Do ministers and senior public servants need bodyguards?
The internet has transformed the relation between politicians and the public, and giving fuel to the fire might rebound on those who stoke it.
‘Conditions this early in the season are unprecedented,’ says Blair, and MPs say ridings dealing with ‘frightening’ wildfires open their hearts to evacuees
‘Nova Scotia has never gone through this type of thing before,’ says Liberal MP Lena Metlege Diab who represents Halifax West.
Canadians more concerned with actual fires than the foreign interference firestorm
That two opposition parties moved away from foreign interference indicates that the public is not as engaged with the issue while wildfires rage across the country.
Spirit of co-operation must last beyond the wildfire emergency
Climate change means we will continue to see disasters described as ‘unprecedented’, but our preparedness and responses to those challenges need not be. The challenge lies in how long the spirit of co-operation will last once the last embers have been extinguished.
The hidden costs of police body-worn cameras
It is indisputable that the proliferation of body-worn camera programs will greatly increase police budgets.
Conservative attacks ignore bail’s role as effective ‘tool of public safety,’ says NDP justice critic
Former police officer Gregory Brown says the lack of sufficient accountability and supervision of bail conditions are the criminal justice system’s ‘dirty little secret.’
Prime minister should call a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian elections
In mid-March, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau named former governor general David Johnston as a special rapporteur to decide whether an independent inquiry should be called into foreign interference in Canadian elections. Johnston will make his decision later this month. Since the appointment, a number of new stories have come out revealing troubling information about foreign […]
Gun rights activists call Liberal backtrack on firearms ban a ‘massive retreat,’ but not a victory
The Liberals’ failure to ‘do their homework’ and consult with Indigenous communities burned political capital and left the government back where it started last fall, says NDP strategist Cam Holmstrom.
The RCMP, inquiries, and another musical ride
Over 73 years of investigations, commissions, and inquiries, the RCMP has seen few apparent changes to the way it operates.
Mass killing report a scathing condemnation of Canada’s failure to curb violence against women
As the Nova Scotia inquiry found, there is no excuse for not moving ahead vigorously and forcefully to address this shameful, ongoing crisis.
