Chinese-Canadian activists raise concerns over feds’ rushed foreign registry consultations
With many members of the community only receiving an invite four days in advance and a lack of transparency on who would be in attendance, activists are concerned consultations on the proposed foreign agent registry could be skewed.
People’s Commission pushes for post-convoy apologies as joint parliamentary committee readies report
Despite nearing the end of its work, the special committee studying the use of the Emergencies Act will add the new Ottawa People’s Commission report to its evidence.
The political potency of the firearms issue
Canada’s more than two million firearms owners will be voting as a block in the next election based on their united opposition to Trudeau’s new firearms laws. And given the tiny margins that determine which party forms government, the Liberals should be worried, writes former Conservative MP Robert Sopuck.
Meaningful bail reform requires community supports not ‘more policing, more court work, and more corrections’: Sen. Pate
NDP justice critic Randall Garrison says the overrepresentation of marginalized Canadians in prison poses a long-term threat to public safety that must be balanced with the immediate threat of repeat offenders.
MPs’ work on gun control misses target
Notwithstanding the proven link between guns and violence against women, Canadian women’s groups have not been treated as serious stakeholders in the gun control debate. Now, 34 women’s groups are calling out misinformation around Bill C-21.
Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark
National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list ‘foreign states of concern,’ including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and Canadians who have ‘beneficial’ engagements with them.
Toronto police and the illusion of safety
It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one tasked with keeping Torontonians safe.
China’s interference in our elections is no surprise
While Canada has always practised ‘strategic engagement’ with China due to its economic importance, there have long been warnings of its malicious intent.
What ChatGPT means for the new future of national security
If we fail to recognize systems like ChatGPT as the warning shots that they are, we can look forward to a future in which gaping holes in Canada’s policy and security posture are exposed by predictable AI breakthroughs on a regular basis.
Clearer amendments needed for progress on Liberal bill to ban assault weapons, says gun control group
The House Public Safety Committee met on Feb. 14 and Feb. 17 to discuss the effects of withdrawn amendments to Bill C-21.
