1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (48+ words) Puzzled By “Reconciliation” Blacklock's Reporter Employees at the Department of Natural Resources remain unclear about Indigenous reconciliation despite years of programming, says an internal report. The department was the first to give an entire division an Indigenous name to promote…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (54+ words) Blacklock's Reporter The Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a final challenge of a 1912 law requiring that lawyers in Alberta swear allegiance to the King. The oath is similar to that required of newly-elected MPs: “If it does not come…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (48+ words) Miller’s Panel A Slow Starter Blacklock's Reporter A federal panel assigned months ago to combat anti-Semitism has convened one meeting to date with no agenda or work plan, a member said yesterday. Heritage Minister Marc Miller announced the panel last…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (71+ words) Blacklock's Reporter The number of asylum claims in Canada has been halved since Parliament passed legislation granting cabinet new powers to suspend foreigners’ permits, data show. The Department of Immigration in a briefing note said it had rejected more claims…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (62+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Newly-declassified records show the military lifted a ban on gay recruits in part after overestimating by fourfold the number of LGBTQ members in the Canadian Armed Forces. Canada was among the first countries to announce recruitment of gay…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (61+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Canada should stop relying on the military as firefighters, says a Department of Public Safety briefing note. Cabinet has proposed creating its own version of the United States’ Federal Emergency Management Agency to handle wildfires: “Reduce pressure on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (68+ words) Blacklock's Reporter The Supreme Court in a 9-0 decision yesterday reopened an ethics probe into then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s dealings with a federal contractor, We Charity. Judges struck a federal law shielding the federal Ethics Commissioner from a legal challenge of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (50+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Federal forecasters propose to change the way they talk about the weather, says a report. The Meteorological Service of Canada said it will simplify its current list of dozens of hazards, warnings and alerts: “Canada currently issues alerts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (57+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Newly-declassified records show the federal cabinet months before 9/11 was told Canadian charities were being used for terrorist financing. “Most of the world’s terrorist organizations had supporters in Canada,” read minutes of one confidential meeting: “One Minister commented on…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (61+ words) Blacklock's Reporter Parliament must maintain secret subsidies for the Toronto Star to “promote ethical governance,” its publisher has written MPs. Payroll rebates worth $29,750 per newsroom employee are set to roll back to pre-Covid rates of $13,750 this winter: “Priority should be…...