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Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying “biological males” should be banned from women’s sports, change rooms and bathrooms. Conservative leader says federal jurisdiction may limit what he can do to restrict trans women’s access Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

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Politics GC Strategies, the largest contractor to work on the ArriveCan app project, is facing heightened scrutiny after the auditor general cited excessive reliance on contractors as a major factor contributing to the project’s ballooning costs. Here’s what we know about the company embroiled in the ArriveCan controversy. The two-personContinue Reading

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Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s “obvious” contracting rules weren’t followed during the development of the controversial ArriveCan app. Auditor general said there was ‘glaring disregard’ for fundamental contracting practices in app’s developmentThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 4:00 PM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours agoContinue Reading

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Politics As the two-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears, the federal government says it’s spending almost $500,000 to help expand access to basic legal advice for Ukrainians looking to settle temporarily in Canada. Almost $500,000 over three years will fund hotline, trilingual website and expand legal outreach program PeterContinue Reading

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Politics In a Federal Court case that raises questions about the preservation of politicians’ public records, former justice minister David Lametti has offered to transfer his once-deactivated X account to Canada’s official archives. Chief Justice Paul Crampton dismissed motion brought by Ezra Levant and Rebel News Catharine Tunney · CBC NewsContinue Reading

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Politics Canada’s financial intelligence agency and European allies discovered that the individuals and organizations trying to evade sanctions and export control measures in their respective jurisdictions were using similar tactics. Agencies say they received reports ‘from a variety of sources’ detailing suspicions of illicit activities Jim Bronskill · The CanadianContinue Reading