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‘Breaking the cycle’: MPs study intimate partner violence explosion amid COVID

In the first six months of 2021, 92 women and girls were killed, 14 more than in the same period the previous year, the Canadian Femicide Observatory reported.

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Liberal to independent: Jane Cordy looks back on 24 years in the Senate

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House Finance Committee receives more than 800 briefs ahead of 2025 budget

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Climate change, housing needs of Northern Canada require tailored funding model based on more than population, say Idlout and Simpson

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Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey

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Approximately two-thirds of respondents were hopeful about the future of human rights within Canada in 2024, but only 37 per cent shared that sentiment about the global situation.

Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Approximately two-thirds of respondents were hopeful about the future of human rights within Canada in 2024, but only 37 per cent shared that sentiment about the global situation.

Most-lobbied Grit MPs hear push for health accountability measures, most-lobbied Tory MPs hear push for environment, trade issues

House gridlock remains as Canada seeks to quickly respond to Trump tariff threats

As Trump’s tariff threats fly at the ‘whim of a tweet,’ Canada needs united front, says federalism expert

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says his ‘life mission’ as a voice for victims doesn’t end at retirement

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Gun control is a women’s issue

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, AJA MASON

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The Ontario government has deeply disappointed anti-violence advocates by refusing to implement the key recommendation from the inquest jury on the murders of Nathalie Warmerdam, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Carol Culleton.

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The Ontario government has deeply disappointed anti-violence advocates by refusing to implement the key recommendation from the inquest jury on the murders of Nathalie Warmerdam, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Carol Culleton.

Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says his ‘life mission’ as a voice for victims doesn’t end at retirement

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Conservative Sen. Boisvenu says it has been an 'honour and a privilege' to be a voice for victims in the Senate and, if asked, hopes to continue that advocacy after retirement as an MP in a Poilievre-led government.

Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says his ‘life mission’ as a voice for victims doesn’t end at retirement

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Conservative Sen. Boisvenu says it has been an 'honour and a privilege' to be a voice for victims in the Senate and, if asked, hopes to continue that advocacy after retirement as an MP in a Poilievre-led government.

Gun control is a women’s issue

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, AJA MASON

As C-21 progresses in the Senate, it’s important to emphasize that gun recreation must never trump protecting Canadians from the devastating impacts of gun violence.

Gun control is a women’s issue

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, AJA MASON

As C-21 progresses in the Senate, it’s important to emphasize that gun recreation must never trump protecting Canadians from the devastating impacts of gun violence.

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

The bill, currently under study at a Senate committee, would make permanent a May 2020 regulatory ban on the use, purchase, and sale of more than 1,500 types of firearms, and bring into law several other gun control measures.

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

The bill, currently under study at a Senate committee, would make permanent a May 2020 regulatory ban on the use, purchase, and sale of more than 1,500 types of firearms, and bring into law several other gun control measures.

Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

House and Senate committees will be reviewing bills related to the overhaul of federal privacy laws, the carbon price on farm fuel, and the seizure of dangerous drugs in the postal system.

Bills on gun control, digital privacy, and Métis governments among business in busy fall for Parliamentary committees

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

House and Senate committees will be reviewing bills related to the overhaul of federal privacy laws, the carbon price on farm fuel, and the seizure of dangerous drugs in the postal system.

‘Breaking the cycle’: MPs study intimate partner violence explosion amid COVID

In the first six months of 2021, 92 women and girls were killed, 14 more than in the same period the previous year, the Canadian Femicide Observatory reported.

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