Tag: World

Privy Council Conducting ‘Behavioural Science’ Research on Canadians Without Disclosing Findings: Report

The Privy Council Office (PCO) has been conducting “behavioural science” research with thousands of Canadians over the past several years but has not been disclosing its findings from the studies in an alleged breach of the Federal Accountability Act, according to a report. Documents obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter through an access to information request reportedly show…


Ottawa’s Payday Loan Crackdown Will Help Canada’s Black Market

Commentary The poor you will always have with you. (Matthew 26:11) Another thing that will always be with us: lenders making high-interest, short-term loans to the poor, who will then struggle to pay them back. This leads to yet another eternal condition: impractical moral judgments about such loans. In this year’s federal budget, the Liberals…


Canadian Cyberspy Agency Says It Disrupted Foreign Extremist Activity

Canada’s cyberspy agency says it conducted operations in the last year to disrupt and remove harmful terrorist content spread online by foreign, ideologically motivated extremists. In its latest annual report, the Communications Security Establishment says the operation fractured the extremists’ cohesion and significantly reduced their online reach and ability to recruit new members. The report…


Canada, Allies Head to International Court Over Iran’s Downing of Flight PS752

Canada is among four countries turning to international law to ensure Iran is held accountable for shooting down Flight PS752 more than three years ago. The group of nations—which also includes Britain, Sweden and Ukraine—called on Iran six months ago to agree to binding arbitration through a United Nations convention designed to protect commercial aircraft…


Government to Seek Appeal After Court Declares Rwanda Deportation Policy Unlawful

The government will seek to appeal against a court ruling that found its plans to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda to be unlawful. Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third…


IN DEPTH: Expert Warns Right to Fair Trial in Rape Cases Being ‘Slowly and Gradually Eroded’

An expert on miscarriages of justice has claimed changes to the law risk undermining the right to a fair trial for men accused of rape and other sexual offences. The Law Commission is conducting a review of the trial process for prosecutions of rape and other sexual offences in England and Wales—with submissions due by the…


Feds Approved Over $4.4 Million in Climate Subsidies for One of Canada’s Most Profitable Companies: Records

The federal government approved over $4.4 million in climate subsidy payments last year for the Canadian National Railway Company (CN), one of Canada’s largest railway companies and most profitable corporations, records show. The Department of Natural Resources disclosed in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons on June 19 that it awarded…


Putin Planned to ‘Wipe Out’ Wagner Mutineers: Lukashenko

Russian President Vladimir Putin planned to kill mutinous Wagner fighters marching on Moscow before being talked down, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It is unclear how Putin planned to carry out his plan, but Lukashenko said during a June 27 meeting with military officials that the decision had been made to kill all the…


EXCLUSIVE: Canadian Soldier’s Refusal of COVID Vaccination Not a ‘Conduct Deficiency,’ Grievance Committee Rules

An independent military administrative tribunal has determined that a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veteran had not shown a “conduct deficiency” in refusing COVID-19 vaccination and was therefore wrongfully expelled from the organization. “I find that refusing vaccination should not have been considered a conduct deficiency since it was an exercise of a right protected by…


Undercover Police Spying Wasn’t Justified, Inquiry Rules

An inquiry into undercover policing has found that the “great majority” of clandestine operations in the early years of a controversial Metropolitan Police unit were unjustified. An interim report, published on Thursday, examined the activities of the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) that conducted undercover policing activities from 1968–1982. The purpose of the unit was to…