‘Stay the course’: reporters, editors discuss strategies for combating online hate with Mendicino
Catherine Tait of CBC said a survey by Reporters Without Borders had found three quarters of journalists had experience harassment.
The real Rouleau inquiry question: who was responsible for allowing the illegal trucker blockades to drag on?
The issue of responsibility has tended to get lost in the endless hours of legalistic testimony in the Emergencies Act review.
‘Marathon of work’: Public Order Emergency Commission proceedings ‘one of the most transparent inquiries ever,’ says lawyer Paul Champ
Lawyers involved in the hearings were provided with more than 30,000 documents, but ministers’ testimony doesn’t get full-transparency marks, says Tim Powers.
The convoy occupation hearings reveal the paucity of government leadership
What struck me about the testimony is how perception, not analysis, shaped the judgments of the senior members of cabinet and the public service.
Rouleau Commission testimony provided a closer look at what we already knew
The Public Order Emergency Commission may have been the biggest political yawn in commission history, writes Sheila Copps.
Mounties’ union calls on feds to reconsider removal of ‘less-lethal intervention options’ from RCMP toolkit, citing safety concerns
According to the RCMP’s police intervention option reports for the years 2010-2021, there was an overall 43 per cent decline in the application of police intervention options during that time period.
Military recruitment and retention crisis requires addressing low morale, housing availability, say Tory, NDP critics
Facing a shortfall of approximately 10,000 unfilled positions, the Canadian Armed Forces needs expedited training for personnel and more affordable housing access, say opposition MPs.
Rouleau Inquiry lifts lid on ‘federal, provincial, municipal dysfunction in crisis management and policing,’ say politicos
Testimony from federal officials last week shown light on the earliest and final days of the Freedom Convoy protests, discussions around the potential for ‘serious violence’ leading up to the first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act, and why the federal government needed to step up.
Canadians’ appetite for extremist organizations like Diagolon will need a ‘whole-of-society approach,’ say experts
‘Perfect storm’ of geopolitical events and two years of pandemic isolation have left Canadians looking for ‘easy answers to complex questions’ and someone to blame, says Barbara Perry.
With extraordinary power comes extraordinary accountability: Trudeau, eight ministers to testify at Public Order Emergency Commission alongside convoy organizers
The public inquiry looking into the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests earlier this year will hold its first meeting on Oct. 13, with more than 60 witnesses, including the prime minister and convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, set to testify as to whether the federal […]
