Jun 22 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the upper house be lifted now that she has taken anti-racism training and apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. In a report to the Senate, the committee says Beyak has acknowledged the wrongs of her past […]
Jun 22 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the upper house be lifted now that she has taken anti-racism training and apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. In a report to the Senate, the committee says Beyak has acknowledged the wrongs of her past […]
Jun 22 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the upper house be lifted now that she has taken anti-racism training and apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. In a report to the Senate, the committee says Beyak has acknowledged the wrongs of her past […]
Jun 9 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government has delayed implementing reforms to Canada's Divorce Act just as family law experts are bracing for a surge of women seeking divorces after being cooped up for months with abusive partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to go into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti announced late last week that implementation has […]
Jun 9 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government has delayed implementing reforms to Canada's Divorce Act just as family law experts are bracing for a surge of women seeking divorces after being cooped up for months with abusive partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to go into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti announced late last week that implementation has […]
Mar 24 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Hopes that Parliament could speedily approve emergency legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Tuesday over Conservative objections to what they dubbed a Liberal "power grab." An emergency sitting of the House of Commons was suspended moments after it began as Conservatives balked at provisions that would give the government sweeping powers to unilaterally […]
Mar 24 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Hopes that Parliament could speedily approve emergency legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Tuesday over Conservative objections to what they dubbed a Liberal "power grab." An emergency sitting of the House of Commons was suspended moments after it began as Conservatives balked at provisions that would give the government sweeping powers to unilaterally […]
Mar 24 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Hopes that Parliament could speedily approve emergency legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Tuesday over Conservative objections to what they dubbed a Liberal "power grab." An emergency sitting of the House of Commons was suspended moments after it began as Conservatives balked at provisions that would give the government sweeping powers to unilaterally […]
Mar 24 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Hopes that Parliament could speedily approve emergency legislation freeing up billions in aid to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 pandemic were dashed Tuesday over Conservative objections to what they dubbed a Liberal "power grab." An emergency sitting of the House of Commons was suspended moments after it began as Conservatives balked at provisions that would give the government sweeping powers to unilaterally […]
Mar 10 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Canadian Judicial Council is worried that judicial independence will be compromised if the federal government passes a law requiring new judges to commit to taking training in sexual assault law. J. Michael MacDonald, the interim executive director of the council, urged the government Tuesday to make what he called "minor" amendments to Bill C-5 to […]
Mar 10 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Canadian Judicial Council is worried that judicial independence will be compromised if the federal government passes a law requiring new judges to commit to taking training in sexual assault law. J. Michael MacDonald, the interim executive director of the council, urged the government Tuesday to make what he called "minor" amendments to Bill C-5 to […]
Mar 4 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal government's response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus that has now spread to dozens of countries around the world. That's on top […]
Mar 4 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal government's response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus that has now spread to dozens of countries around the world. That's on top […]
Feb 26 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Independent senators want to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time, even though she has apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. After months of digging in her heels, Beyak apologized "unreservedly" Tuesday to her fellow senators and promised to take a training course on racism towards Indigenous Peoples. But Sen. Yuen […]
Feb 26 2020 — Joan Bryden , The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Independent senators want to suspend Sen. Lynn Beyak a second time, even though she has apologized for posting derogatory letters about Indigenous Peoples on her website. After months of digging in her heels, Beyak apologized "unreservedly" Tuesday to her fellow senators and promised to take a training course on racism towards Indigenous Peoples. But Sen. Yuen […]