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Will the online harms bill add enforcement, or just bureaucracy? PBO says Canadians will decide
It's up to Canadians to decide whether they believe the government's proposal to create a new online harms regulator amounts to bureaucracy or a necessary enforcement tool, Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux suggests.
Justice minister says RCMP has tools it needs to handle threats against politicians
Despite a mounting number of threats, federal Justice Minister Arif Virani says he's not keen to endorse the RCMP commissioner's recent suggestion that Ottawa make it easier for police to pursue charges against people who threaten elected officials.
Future Poilievre government would maintain support for 'anti-scab' law, office says
A future Conservative government would continue to support a ban on the use of replacement workers at federally regulated workplaces during a strike, leader Pierre Poilievre's office said Tuesday.
Justice minister says he's open to changing online harms bill
Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said Friday he's open to amending the government's long-awaited legislation aimed at protecting Canadians from online harms, while the Opposition Conservatives say the Liberals should instead move faster by modernizing existing laws.
Liberal MP 'surprised' social conservative felt 'ambushed' by questions on abortion
The Liberal MP who invited a Conservative backbencher onto his podcast says he's surprised the Conservative said he felt "ambushed" by queries about his long-standing and well-known opposition to abortion.
Gov't polling showed many Canadians' drug decriminalization fears
Months before B.C. sought to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot project, the federal government's own polling suggested to officials that a majority of Canadians believed the policy would lead to an increase in overdoses.
Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong asks Poilievre to let him join Conservative caucus
Independent Toronto MP Kevin Vuong says he is asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to let him join the Tory caucus and intends to seek a party nomination in a Greater Toronto Area riding.
Toronto decriminalization pitch left addictions minister with 'deep concerns'
Federal Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says she had "deep concerns" about the lack of limits Toronto put on its now-rejected pitch to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs — and the city health agency's refusal to make any changes.
Eliminating religion as a hate speech defence an idea worth exploring, says antisemitism envoy
Canada's special envoy for combating antisemitism says she's "very interested" in exploring the idea of eliminating religion as a possible defence against hate speech charges.
'Violent rhetoric from extremist actors' increased since Oct. 7 attack, CSIS says
The Israel-Hamas war has led to a spike in 'violent rhetoric' from 'extremist actors' that could prompt some in Canada to turn to violence, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warns.