Evidence has emerged of a second alleged sexual assault case previously occurring in one of Canada’s former COVID-19 quarantine hotels at which air passengers returning to Canada and awaiting a COVID test result were required to stay for a period of several months during 2021. In an Inquiry of Ministry tabled April 13 in the House…

The federal government has reached a revised final settlement agreement with several indigenous organizations that will see Ottawa pay more than $23 billion to compensate First Nations children and families affected by underfunding in the child welfare programs. “First Nations children and families will be compensated for the harms they faced from discriminatory funding and programs,” Indigenous Services…

New Zealand and Canada have signed a collaboration arrangement to improve outcomes for Indigenous peoples, both governments announced on Wednesday. New Zealand Minister for Maori Development Willie Jackson and Canadian Minister for Indigenous Services Patty Hajdu signed the agreement in Wellington during Hajdu’s week-long visit to the small island nation. The purpose of the arrangement…

Health Minister Patty Hajdu defended her decision to send unredacted documents regarding the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg to a non-parliamentary committee for review, instead of to the House of Commons Committee on Canada-China Relations. Opposition MPs criticized the move, saying she appears to be dodging accountability for…

Commentary In the long, strange saga of Canadian governments’ response to COVID-19, one of the strangest crept by last weekend. Asked what difference getting vaccinated would make to our medical risks and severely impaired liberties, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said she had no idea but would have a really good one soon. It’s not strange…

Canada is exploring the idea of issuing COVID-19 vaccine passports in coordination with its G7 allies, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said on Monday. According to a report by iPolitics, Hajdu said the idea was briefly discussed during her meeting with health ministers from G7 countries—Canada, the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan….