Vietnamese government fails to respond to UN rapporteurs’ inquiry about human rights defender Dong Guangping By Limin Zhou Fears are growing that a Chinese human rights advocate who was holed up…
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Cory Morgan: Inquiry’s Finding That Use of Emergencies Act on Convoy Was Justified Sets a Dangerous Precedent
by EditorTBy Cory Morgan Commentary Commissioner Rouleau has ruled the Liberal government met the threshold to invoke the Emergencies Act against the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa last year. Clearly then, the requirements for…
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Poilievre Condemns Trudeau Response to Convoy as Divisive, Following Release of Rouleau Report
by EditorTBy Lee Harding Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau divided Canadians by his speech and actions against the Freedom Convoy, despite Justice Paul Rouleau’s conclusion that the use of the Emergencies Act to clear…
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Government Met the ‘Very High’ Threshold Required to Invoke Emergencies Act to Clear Convoy Protests: Commissioner
by EditorTBy Omid Ghoreishi Commissioner Paul Rouleau says the federal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to clear convoy protests in February 2022. “After careful reflection, I have concluded that the very…
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Emergencies Act Inquiry to Release Report on Feb. 17
by EditorTBy Noé Chartier The report into the first-time use of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government last year will be tabled in Parliament on Feb. 17, the Public Order Emergency Commission has announced. After…
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Opponents of Assisted Suicide Express Alarm at Committee Report Recommending MAID for ‘Mature Minors’
by EditorTBy Marnie Cathcart Opponents of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) expansion are expressing alarm about a new report on MAID with 23 recommendations, including one that the federal government offer assisted suicide to…
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Liberals Introduce Bill to Create Review Process for Wrongful Convictions
by EditorTBy Peter Wilson The federal government has introduced proposed amendments to the Criminal Code that would establish an independent commission to review cases of individuals who may have been wrongfully convicted…
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Bill Seeking to Strengthen Whistleblower Protections for Public Servants Passes Second Reading
by EditorTLiberals MPs abstained from the 172-0 vote in the House of Commons By Isaac Teo A bill that seeks to reform federal whistleblower protections for employees who report on corrupt practices has passed…
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By Dorothy Li His lips were streaked with dried blood. His chest was covered with bruises and scars, his legs battered. Footage of a 30-year-old man’s corpse, recently circulated on Twitter and…
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Ottawa Bans Federal Funding for Research With Chinese Military Institutions; Calls on Provinces, Universities to Do the Same
by EditorTBy Marnie Cathcart Ottawa is banning federal research funding for projects done in collaboration with any researchers affiliated with China’s military. The federal government is calling on the provinces and universities…