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Liberal MP says she’s leaving politics over disrespectful dialogue, threats, misogyny
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Liberal MP Pam Damoff says she won’t run again in the next federal election, saying she has experienced misogyny, disrespectful dialogue in politics and threats to her life. Damoff says she’s proud of her time in politics but it is no longer for her, and it’s time to turn the page to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Initial foreign interference inquiry report to be made public Friday
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference plans to release a report Friday on alleged meddling in the last two general elections. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue is slated to make a statement to the media following the public release, but will not take questions. The inquiry recently wrapped up 10 days of public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman accusing ex-MP Saganash of sex assault files suit after criminal case diverted
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – A woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault has filed a civil suit, saying she never wanted prosecutors to divert his criminal charge to a restorative justice program. Carmen Roy, who fought to have her name released in the case, alleges she was sexually assaulted a year ago, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court rejects students’ request for injunction against McGill encampment
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
MONTREAL – A Quebec judge has rejected a request for an injunction against an encampment erected by pro-Palestinian activists on the McGill University campus. Two students at the Montreal university had asked Quebec Superior Court to order protesters to move at least 100 metres from school buildings, saying their presence had created an environment of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New report released on RCMP, government response to Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
HALIFAX – An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia, but it does not offer an assessment of the progress made so far. The report from the Progress Monitoring Committee includes a thorough accounting of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Court rejects request for injunction against McGill encampment
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
MONTREAL – A Quebec judge has rejected a request for an injunction against an encampment erected by pro-Palestinian activists on the McGill University campus . Two students at the Montreal university had asked Quebec Superior Court to order protesters to move at least 100 metres from school buildings, saying their presence had created an environment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under the program. The program was conceived as part of a co-operative political pact between the Liberals and the New Democrats. Once ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised nearly $10.7 million from more than 51,000 contributors between January and March. That’s more than three times as good as the Liberals, who got ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools across the province be designated for either boys or girls. School service centres, however, do have to ensure any student who wishes to use an individual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blair says he couldn’t sell cabinet on meeting ‘magical threshold’ of NATO target
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair says he couldn’t convince the Liberal cabinet that Canada’s government needed to meet NATO’s spending target in its recent defence policy update. All NATO allies, including Canada, have agreed to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence. Canada spends about 1.33 per cent, according to NATO ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa ‘urgently’ waiting for info from B.C. before deciding on drug criminalization
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she’s still waiting for more information from the province before making a call. The province is one year into a three-year pilot project to decriminalize possession of small ... Read More »
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