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The Secret Report Canada Declassified in 1986 That Reframes Who Actually Started World War I
A deep dive into the declassified 1946 Canadian report that reframes the origins and blame of World War 1.
19 hrs ago • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Blood Is on Canada’s Hands: A Chief Told Parliament Nobody Was Listening
Canada passed UNDRIP. Alberta didn’t consult the Mikisew Cree before releasing toxic tailings into their watershed.
Jun 26 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
The Ghost in Your Group Chat: Inside Parliament’s Fight Over Encrypted Messages
Inside the political battle over online safety bills, encryption backdoors, and your right to private messaging.
Jun 25 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
A Minister, $1.7 Billion, and No Receipt
How Bill C-26 grants the federal government unprecedented power to spend $1.7 billion on Canada's housing crisis without parliamentary oversight…
Jun 24 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
The Deadline That Expired Before It Existed
How a single clause in Government Business No. 13 changed when MPs could amend Bill C-22, after the clock had already run out
Jun 23 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Heavy Fuel Oil Has Three Years Left in Canada’s Arctic
Ottawa Sets a Final Deadline for the Fuel That Doesn’t Evaporate
Jun 22 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Baker Lake, 1962: The Sociologist Who Watched Ottawa Turn the Arctic Into a Class System
F.G. Vallee spent 1962 in Baker Lake watching Ottawa's wage economy divide the Inuit into haves and have-nots.
Jun 21 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Lester Pearson Had 48 Hours to Build an Army From Nothing. He Did It to Save the World.
Lester Pearson and a Canadian general had 48 hours to assemble a peacekeeping force from nothing. What they built changed how the world ends wars.
Jun 20 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Canada Exports Cucumbers. It Imports Pickles. Senators Want to Know Why.
Inside the Senate Agriculture Committee hearings where witnesses warned that Canada’s food supply chain is a national security liability hiding in plain…
Jun 19 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
The Extortion Case That Took Eight Months Because Parliament Wrote the Law in a Different Era
Current laws turned an 8-month extortion probe into a court-order marathon. Tech firms say the fix could break encryption.
Jun 18 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
Sanctioned for Driving Palestinians Off Their Land
Canada adds West Bank settler violence to its sanctions list as a “grave breach of international peace and security”
Jun 17 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
$100,000 and 42 Months: The Senator Who Fought the Senate's Own Justice System on Her Way Out the Door
A senator spent $100,000 and 42 months fighting secret complaints inside the Senate. The week she said goodbye, Parliament rewrote the rules on military…
Jun 17 • Mike B. | Hansard Files
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