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CRTC delays implementing online streaming act until end of 2025
The CRTC has denied a request by Bell Canada and some independent internet providers for an expedited decision that would prevent large carriers from using rivals' fibre networks to offer their services to customers.A person navigates to the online social media pages of the CRTC on a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
New report echoes call for Canada to ban TikTok over foreign interference concerns
A display for short-form social media video hosting service TikTok is seen at the Collision conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 23, 2022. Picture taken June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
politics
Sikh Canadian separatist leader says India cracking down on Khalistan supporters after arrests in Nijjar slaying
politics
Border agency director said he regrets accepting contractor’s invite to ArriveCan whiskey tasting
CBSA President Erin O’Gorman appears before the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on Parliament Hill January 18 , 2024 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail�
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Governor-General Mary Simon urges Canadians to remain respectful and maintain behaviour boundaries
Canada's Governor General Mary Simon pose for a portrait at Rideau Hall May 9, 2024 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
politics
Former Chinese envoy to Canada reassigned to Iran
FILE PHOTO: China's new ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu attends a news conference for a small group of reporters at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, Canada November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
opinion
A nomination system that’s not worth defending
Campbell Clark
politics
Three firms tied to ArriveCan app got $1-billion in federal contracts, Ottawa reveals
A company that held the main contract for ArriveCan is set to appear in front of a House committee meeting today, as opposition parties continue to question the app's bloated cost. A person holds a smartphone set to the opening screen of the ArriveCan app in a photo illustration made in Toronto, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
politics
Ottawa wedding deaths remain unsolved after eight months, police say
An Ottawa Police officer collects evidence after a Saturday night shooting at the Infinity Convention Centre that left two dead, in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
art and architecture
Imitation art is everywhere - and it’s hurting the livelihoods of Inuit artists who make the real thing
OTTAWA — July Papatsie, an Inuk carver, spoke about his work and demonstrate how he does his soft stone and bone carvings at the Isaruit Inuit Arts space in the Rideau Community Hub Thursday, April 11, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser, Globe and Mail
politics
Ottawa prepares bill to reinstate citizenship rights of ‘lost Canadians’
A mother and daughter hold hands during citizenship ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first the months of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ottawa changes policy on when it would consider recognizing Palestinian statehood
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Ottawa holds first talks with provinces about reducing temporary foreign resident numbers
Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
politics
Canada could exceed NATO’s defence spending target after approval of planned projects, Blair says
Germany’s Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius (left) and Minister of National Defence Bill Blair take part in a joint news conference at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, May 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Politics Briefing: Canada abstains from UN vote on Palestinian bid to become full member
The results of a vote on a resolution for the UN Security Council to reconsider and support the full membership of Palestine into the United Nations is displayed during a special session of the UN General Assembly, at UN headquarters in New York City on May 10, 2024. A veto from the United States during an April 18, 2024 UN Security Council meeting previously foiled the Palestinians' drive for full UN membership. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
Understanding the rise in Indian permanent residents requires looking abroad and at home
John Ibbitson
politics
Ottawa mayor says he has never lobbied for federal public servants returning to office
Patrons enjoy the outdoor patio as they visit Little Victories coffee shop in downtown Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Jewish students testify that they feel unsafe on Canadian university campuses, with some hiring private security
Almost 60 per cent of Canadians feel free speech is under threat, with nearly one in four who considers that threat to be serious, a new poll suggests. The Canada flag catches the morning light on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Ex-columnist, once touted as a rising Conservative star, drops out of ‘corrupted’ nomination race
Sabrina Maddeaux
opinion
Results? That’s not Ottawa’s business
Campbell Clark
politics
Unions for federal workers promise ‘summer of discontent’ of hybrid work rules
Pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa on in November 2021.
books
John Vaillant wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing for Fire Weather
Author John Vaillant is seen in an undated handout photo. Vaillant's best-selling book about the Fort McMurray wildfire is shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Penguin Random House, Ian Hinkle, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
politics
CBC boss says no need for 800 job cuts, rules out merger with Radio-Canada
CBC Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Vice-President Marco Dube and CBC President and Chief Executive Officer Catherine Tait wait to appear at the Heritage Committee in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
politics
New sabotage offence in foreign-interference bill needs amending, say civil liberties and constitutional experts
More than 15 civil society and Muslim groups are urging Canada's justice minister to hive off its proposed Criminal Code and Human Rights Act changes from its bill aimed at tackling online harms. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
politics
Politics Briefing: Ottawa approves B.C.’s request to prohibit use of illicit drugs in public
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks participates in a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Saks says the federal government has granted British Columbia's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
politics
Federal program matching refugees with jobs set to be made permanent
Najeebullah Nasiri and his family at StarTech.com Community Centre, YMCA and Library in London, Ont., Thursday, May 2, 2024. THE GLOBE AND MAIL/Nicole Osborne
politics
Ministers called to committee over illegal job sale scam to immigrants
Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
opinion
The Liberals’ delays on foreign interference carry profound costs
Campbell Clark
politics
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says universities should remove pro-Palestinian encampments
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to press at the Ontario legislature, in Toronto, on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
politics
Legislation to combat foreign interference expected today
The Confederation building on Parliament Hill is reflected in the windows of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Monday, May 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Integrity commissioner launches investigation of DFO officials over alleged attempts to silence scientists
A new poll suggests almost 60 per cent of Canadians feel free speech is under threat. The Canada flag catches the morning light on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
explainer
Why did the ArriveCan app cost so much? What we’ve learned so far in the federal outsourcing scandal
politics
Indigenous contracting program went years with no ‘after-the-fact’ audits despite calls for more oversight
Retired Public Servant Allen Frost at his rural cottage in Eastern Quebec April 30, 2024. Photograph by Blair Gable �
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Ottawa says 179 Palestinians have escaped Gaza, with first arriving in Canada through special visa
A man carries a child on his shoulders as he walks with others along a busy road at a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 30, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Conservatives say Poilievre would only override Charter rights for criminal justice matters
Canada's Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre speaks as Parliament's Question Period resumes, a day after the leader of Canada's main opposition party was ejected from the House of Commons after he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "a wacko”, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable
opinion
A glass half-full of emissions reductions
Campbell Clark