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Politics The federal government is being forced to adjust the setup in the House of Commons and committee rooms after another language interpreter suffered a significant hearing injury. Union blames inadequate equipment on Parliament Hill for injuriesThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 29, 2024 1:05 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics Canadian parliamentarians say they were warned recently that they had been targeted by China-affiliated hackers — and now they’re wondering why that warning didn’t come from the federal government or any of Canada’s security services. Conservative MP Garnett Genuis says 18 Canadians were targeted in all Catharine Tunney · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics Officials involved in the $15-billion deal to bring new Honda auto plants to Ontario acknowledge that some foreign workers will be needed to set up the plants, but they will look to “maximize” Canadian jobs. Builders’ unions and Honda are in initial talks to reach an agreement on CanadianContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis It would be an exaggeration to say Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s video about carbon pricing is setting the internet on fire. But it’s enough to say that Erskine-Smith has contributed to the hottest new trend in Canadian politics: talking at length and in some detail. ‘Explainer’ videos can beContinue Reading

Politics Public Safety Canada says a new process to permit development workers to gain exemptions from terror financing laws in order to work in Afghanistan is expected to be in place by the end of the year. This summer will mark three years since fall of Aghanistan to Taliban DylanContinue Reading

Politics Canada is hosting 176 countries in Ottawa for a conference aimed at making progress toward a global treaty on plastic waste. Less than 10 per cent of plastics in Canada end up recycled, government says Plastic bottles float on the water of the El Cerron Grande reservoir in Potonico,Continue Reading

The Government of Canada has announced multiple rounds of sanctions against various parties in the Middle East since October 7. On Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced sanctions against Iran’s minister of defence and its general staff. On February 3, she announced that Canada would impose sanctions on both leadersContinue Reading

Politics Defence Minister Bill Blair says the first ten of 50 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) promised to Ukraine last year will be delivered to the war-torn country by this summer, but likely won’t be fully in service until the fall. Defence minister says the ACSVs likely won’t join theContinue Reading

A CSIS officer’s allegation that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry, but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a “misuse” of agency vehicles by the woman. She is the same officer whose sexual assault allegations inContinue Reading