In the Parliament Hill neighbourhood, loud truckers not winning any friends, and hurting support, but Nanos says protesters also ‘should not be dismissed’
As the trucker protests in the nation’s capital entered their fourth day Tuesday, political players who work in the Parliament Hill neighbourhood say the protesters’ constant honking and some unsavoury behaviour are harming the support they have from average Canadians, although recent polling by some firms shows more support to end COVID-19 restrictions and federal […]
Trump comes to Ottawa
OTTAWA—The crowd of agitators, dissidents, right-wing extremists, and conspiracy dupes in Ottawa didn’t actually take over the Capitol (building) on the weekend as they did briefly last year in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to overthrow the 2020 election result. But the thousands who poured into Ottawa were allowed to take over Canada’s capital city. Local law […]
Politics This Morning: The House returns, with a soundtrack
Good Monday morning, The virtual hallways of Parliament Hill will be busy today as the House returns from the winter break in a hybrid format. MPs will sit every weekday from now until Friday, Feb. 18. The Hill Times calendar has the exact dates for all 26 weeks of scheduled sitting for 2022. Government House […]
‘Freedom Convoy’ rolls into town, jams Parliamentary Precinct, thousands protest against COVID-19 mandates
The “Freedom Convoy,” a large convoy of big rig and pickup truck drivers from across Canada, who are here to protest against vaccine mandates and the Trudeau government, rolled into town and took over the entire Parliamentary Precinct on Saturday. They started arriving in big numbers late Friday night, with the main demonstration against COVID-19 […]
Locked down and locked in: federal inmates face renewed isolation as COVID outbreaks sweep prisons
Facing an “isolation within isolation,” as federal prisons lockdown in the face of another wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, prisoners are caught in a state of suspension, where progress on correctional plans, and accordingly, the ability to apply for parole and be released, is halted as well, experts say. These inmates are facing up to 23 […]
Automatic pardon bill hailed by experts as ‘most significant’ justice reform in a long time
With no word on whether the government will re-introduce legislation to change up Canada’s criminal pardon system, a new Senate bill is aiming to provide its own solution—one that’s being lauded by experts in the field. Independent Senator Kim Pate (Ontario) introduced Bill S-212 in the Senate on Nov. 24, offering a no-cost, no-application expiry […]
Splitting public safety, emergency preparedness post a sign future disasters are ‘top of mind’ for feds
Splitting the public safety and emergency preparedness portfolio into separate cabinet files comes in anticipation of more frequent natural disasters and emergencies—and is a move long in coming due to the unwieldy nature of such a big job, say politicos and experts. Liberal MP Bill Blair (Scarborough Southwest, Ont.) has managed both portfolios since Nov. […]
20 years since 9/11, what have we learned?
EDMONTON—On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, when I stepped out of the shower at 7 a.m. Mountain time, my wife told me to look at the television. With a towel wrapped around me, I stood staring at a replay of a lone plane smashing into the World Trade Center in New York City. Then the second […]
Police union wants boosted training capacity, mental health supports for Mounties after election
The National Police Federation is calling on whoever forms the next federal government to increase training capacity for the RCMP, prioritize equipment modernization, and increase access to mental health supports for its members. Canadians have done a “really good job” of focusing on mental health and reducing stigma around the issue, according to Brian Sauvé, […]
‘They just said we’d like to be treated like humans’: Senate report an ‘eye-opener’ on rights gaps in prisons
Systems in place in federal correctional institutions do not protect and safeguard the people surrounded by its concrete walls, nor are they designed to respect the human rights of prisoners, say Senators in a report stemming from an exhaustive four-and-a-half year study. The Senate Human Rights Committee’s look into the human rights of federally sentenced […]
