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Politics The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that limits the ability of MPs and senators on a spy watchdog committee to use their parliamentary immunity to speak out. MPs and senators on special committee have access to highly classified informationThe Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Politics Supreme Court reaffirms independence of military judges, dismisses challengesThe Supreme Court has ruled that military judges, who preside over dozens of courts martial every year, can serve as officers and their status does not violate the constitutional right to a fair trial. Murray Brewster · CBC · Posted: AprContinue Reading

The RCMP’s federal wing is at a “critical juncture” and its ability to police key files like foreign interference, terrorism and financial crime is on the line, says a recent report from the Mounties’ independent advisory board. After studying the sustainability of federal policing for more than a year, a task forceContinue Reading

The federal government’s latest budget sets aside $1.5 billion to implement pharmacare — a major financial commitment with the potential for a wide-ranging impact on the country’s health-care system. The program, long demanded by the government’s supply-and-confidence partners in the NDP, will start small by covering just two categories of drugs. For the program to getContinue Reading

Politics Bombardier is now the second large Canadian corporation known to have been granted an exemption from federal government sanctions on Russian titanium. Ukraine’s ambassador outraged by waivers meant to protect Canadian production Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Apr 25, 2024 5:25 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 25Continue Reading

Politics Canada is targeting Iran’s defence minister with a new round of sanctions imposed after the country’s retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. Sanctions target two Iranian institutions and two military leadersThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 25, 2024 2:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 25 Iranian DefenseContinue Reading

Japanese automaker Honda will make a $15-billion electric vehicle investment in Ontario to build four new manufacturing plants in the province, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday. According to a government statement released to media in advance of the announcement, the deal will result inContinue Reading

In the fall of 2021, the editors of the Canadian Tax Journal devoted several dozen pages to the “hotly debated” topic of capital gains. On balance, the editors wrote, their selected contributors were in favour of raising the inclusion rate for capital gains — the share of an individual’s capital gainsContinue Reading

Indigenous Services Canada is taking longer to respond to urgent requests to get First Nations children access to medical care and social services and it’s putting lives at risk, critics say. Under a program known as Jordan’s Principle, the federal department is supposed to process such urgent requests for medical care andContinue Reading