In a volte-face, Canada is to reduce the number of low-wage temporary foreign workers, after a controversial 2022 plan to salvage the country’s post-Covid economy has created a furor over low wages and abuse, Reuters reported. The program allows non-Canadian citizens to work in the North...
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Canada’s supreme court ruled this week that treaties signed more than 170 years ago between British colonial settlers and Indigenous groups have not been honored by successive Canadian governments, depriving First Nations of fair compensation for resource revenue, the Washington Post reported. The case centers on...
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A Canadian court sentenced a woman to three years in jail this week for fraudulently claiming her daughters were Inuit to access more than $100,000 in benefits, marking the first custodial sentence for such an offense in Canada, the Guardian reported. Karima Manji pled guilty to...
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Lawmakers in Canada’s Parliament are in uproar over the release of a classified report this month that showed extensive foreign interference by China and India in Canadian democracy, Bloomberg reported. The report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) alleges that some lawmakers...
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Two years ago, officials in British Columbia decriminalized the possession of small amounts of drugs like cocaine, fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamines to end the stigma that often keeps addicts from seeking help. “Addiction is a health issue, not a criminal one,” wrote the western Canadian province’s...
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A United Nations-affiliated body is reviewing allegations that Canada’s Human Rights Commission discriminated against Black and other minorities, potentially impacting the commission’s role in UN human rights activities, Reuters reported. The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, which accredits national human rights bodies, announced the...
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Canadian police charged three Indian nationals in the assassination of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, intensifying a diplomatic dispute between Canada and India following Ottawa’s accusation of New Delhi’s involvement in the murder, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested the...
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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the country’s last two general elections were “free and fair” on Wednesday, in a public inquiry into accusations of foreign interference in the elections – including Chinese and Indian meddling, the BBC reported. Quebec judge Marie-Josée Hogue is probing the...
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A Canadian judge ruled this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of extraordinary powers to quell the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates was unconstitutional, the Wall Street Journal reported. The case centers on the weeks-long demonstrations in the capital and at US-Canada...
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Canada will impose a two-year cap on the intake of foreign students after explosive growth in recent years has resulted in a worsening housing crisis in the country, Reuters reported. Minister of Immigration Marc Miller unveiled plans to issue around 364,000 visas this year, which would...
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A diplomatic row between Canada and China over the detention of two Canadian citizens resurfaced this week after one of the individuals claimed he was arrested for unintentionally passing on intelligence to Ottawa and its allies, the Guardian reported. This week, Canadian media reported that Michael...
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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar recently said that his government was open to investigating any information that Canadian officials might produce in relation to the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver in June. Jaishankar’s announcement came more than a week after Canadian Prime...
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Tensions between Canada and India escalated Tuesday, a day after the Canadian prime minister accused the Indian government of involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil, leading both countries to expel each other’s senior diplomats, NBC News reported. On Monday, Canadian Prime...
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Canada began Tuesday a criminal trial for two key organizers of 2022’s “Freedom Convoy” protests that disrupted the country’s capital, affected US-Canada border crossings, and inspired similar actions worldwide, the Washington Post reported. The defendants Tamara Lich and Chris Barber face a slew of charges, including...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed Facebook’s parent company Meta for blocking news content in Canada, as the country fights massive wildfires that have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from their homes, and provinces to declare states of emergency, Bloomberg reported. The...
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In an example of climate change arousing an international effort, firefighters from around the globe have rushed to help put out the Canadian wildfires that have burned 13 million acres of forest and choked the US Midwest and Eastern seaboard with smoke in the past...
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Canada introduced an amended version of a controversial gun control bill Tuesday, after the previous proposal came under fire from opposition lawmakers and gun-rights advocates, CBC reported. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said the amended Bill C-21 will include new definitions of prohibited firearms that cover...
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A Canadian court ruled that giving the middle finger is not a crime and is protected under the country’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms, NPR reported. The legality of a raised middle finger – also known in polite terms as “flipping the bird” – was questioned...
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered an investigation into allegations that China interfered in Canada’s elections in 2019 and 2021, following a series of reports about suspected meddling and also pressure from the opposition, Bloomberg reported. Trudeau said he will appoint a special investigator to probe...
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Canada banned TikTok from government-issued devices this week, following the lead of both the United States and the executive branch of the European Union amid concerns that the social media app poses security risks, the Wall Street Journal reported. Mona Fortier, Canada’s minister responsible for the...
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