Liberals back Bloc’s proposal to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws

Liberal MPs on the House justice committee backed a Bloc Québécois proposal to remove a religious exemption from Canada’s hate speech laws — after the suggestion initially appeared to halt the government’s anti-hate legislation.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

DND scrambles to figure out how to mobilize and equip a citizens’ army: documents

A series of internal documents shows the Defence Department is struggling to figure out how to equip a citizens’ army of up to 300,000 supplemental reservists, while also trying to rebuild its regular and primary reserve forces. A DND presentation...

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Military police watchdog finds ‘failures’ in investigation into retired major-general

The country’s military police watchdog found investigators failed to conduct a rigorous investigation into a sexual assault allegation against former senior military leader Dany Fortin, but that outside pressure didn’t influence the case.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Liberals vote against Poilievre’s pipeline motion, calling it ‘immature’ and an ‘insult’

The Liberal government voted against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s motion Tuesday calling for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific — but ministers insisted it doesn’t mean Ottawa has given up on the memorandum of understanding signed with Alberta last...

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Cost of Carney’s Egypt summit flight ballooned to $736K with no air force plane available

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s last-minute trip to a Gaza peace summit in Egypt in October cost Canadian taxpayers over $736,466 — more than three times higher than it would have been if the Royal Canadian Air Force had been able...

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s longtime ambassador to the U.S., is stepping down

Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s longtime ambassador to the United States, is leaving her post in the new year — marking a key shakeup amid tense trade relations with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Liberal government tables bill to protect children, victims of gender-based violence

The Liberal government has tabled sweeping new legislation that it says will protect victims and survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence and protect children from predators.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Quebec family releases chilling video as they sue police in death of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi

The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police in an off-island suburb of Montreal in September is suing the officers and the city of Longueuil, Que.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Quebec police watchdog to investigate man shot by officer at Longueuil hospital

The BEI says five of its investigators have been assigned to examine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Quebec man with history of involvement in human trafficking rearrested in Calgary

Calgary police have arrested a 22-year-old man from Quebec who has a history of being involved in human trafficking on a half dozen new charges.

Dec 10, 2025 | News