Canada’s small and medium-sized financial firms could be vulnerable to the constant barrage of cyberattacks aimed at Canadian businesses, says the House of Commons public safety committee.
PBO pushes up cost estimate for Canada’s frigate build by $8 billion
Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Office has compiled a revised cost estimate for the navy’s new frigates, and predicts the program will cost close to $70 billion over the next quarter century — $8 billion more than its previous estimate.
Bill to support jurors with PTSD dies in the Senate
Former jurors plan to pressure political parties to revive a bill that would allow them to get adequate mental health treatment after doing their civic duty on horrific murder and other cases.
Rona Ambrose’s sex assault bill is dead — and so is the UNDRIP bill
Former Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose’s bill to give mandatory sexual assault training to federally appointed judges is all but dead thanks to some procedural manoeuvring in the Senate.
Senate passes environmental assessment bill
A pair of controversial environmental bills, including the environmental assessment bill, scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada’s oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.
21 bills receiving royal assent after Parliament breaks for the summer
After a series of late-night sittings over the last month, the House of Commons has passed the vast majority of outstanding government legislation and has wrapped up for what could be the last time before the fall election.
Doug Ford’s chief of staff resigns following patronage controversy
Doug Ford’s chief of staff, Dean French, has resigned, the office of the Ontario premier says.
Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of sexual assault
Elle advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman more than 20 years ago, in her new book that was excerpted in New York Magazine.
Canadian man killed in Chilean tourist city Valparaiso
A Canadian citizen was stabbed to death on Friday in the Chilean port of Valparaiso while he was strolling with his family in a hillside tourist areas, local media and police said.
B.C. judge blasts Creep Catchers for ‘repugnant’ sting targeting developmentally disabled man
A Kamloops man with cognitive challenges was coaxed into luring a fictional child because of a “vainglorious” operation by the Creep Catchers, a B.C. judge wrote in a scathing assessment of the vigilante group.