Jim Bronskill

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Federal unit uncovers 'malicious' effort tied to China aimed at Chrystia Freeland

OTTAWA -- A federal unit that tracks suspected foreign interference has uncovered a "co-ordinated and malicious" effort -- possibly launched...

Ford urges Ottawa to move faster to satisfy U.S. border security demands

Ford urges Ottawa to move faster to satisfy U.S. border security demands

OTTAWA -- Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is criticizing the federal government over the time it's taking to appoint...

Listing crime cartels as terrorists would help in fentanyl fight: RCMP commissioner

Listing crime cartels as terrorists would help in fentanyl fight: RCMP commissioner

OTTAWA -- RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme says he welcomes a federal plan to list organized crime cartels as terrorist entities...

Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal

Ottawa defends its use of Emergencies Act before Federal Court of Appeal

OTTAWA -- A lawyer for the federal government says a judge mistakenly concluded it was unreasonable for the government to...

Fact-checking Trump's executive order threatening tariffs on Canada

Fact-checking Trump's executive order threatening tariffs on Canada

OTTAWA -- To justify his executive order imposing stiff tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, U.S. President Donald...

Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan

Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan

OTTAWA -- Canada is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on hundreds of goods originating in the United States -- from...

Federal lawyer describes Abdelrazik's case against Canada as 'elaborate theory'

Federal lawyer describes Abdelrazik's case against Canada as 'elaborate theory'

OTTAWA -- A federal lawyer denies government responsibility for Abousfian Abdelrazik's detention in Sudan, saying the Montreal man's lawsuit against...

Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments

Abdelrazik's lawyer cites 'serial hypocrisies' in final detention case arguments

OTTAWA -- A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik accused the federal government of "serial hypocrisies" as closing arguments began on his...

No 'traitors' in Parliament, but more steps needed to counter interference: report

No 'traitors' in Parliament, but more steps needed to counter interference: report

OTTAWA -- A federal inquiry has found no evidence there are "traitors" in Parliament conspiring with foreign states, dispelling suggestions...

Inquiry report to suggest ways of bolstering election integrity

Inquiry report to suggest ways of bolstering election integrity

OTTAWA -- Fresh recommendations are expected today from a commission of inquiry into foreign interference -- including advice on when...

Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems

Trump's sweeping pardon of rioters highlights differences in U.S., Canadian systems

OTTAWA -- In one of his first acts upon taking office Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned or moved to...

Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns

Laundering of fentanyl cash linked to online betting sites, intelligence agency warns

OTTAWA -- Canada's financial intelligence agency suspects online gambling platforms are being used to launder proceeds from fentanyl dealing and...

Final report of foreign interference inquiry to be made public next Tuesday

Final report of foreign interference inquiry to be made public next Tuesday

OTTAWA -- The final report of the federal inquiry into foreign interference is set for public release next Tuesday.

Judge agrees to expedite legal challenge of Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament

Judge agrees to expedite legal challenge of Trudeau's move to prorogue Parliament

OTTAWA -- A court has agreed to expedite its hearing of a legal challenge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's move...

Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog

OTTAWA -- The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over...

Feds are watering down promise to fully scrutinize firearms before sale, group says

Feds are watering down promise to fully scrutinize firearms before sale, group says

A leading gun-control group is accusing the Liberal government of watering down a promise to ensure firearms are properly scrutinized...

Feds are watering down promise to fully scrutinize firearms before sale, group says

Feds are watering down promise to fully scrutinize firearms before sale, group says

OTTAWA -- A leading gun-control group is accusing the Liberal government of watering down a promise to ensure firearms are...

RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

OTTAWA -- As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the...

A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet

A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet

OTTAWA -- A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet:

Border plan promises round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support

Border plan promises round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support

OTTAWA -- The RCMP plans to create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada's border...

Border plan features round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support

Border plan features round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support

OTTAWA -- The RCMP will create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada's border using...

RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security

RCMP union applauds planned federal spending on border security

OTTAWA -- The union representing rank-and-file Mounties is welcoming a federal plan to spend $1.3 billion to bolster border security...

Problems with RCMP police dog program pose 'health and wellness risks': evaluation

Problems with RCMP police dog program pose 'health and wellness risks': evaluation

OTTAWA -- The RCMP's police dog training centre has been plagued by staffing shortages, low morale and rundown facilities that...

Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos

Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos

As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy...

Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos

Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos

OTTAWA -- As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on...

Lawyer for Abdelrazik accuses former minister of exiling him through passport denial

Lawyer for Abdelrazik accuses former minister of exiling him through passport denial

OTTAWA -- A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik has accused former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon of exiling the Montreal man by...

Ex-minister cites 'threat to security' for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik

Ex-minister cites 'threat to security' for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik

OTTAWA -- Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he...

Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

Feds outlaw another 324 types of firearms, propose donating guns to Ukraine

OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has outlawed another 324 firearm varieties — guns it says belong on the battlefield, not...

Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

Five Eyes security agencies send up flare for help on preventing youth radicalization

OTTAWA -- Security agencies from Canada and other members of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance are calling for a "whole-of-society...

Speculation, not facts, used against terrorism suspect Harkat, his lawyer tells judge

Speculation, not facts, used against terrorism suspect Harkat, his lawyer tells judge

OTTAWA -- A lawyer for terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat told a Federal Court judge Tuesday the Algerian-born refugee has been...

Terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat a 'passive actor,' his lawyer tells judge

Terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat a 'passive actor,' his lawyer tells judge

A lawyer for terrorism suspect Mohamed Harkat told a judge today the Algerian-born refugee is a "passive actor" who has...

Spy service pushed for Abdelrazik's inclusion on Canadian no-fly list, court hears

Spy service pushed for Abdelrazik's inclusion on Canadian no-fly list, court hears

OTTAWA -- A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official acknowledges the spy service wanted Abousfian Abdelrazik placed on Canada's...

Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit

Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit

OTTAWA -- Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law allowing British Columbia to pursue a class-action lawsuit...

Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of B.C. law on opioid health costs recovery

Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of B.C. law on opioid health costs recovery

OTTAWA -- Canada's top court has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that would allow British Columbia to pursue a...

Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members

Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog...

Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute

Supreme Court of Canada sides with First Nation in police funding dispute

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada says Quebec must provide more money for a First Nations police force after...

Canada's financial intelligence agency aiming to provide crucial info in real time

OTTAWA -- Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and...

Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says

Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says

OTTAWA -- A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he...

Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework...

Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out...

Feds want to censor transcripts of Abdelrazik trial over national security concerns

Feds want to censor transcripts of Abdelrazik trial over national security concerns

OTTAWA -- The federal government is seeking to censor transcripts of a trial taking place in open court, citing a...

Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes

Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes

Canada's elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral process through...

Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes

Chief electoral officer proposes legislative changes to crack down on deepfakes

OTTAWA -- Canada's elections chief wants a ban on the misrepresentation of candidates and other key players in the electoral...

Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January

Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January

OTTAWA -- The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work.

Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

OTTAWA -- A CSIS official denies they threatened a Montreal man who was later imprisoned and allegedly tortured by authorities...

Canada's privacy commissioner opens investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency

Canada's privacy commissioner opens investigation into World Anti-Doping Agency

OTTAWA -- The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency's handling of biological samples collected...

Supreme Court website to include only translated judgments following controversy

Supreme Court website to include only translated judgments following controversy

OTTAWA -- The registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada says from now on only judgments prepared in both English...

Supreme Court charts path for reviewing validity of government regulations

Supreme Court charts path for reviewing validity of government regulations

OTTAWA -- The Supreme Court of Canada has clarified the legal path for judges when reviewing the validity of government...

NDP asks Speaker to examine social media influencer Lauren Chen's refusal to testify

NDP asks Speaker to examine social media influencer Lauren Chen's refusal to testify

OTTAWA -- A social media influencer who declined to answer questions about an alleged Russian plot to sow division among...

Liberals propose seven-year extension for information commissioner Caroline Maynard

Liberals propose seven-year extension for information commissioner Caroline Maynard

OTTAWA -- Information commissioner Caroline Maynard is slated to answer questions from MPs today on her proposed reappointment.

Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

OTTAWA -- The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her...

Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria

Supreme Court won't revisit request from four Canadian men held in Syria

OTTAWA -- Canada's top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that...

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as...

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

OTTAWA -- Canada's spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled...

State adversaries getting 'bolder' in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns

State adversaries getting 'bolder' in cyberspace, Canadian threat forecast warns

OTTAWA -- A new federal threat forecast warns that foreign adversaries are becoming bolder and more aggressive with their tactics...

Former foreign ministry official recalls fear Abdelrazik would end up in Guantanamo

Former foreign ministry official recalls fear Abdelrazik would end up in Guantanamo

OTTAWA -- A former senior official at Canada's foreign ministry says there were fears two decades ago that Montreal man...

Privacy commissioner investigates federal revenue agency data breaches

Privacy commissioner investigates federal revenue agency data breaches

OTTAWA -- The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into cyberattacks on the Canada Revenue Agency that led to...

Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention

Former senator recalls being told Canada asked Sudan to hold Abdelrazik in detention

OTTAWA -- Former senator Mobina Jaffer says she was told by the Sudanese intelligence director that he felt Canadian officials...

Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada

Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada

OTTAWA -- Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service...

Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria

Joly faces calls for probe in death of woman Canada refused to repatriate from Syria

Advocates want Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to call an impartial investigation into the death of a Canadian woman the...