Christian Paas-Lang
![](/sites/default/files/styles/person_card_default_lg_1x/public/img/2019/02/20/190220-ho-christian-pass-long-headshot.jpg?itok=bSpq17rE)
About Christian Paas-Lang
Christian Paas-Lang is a journalist from Toronto specializing in political analysis and data-driven reporting. His works have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, theScore and the North Bay Nugget.
Police can't arrest to stop only potential disorder, Supreme Court rules
Police do not have the power to arrest someone who is acting lawfully simply to prevent a possible outbreak of violence or disorder, the Supreme Court of Canada decided on Friday, October 4, 2019.
Supreme Court sets aside order requiring journalist to reveal sources
The Supreme Court of Canada has set aside an order that would have forced a journalist to reveal her confidential sources and has ordered the case back to a lower court for a second look.
Health organizations call for end to promotion of vaping products
Federal officials have to act right away to avoid further risks of serious illness from vaping, eight Canadian health organizations said on Thursday, September 19, 2019.
Anxiety writ large as Ottawa suffers pre-election jitters
A campaign that could start at any time and a debate schedule that is itself the subject of debate intensified pre-election jitters in Ottawa going into the weekend.
Two companies pay $450,000 in fines for illegal donations to federal parties
Two companies have agreed to pay almost $450,000 in fines after admitting they made illegal political donations to both the federal Liberals and Conservatives between 2004 and 2009.
Provinces, territories to have input in future price of carbon: McKenna
Any decisions about future increases in the carbon tax would take into account the views of provinces and territories, the federal environment minister says, using language that sparked accusations from Conservatives that she was misleading voters about the future of the levy.
Third-party buys billboard to promote Bernier's anti-mass immigration stance
Billboards with Maxime Bernier's face and a slogan advocating against mass immigration cropped up on Friday, August 22, 2019, in several major Canadian cities.
People's Party makes its case to enter debates, but will they prevail?
The People's Party of Canada made another bid on Friday, August 23, 2019, to convince debate organizers they deserve to be included in two televised events in October.
Leaders, moderators confirmed for 2019 English, French debates
Five party leaders have confirmed they will participate in two major televised election debates in October, the media group producing the events announced on Tuesday, August 20, 2019.
At unveiling of memorial to democracy activist, fears of crackdown in Hong Kong
Prominent human rights activists and Chinese political dissidents warned on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, about the potential for a brutal crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong.