The federal government is spending $5 million on private security and other safety measures for community groups worried about an increase in hate-fuelled violence, the public safety minister announced on Monday, November 6, 2023.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to recalibrate the number of people who come to Canada temporarily to make sure the program is sustainable, but details about what measures the government is considering remain unclear.
The federal government plans to level out the number of new permanent residents to Canada in 2026 in reaction to a crunch on housing and other services, the immigration minister announced on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.
The federal agency that regulates the price of patented medicines plans to relaunch consultations on the finer points of long-delayed drug-price reform, the agency announced on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
The criminal trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is expected to resume today with a ruling on whether the court will hear testimony from local Ottawa residents.
The evidence put forward by the Crown and defence in the criminal trial of two prominent "Freedom Convoy" organizers is so similar, it reflects something of a Rorschach test for how people feel about the massive protest, said criminologist Michael Kempa.
The federal New Democrats have rejected the first draft of the Liberals' pharmacare legislation, in what the health minister describes as "extremely fluid" negotiations over the highly anticipated bill.
Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, for competing protests, yelling and chanting at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality and gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender youth.
The trial for "Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich heard on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, that she was the president of the corporation formed to manage donations to the protest, and some considered her president of the entire movement.
"No matter what you do, we will hold the line," Lich, a figurehead in the "Freedom Convoy" movement and a key organizer of the protests, promised in a press conference on Feb. 14, 2022.
