Articles by Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press

Dec 18 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police noticed that among rank-and-file members showing an interest in promotions, fewer women than men were putting their hands up. A gender-based analysis of the RCMP process for selecting officers found a problem: the Mounties took applications for promotions in September. That coincides with the start of the school year, making it harder for […]

Dec 18 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police noticed that among rank-and-file members showing an interest in promotions, fewer women than men were putting their hands up. A gender-based analysis of the RCMP process for selecting officers found a problem: the Mounties took applications for promotions in September. That coincides with the start of the school year, making it harder for […]

Dec 18 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police noticed that among rank-and-file members showing an interest in promotions, fewer women than men were putting their hands up. A gender-based analysis of the RCMP process for selecting officers found a problem: the Mounties took applications for promotions in September. That coincides with the start of the school year, making it harder for […]

Dec 13 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is being asked to move quickly to respond to a court ruling that Canada's law on doctor-assisted death is too restrictive, but he says the Liberal government is open to reforming the law in an even bigger way than the judge ordered. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave […]

Dec 13 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is being asked to move quickly to respond to a court ruling that Canada's law on doctor-assisted death is too restrictive, but he says the Liberal government is open to reforming the law in an even bigger way than the judge ordered. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave […]

Dec 13 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is being asked to move quickly to respond to a court ruling that Canada's law on doctor-assisted death is too restrictive, but he says the Liberal government is open to reforming the law in an even bigger way than the judge ordered. On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave […]

Dec 11 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti says the director of public prosecutions should be the one to decide whether a company should have access to a remediation agreement to avoid being pursued for corporate crimes — most of the time. The question of who has the final say on whether a company facing criminal trials should be […]

Dec 11 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti says the director of public prosecutions should be the one to decide whether a company should have access to a remediation agreement to avoid being pursued for corporate crimes — most of the time. The question of who has the final say on whether a company facing criminal trials should be […]

Dec 11 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti says the director of public prosecutions should be the one to decide whether a company should have access to a remediation agreement to avoid being pursued for corporate crimes — most of the time. The question of who has the final say on whether a company facing criminal trials should be […]

Dec 11 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The family of a Canadian man who has been in a Cairo prison for the last 10 months wants Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, who is in Egypt this week, to secure his release and bring him home. "My father has been asking every single day what Canada is doing to get him out and bring […]

Dec 11 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The family of a Canadian man who has been in a Cairo prison for the last 10 months wants Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, who is in Egypt this week, to secure his release and bring him home. "My father has been asking every single day what Canada is doing to get him out and bring […]

Dec 9 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who identify as visible minorities do not have the same access to investments and other sources of wealth as non-racialized people, suggests a new report on income inequality that looks at the financial impact of racism beyond jobs and wages. "Employment income is the sole or main source of income for most Canadians, and […]

Dec 9 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who identify as visible minorities do not have the same access to investments and other sources of wealth as non-racialized people, suggests a new report on income inequality that looks at the financial impact of racism beyond jobs and wages. "Employment income is the sole or main source of income for most Canadians, and […]

Dec 9 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadians who identify as visible minorities do not have the same access to investments and other sources of wealth as non-racialized people, suggests a new report on income inequality that looks at the financial impact of racism beyond jobs and wages. "Employment income is the sole or main source of income for most Canadians, and […]

Dec 9 2019 — Joanna Smith, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Liberal government says Canadians will begin to see the impact of a proposed tax cut on their first pay stubs of the new year — as long as the party can get enough political rivals to help them deliver on one of their major campaign promises. On Monday, Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced […]