Jun 26 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Uber drivers to take the next step in their fight to be recognized as employees. In a ruling Friday, the high court upheld an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that opened the door to a possible class-action suit aimed at securing a minimum wage, vacation pay and […]
Jun 26 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Uber drivers to take the next step in their fight to be recognized as employees. In a ruling Friday, the high court upheld an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that opened the door to a possible class-action suit aimed at securing a minimum wage, vacation pay and […]
Jun 26 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for Uber drivers to take the next step in their fight to be recognized as employees. In a ruling Friday, the high court upheld an Ontario Court of Appeal decision that opened the door to a possible class-action suit aimed at securing a minimum wage, vacation pay and […]
Jun 25 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau did not budge from his stance that it would send the wrong message to drop extradition proceedings against Chinese telecommunications executive Meng Wanzhou in […]
Jun 25 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau did not budge from his stance that it would send the wrong message to drop extradition proceedings against Chinese telecommunications executive Meng Wanzhou in […]
Jun 25 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Bowing to pressure from Beijing to secure the release of two Canadians would put "an awful lot more" citizens at risk by signalling Canada can be intimidated, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau did not budge from his stance that it would send the wrong message to drop extradition proceedings against Chinese telecommunications executive Meng Wanzhou in […]
Jun 23 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing must be made an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have been pressing the federal government to do. The government will work with Indigenous communities to come up with a legislative framework that ensures First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve, Blair […]
Jun 23 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing must be made an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have been pressing the federal government to do. The government will work with Indigenous communities to come up with a legislative framework that ensures First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve, Blair […]
Jun 23 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing must be made an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have been pressing the federal government to do. The government will work with Indigenous communities to come up with a legislative framework that ensures First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve, Blair […]
Jun 22 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government needs to do better at responding to formal information requests from the public, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledged Monday. The minister's comments follow information commissioner Caroline Maynard's parliamentary testimony that federal agencies don't have the resources to answer the steeply rising number of access-to-information requests. Duclos said during a media […]
Jun 22 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government needs to do better at responding to formal information requests from the public, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledged Monday. The minister's comments follow information commissioner Caroline Maynard's parliamentary testimony that federal agencies don't have the resources to answer the steeply rising number of access-to-information requests. Duclos said during a media […]
Jun 19 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has not provided the resources that departments and agencies need to answer the steeply growing number of requests for records from the public, information commissioner Caroline Maynard says. Maynard told a House of Commons committee Friday the COVID-19 pandemic has created other problems for getting Access to Information responses out to requesters, […]
Jun 19 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has not provided the resources that departments and agencies need to answer the steeply growing number of requests for records from the public, information commissioner Caroline Maynard says. Maynard told a House of Commons committee Friday the COVID-19 pandemic has created other problems for getting Access to Information responses out to requesters, […]
Jun 18 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Thursday he would welcome more diversity on courtroom benches, but he refused to be drawn into a broader discussion of systemic racism. At his annual news conference, Wagner said it is essential that Canadians recognize themselves in their own institutions, including the courts. No visible minorities sit […]
Jun 18 2020 — Jim Bronskill , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner said Thursday he would welcome more diversity on courtroom benches, but he refused to be drawn into a broader discussion of systemic racism. At his annual news conference, Wagner said it is essential that Canadians recognize themselves in their own institutions, including the courts. No visible minorities sit […]