Liberals are dismissing the privacy concerns surrounding the government’s lawful access bill as “tinfoil hat” and “paranoid” conspiracy theories, even after amending the controversial legislation to address some of those issues. The House of Commons passed Bill C-22 on Thursday before breaking for the summer, a day after approving a motion to fast-track the bill…
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said it’s “no secret” U.S. President Donald Trump dislikes the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) amid growing concerns about the trade pact’s future, while assuring it will remain in place — at least in the short term. Carney was asked about Trump’s comments Wednesday that he would prefer the continental trade…
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said it’s “no secret” U.S. President Donald Trump dislikes the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) amid growing concerns about the trade pact’s future, while assuring it will remain in place — at least in the short term. Carney was asked about Trump’s comments Wednesday that he would prefer the continental trade…
New research suggests that people with obesity who take GLP-1 drugs appear to scale back on physical activity once they start taking the drug. A study presented on June 14 at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Chicago, had researchers use data from the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, which…
A 69-year-old Canadian tourist has been killed at Kruger National Park after a firearm was accidentally discharged, according to reports from South African media. Read More
Actor Daveigh Chase, who appeared in The Ring and voiced Lilo in Disney’s animated Lilo & Stitch, died Tuesday at the age of 35, according to statements shared with the New York Times and BBC, among others. Chase’s father, John David Schwallier, told the New York Times that she died in a Los Angeles hospital…
The House of Commons will rise for the summer Thursday afternoon, after unanimously voting to push through some final pieces of legislation, including the government’s controversial lawful access bill. MPs will return Sept. 21. During the final days of the spring session, the House also passed a trio of justice bills to reform bail, create…
Automatic tax filing for qualifying Canadians could see them receive an average of roughly $2,000, according to a new report, but doing so would also cost hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years. The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) released a report Thursday outlining the cost of the program, which was announced in…
Changes are coming to how some Canadians can apply for disability tax credits, which the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says will make the process faster and smoother. This includes some online procedural changes starting next month, and older versions of paper applications for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) will no longer be accepted starting in…
A women’s advocacy organization and several other groups that support gun control are urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to fully implement a key facet of firearms legislation passed 30 months ago. The measure makes a person subject to a protection order — a legal order often issued in intimate partner violence cases — ineligible to…