This country urgently needs a national fire administration
Fire chiefs know that Ottawa wants to get it right when it comes to the best model to pursue, but time’s up. A national fire administration would get these fire and life safety issues out of the federal government’s blind-spot, and on to the table. The only real cost is the cost of inaction.
Why Canada needs judicial remedies for oppressive administration of sentences
Bill S-230, stalled at third reading in the Red Chamber, offers a glimmer of hope for people like Joey Toutsaint.
As Canadian competitiveness falters, organized crime and the illegal cigarette businesses are flourishing
It is time for Canada to wake up to the fact that one of the fastest growing sectors of its economy is also one of the most dangerous.
Public Safety Canada’s dealing with natural and communication infrastructure disasters
For some years, the federal government has been paying multi-millions of dollars to AI firms for many projects with little transparency.
Review of solitary confinement law a year late as report finds prisoners’ rights still violated
The 2019 law creating Structured Intervention Units said a review must begin in June 2023, but efforts by Senators and advocates to get government accountability has resulted in ‘non-answers,’ says Senator Salma Ataullahjan.
Stonewalled committee shows limits of Parliament’s prosecutorial powers: former CSIS analyst
As the Public Safety Committee digs into Russian interference, it has to use all the tools at its disposal to get answers, says NDP MP Alistair MacGregor.
Asking the right questions to safeguard our sovereignty
The top issue in the next election will surely be the economy, but the second matter of public discourse should be protecting our national sovereignty.
In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms
How can a multicultural society function when hateful lies are allowed to spread like wildfire on the very platforms on which we rely for information?
Information blackout still shrouds investigation of shocking murder of Ontario resto owner
Fourteen months later, Owen Sound citizens continue to deal with a troubling lack of information about a murder that cast a cloud of anxiety over the city.
‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push
If personal stories of loss ‘can’t resonate with political leaders, I really don’t know what is going to,’ said the Sierra Club’s Conor Curtis.
