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Politics Canada’s total fertility rate dropped to its lowest point in more than a century of data keeping in 2022, hitting just 1.33 children per woman, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The rate of 1.33 children per woman is the lowest total fertility rate in more than a century Peter ZimonjicContinue Reading

Politics The former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service urged the commission investigating foreign election interference to push against an often overprotective national security culture. Hogue Commission is investigating allegations linked to the 2019 and 2021 elections Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Jan 31, 2024 12:07 PMContinue Reading

Politics The Conservative Party reported a record-breaking fundraising haul in the fourth quarter of last year: more than $11.9 million collected from about 66,000 donors, according to Elections Canada data. The party received more than $35 million from about 200,000 donors last year John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

The independent inquiry into foreign electoral interference is officially underway. Over the next year, the commission will dip in and out of the public eye as it tries to determine what happened in the past two federal elections and whether Ottawa has a handle on the issue. The team has beenContinue Reading

On Tuesday, the Trudeau government appeared to criticize a jubilant “Victory Conference” in Jerusalem. Organizers of Sunday’s conference — which was attended by about a third of the Israeli cabinet — presented plans for proposed Israeli settlements in Gaza. “Canada rejects any proposal that calls for the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and theContinue Reading

Catherine Tait, CBC/Radio-Canada’s president and CEO, faced angry MPs Tuesday over the company’s refusal to rule out performance pay for some managers in a year when hundreds of employees are poised to lose their jobs. Tait said this additional pay is baked into a manager’s salary — it’s not like anContinue Reading

Politics Two organizations representing 234 post-secondary institutions have written a letter expressing “significant concern” about the federal government’s decision to cap the number of student permits for the next two years. Joint letter calls for urgent consultations to modify the new policy Students walk at the entrance to McGill UniversityContinue Reading

Politics There’s a tendency in the national security realm to prioritize secrecy over transparency, a law professor warned the federal inquiry into foreign interference on Tuesday. Inquiry looking at how to make information about foreign meddling public Jim Bronskill · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 30, 2024 7:03 PMContinue Reading

Politics Canadian authorities are investigating a prolonged data security breach following the “detection of malicious cyber activity” affecting the internal network used by Global Affairs Canada staff, according to internal department emails viewed by CBC News. Internal emails describe a month-long security breach affecting ‘many’ government employees Global Affairs CanadaContinue Reading