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Politics The Canadian military has just as much of a problem with training as it does with recruiting, a House of Commons committee was told Thursday. Gen. Jennie Carignan tells Commons committee the recruitment crisis is easing up Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 4:12 PMContinue Reading

“We are edging towards the unimaginable,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told assembled world leaders on Monday. “A powder keg that risks engulfing the world.” “We can’t go on like this,” he added, describing “a world of impunity where violations and abuses threaten the very foundation of international law andContinue Reading

Politics The federal government is considering changes to the way it lets Canadians know about attempts at foreign interference in elections, including lowering the threshold for alerting the public that an attempt has been made. Watching for foreign interference now a year-round activity, PCO official says Elizabeth Thompson · CBCContinue Reading

Politics·New Bill before Parliament would outlaw residential school ‘denialism’An NDP MP introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons on Thursday to add residential school denialism to the Criminal Code. Bill would make it a criminal offence to reject, justify or minimize the damage caused by residential schoolsContinue Reading

Politics A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying. Group argues ‘Track 2’ of Canada’s medical assistance in dying law has led to premature deathsThe Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 10:55 AMContinue Reading

Politics A panel of experts advising the federal government on climate policy says Canada should reduce its carbon emissions by more than half by 2035. Federal government is expected to release revised 2035 climate goal in December David Thurton · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2024 5:00 AM EDTContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis For a couple weeks in June, there was great concern around Parliament Hill that unnamed MPs or senators had been compromised, perhaps even wittingly, by foreign states — fears raised by a startling, if opaque, report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. A claim that unnamedContinue Reading

NATO says it wants its members to develop national plans to bolster the capacity of their individual defence industry sectors, a concept Canada has struggled with — or avoided outright — for decades. At the NATO leaders summit in Washington in July, alliance members agreed to come up with strategies to boost theirContinue Reading

Politics Artificial intelligence and deepfake technology could have significant effects on the next federal election, experts in social media monitoring warned Wednesday. Those who aren’t interested in politics may be more vulnerable, inquiry hears Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News · Posted: Sep 25, 2024 8:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: SeptemberContinue Reading