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The federal Liberals are indicating they plan to revamp their border security bill in response to widespread concerns about its impacts on civil liberties and privacy. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has given notice to the House of Commons that he will introduce fresh legislation on borders and immigration as early as Wednesday.In June, the government tabled a bill that would give authorities new powers to search mail, facilitate police access to personal information and make it easier for officials to pause or cancel immigration applications.The federal government said the legislation was meant to keep borders secure, combat transnational organized crime, stop the flow of deadly fentanyl and crack down on money laundering.More than 300 civil society organizations called on Ott...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five premiers say Ottawa’s recent call for limits on the notwithstanding clause amounts to a “complete disavowal” of the bargain that spawned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution’s notwithstanding clause gives provincial legislatures or Parliament the ability to pass legislation that effectively overrides provisions of the Charter, though only for a five-year period. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. In a filing to the Supreme Court of Canada in a case on Quebec’s secularism law, Ottawa argues the constitutional l...

Concerns are growing over how the Liberal government’s new border security bill could be the “biggest overreach” into Canadians’ privacy in years by making it easier for law enforcement to access people’s online subscriber or client data — some of it without a warrant. The Strong Borders Act, or Bill C-2, would let police demand subscription information and transmission data from internet providers and other online companies under “reasonable” suspicion of a crime or for information that will assist in a criminal investigation.While the government insists the information collected will not include what’s in those communications — which will still be subject to a judge’s sign-off — legal experts, civil rights advocates and Opposition Conservatives say the bill could still violate Charter ri...

By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Press Posted October 7, 2025 2:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The protest group that signed up hundreds of candidates in recent elections went before a House of Commons committee today, where MPs asked them whether they’re actually achieving their aims. Tomas Szuchewycz represented the Longest Ballot Committee at a meeting of the procedure and government affairs committee.He was listed as the official agent for hundreds of people in recent elections, and his group signed up more than 200 people to run against Pierre Poilievre in the summer byelection that r...

The union of striking Canada Post workers is blaming a “downward spiral of government intervention” for the ever-worsening labour dispute, saying Ottawa’s recent actions have “completely ruined” the current round of negotiations. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) launched a national strike nearly two weeks ago after the federal government announced changes to the Crown corporation’s business that would see reduced mail delivery, post office closures and the phase-out of door-to-door service.Since then, Canada Post has presented new offers that the union says are “worse” than the ones tabled and rejected by workers earlier this year — something CUPW lays squarely at the government’s feet.“The cuts announced by the government are what Canada Post wanted to see,” the union’s nationa...

By Liam Casey The Canadian Press Posted October 7, 2025 1:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to euthanize the whales if the park does not receive emergency funds from Ottawa. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government should reconsider its position after denying Marineland permits to move them to an aquarium in China.Federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson told Marineland on Monday she would not reconsider her position and said animal welfare is the purview of the O...