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Unionized Jewish employees to take PSAC to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over Israel-Hamas war

Plus, Cape Breton pounded with 150 cm of snow; Hill launch of Howard McCurdy's memoir in the House Speaker's Office on Feb. 20; Jean Augustine to deliver speech in Toronto; and Liberal MP John McKay and ISG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne receive an award.

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Bill S-210 is straightforward legislation that would require any website that offers porn to verify users' age, to set up a court-supervised enforcement mechanism, and to reserve the process of approving specific age-verification methods for regulations.

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George Elliott Clarke completes late NDP MP Howard McCurdy’s book for him: ‘he was the most unforgettably proud Black man that I ever had the pleasure to know’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Also, Liberals plan a big 90th birthday bash in January 2024 for Jean Chrétien; Dalhousie creates new Senator Don Oliver Scholarship; and Richard Madan is picked up by CBC News in Washington.