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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…
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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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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$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
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Spaceport on Life Support
Parliament voted $200 million toward a Nova Scotia launch firm with under $15,000 in revenue and an auditor’s going-concern warning.
Jun 16
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Designed for a 1950s American Soldier: Ottawa Moves to Fix the Safety Gear That Injured 40% of Working Canadian Women
Federal PPE rules built on 1950s US military body data injured 40% of Canadian women on the job. Ottawa's Canada Labour Code amendments finally require…
Jun 15
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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The Cyber Bill That Covers Banks but Not Hospitals: Inside the Senate Hearing on C-8
Bill C-8 would set Canada’s first cybersecurity standards for finance, telecom, energy and transport. Hospitals and municipal water, where a breach can…
Jun 12
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Ottawa Has a New Tool Against Election Lies. A Privacy Lawyer Isn’t Sure the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease.
Bill C-25 targets AI-generated disinformation and foreign funding loopholes in Canadian elections law. But a privacy lawyer told the committee the cure…
Jun 11
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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The Noose Was Not Up for Debate
The Senate spent three days arguing over how far Canada’s hate crime law should go. The chamber agreed on almost nothing, except one thing: the noose is…
Jun 10
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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