy.
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence protect Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA -- While Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it's "certainly a democratic superpower," Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Monday at a ceremony to open the Supreme Court's judicial year.
Chief justice says rule of law, judicial independence defend Canada from autocracy
OTTAWA -- Chief Justice Richard Wagner says that while Canada is not a superpower in the traditional sense of the word, it is certainly a democratic superpower.