GOVT NEWS
31 October 2023
(KEN POLE)
The Federal Court has dismissed six applications for a judicial review of the federal government’s 2020 move to reclassify certain types of rifles as “assault” weapons.
7 September 2023
The Business Council of Canada, formerly the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, wants the government to give the Canadian Security Intelligence Service the legal authority to "proactively" work with the private sector in countering the growing cyberthreats by hostile foreign interests.
29 June 2023
Security issues at home and abroad continued to escalate as the Communications Security Establishment and its partners deal with an array of threats.
16 February 2023
In response to Haiti’s request for assistance, Canada is deploying two Kingston-class ships to Haiti as violence continues to escalate and hamper any progress in the country.
15 June 2022
At a press conference today, Toronto Police Chief James Ramer announced the release of race-based data and admits the results have confirmed the prevalence of systemic discrimination within the organization. "Our own analysis of our own data from 2020 discloses that there is systemic racism in our policing." For this, he apologized "unreservedly", vowing "we must improve and we will do better."
31 May 2022
Anne Kelly, the Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada, received the following Mandate Letter from Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. Key points are highlighted in bold-underline for the convenience of FrontLine readers.
31 May 2022
The following is the recently released Mandate Letter from Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to CSIS Director David Vigneault. Key points are highlighted in bold-underline for the convenience of FrontLine readers.
31 May 2022
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino's recently-released Mandate Letter to the John Ossowski, president of the Canada Border Services Agency. Key points are highlighted in bold-underline for the convenience of FrontLine readers.
31 May 2022
The following is the recently released Mandate Letter from Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki. Key points are highlighted in bold-underline for the convenience of FrontLine readers.
21 April 2022
In their first bilateral meeting, Canada's Defence Minister Anita Anand spoke on the phone with Norway's Defence Minister, Bjørn Arild Gram. They discussed the importance of defence relationships and other topics of mutual interest.
17 December 2021
(KEN POLE)
A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office has reignited the political controversy over which shipyard should build the new polar-class icebreakers.
7 May 2021
(KEN POLE)
The government has restarted the contract for two new Coast Guard icebreakers. The largest ships in the Coast Guard fleet, they will play a critical role in enabling the Canadian Coast Guard to patrol and protect Canada's 243,000 km of coastline.
