Apr 25 2019 — CBC — Social media giant Facebook broke a number of privacy laws and failed to take responsibility for protecting the personal information of Canadians, according to two privacy watchdogs’ investigation of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien and his B.C. counterpart, Michael McEvoy, joined forces last spring to investigate the roles of Facebook and […]
Apr 25 2019 — CBC — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is now saying it would have been unfair of his government to take away a subsidy for political campaign expenses like he initially wanted to. But since the rebate will continue, his party will take it. The premier offered more insights this week into his thinking behind the suggested elimination of […]
Apr 25 2019 — Aaron Wherry — CBC — Doug Ford’s government in Ontario is now insisting the province should not be expected to do more than its “fair share” to meet Canada’s national commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But Ford’s definition of “fair” might present a significant challenge to the rest of the country — particularly Ford’s conservative allies in Alberta and […]
Apr 24 2019 — Catharine Tunney — CBC — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said today she’s hoping to figure out a way “in the coming weeks” to deal with heaps of unwanted, rotting garbage shipped to the Philippines by a Canadian company years ago. Her comments came just hours after the president of the Southeast Asian country threatened to “declare war” if Canada doesn’t […]
Apr 24 2019 — Eric Grenier — CBC — The Greens are celebrating a historic breakthrough in Prince Edward Island today after Tuesday’s provincial election. They’re also experiencing a pang of disappointment. It’s a familiar feeling for Greens across the country. The party has long been unable to deliver at the ballot box the support that has showed up for it in public opinion […]
Apr 24 2019 — Evan Dyer — CBC — The Canada Border Services Agency is conducting a series of tests to learn if its human agents, and its passport-reading machines, are prone to discriminating against certain kinds of travellers. The CBSA’s research to date, obtained by CBC News through Access to Information requests, suggests that most of the discrepancies in the treatment of different […]
Apr 24 2019 — Neil Macdonald — CBC — On Thursday, the fiscal detectives at the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) will publish their assessment of a promise the Trudeau government will be repeating, almost as a matter of self-defence, in this year’s election: that the new carbon tax driving up gasoline and home heating costs will be entirely returned to taxpayers through tax cuts.
Apr 24 2019 — CBC — A popular summer destination in southwest Nova Scotia is set to become the first Parks Canada campground with gender-neutral washrooms, part of the federal agency’s $3-billion plan to upgrade outdated facilities at national parks and other sites across the country. Renovations planned for Kejimkujik National Park include building a new water-treatment plant, refitting waste-water facilities, […]
Apr 24 2019 — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting a flood evacuation centre in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday afternoon. More than 300 people have registered with the western Quebec city as victims of a flood that’s reached major flood levels in some waterfront neighbourhoods and is expected to reach that status in more areas today. Water levels across […]
Apr 24 2019 — Murray Brewster — CBC — In the military, they call it “painting a target.” And it apparently came as a shock to the crew of a lumbering Japanese patrol plane last December when a South Korean warship locked onto them with its fire control radar.
Apr 24 2019 — Janyce McGregor — CBC — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this year’s budget bill does what the Harper government could never do over ten years in office — it “frees the beer.” There’s just one problem with that claim: only the provinces can free the beer (or wine, or spirits). And most of them haven’t — including Premier Doug Ford’s […]
Apr 23 2019 — CBC — The P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Party under rookie Leader Dennis King has emerged victorious in Tuesday’s election by a narrow margin — the party won or is leading in more districts than either the Liberals, Greens or NDP, but failed to win the 14 seats needed for a majority. Although a Tory minority was somewhat unexpected, […]
Apr 23 2019 — CBC — A minor accused of terrorism is back behind bars after an alleged breach of his bail conditions. The 16-year-old Kingston, Ont. resident was arrested Sunday and sent back to jail. There is a court-ordered publication ban on the specifics of the bail breach. The youth, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, […]
Apr 23 2019 — CBC — Islanders are voting today in an election campaign unlike any other in P.E.I.’s history. It marks the first three-way race in a province long beholden to a two-party system, and has the Green Party hoping to make an unprecedented breakthrough.
Apr 23 2019 — CBC — A number of major oilsands operations in northern Alberta seem to be emitting significantly more carbon pollution than companies have been reporting, newly published research from federal scientists suggests, which could have profound consequences for government climate-change strategies. The researchers, mainly from Environment Canada, calculated emissions rates for four major oilsands surface mining operations using […]