Health Canada tapped the opinions of children as young as five years old as it attempted to decide what warning symbol would work best in mandatory labelling on cannabis products when pot is legalized later this year.
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Ottawa won’t pursue deportation of Abdoul Abdi, Goodale says
Ottawa will not pursue the deportation of a former child refugee and convicted criminal to Somalia, according to Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale.
CRA loses court challenge to its political-activity audits of charities
Justice Edward Morgan of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has dealt a blow to the CRA’s political-activity audits of charities, ruling that part of the Income Tax Act infringes on the constitutional right to freedom of expression. The ruling is a victory for a small Ottawa charity that had been facing deregistration and for the sector.
Half of 28 new judge positions announced in 2017 remain unfilled
Ottawa has appointed just half of the 28 new superior court judges announced in the 2017 budget to help clear up delays in the justice system.
Doug Ford tilts the table away from Trudeau’s agenda
When Canada’s premiers gather in New Brunswick for their annual summer meetings this week, the main event will undoubtedly be the debut of Ontario Premier Doug Ford. But Ford is just the latest change at the provincial level that creates new challenges for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national agenda, particularly on climate change.
If Canadians want pharmacare, tax hikes will follow, Kevin Page to warn first ministers
Former federal budget watchdog Kevin Page will deliver a blunt message to premiers this week about the costs of a future national pharmacare program: If Canadians want one, taxes will have to go up.
At the NATO summit, Trudeau won the argument. Did it matter?
The recent NATO leaders summit saw the collision of two starkly different visions of the alliance – one based on values, the other based on money alone.
Bellegarde slams ‘wrong-headed’ and ‘exclusionary’ meeting on First Nations rights
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says Indigenous leaders were deliberately left out of a meeting between Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and her provincial and territorial counterparts Friday, a move he is calling “wrong-headed” and “exclusionary.”
‘Not Canadian’: Hussen, MacLeod exchange sharp words over asylum seeker ‘crisis’
A meeting between Canada’s federal and provincial Immigration ministers ended bitterly Friday, with federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen openly criticizing the Ontario government for what he called a dangerous and un-Canadian approach to the issue of asylum seekers.
Trudeau to shuffle cabinet Wednesday, source says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet next Wednesday as his government readies for the next election amid shifting federal-provincial relations, CBC News has learned.