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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…
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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The Soldier Canada Left in the Dust
Private Jess Larochelle held off a Taliban attack alone, with a broken back and a detached retina. Thirty-three years after Canada created its own…
Jun 9
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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A Thousand Metres of Silence
Canada's Transport Minister has drawn a new legal boundary around the endangered Southern Resident killer whale: 1,000 metres, 10 knots, and parts of…
Jun 8
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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$10 Billion in Broken Promises
Three federal software disasters. One fired CEO with a $250,000 bonus. And 88,000 public servants still waiting to be paid correctly. Canada's…
Jun 4
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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She Was 23 Years Old. He Was Out on Bail. The Senate Just Passed the Bill That Came Too Late.
Bill C-14 passed the Senate with amendments its own sponsor opposed and a minister's admission the evidence was thin. Two women are dead. The bail…
Jun 3
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Netflix Just Got a 300% Tax Hike. Parliament Spent Thursday Screaming About It.
Canada's CRTC tripled the streaming levy on Netflix, Disney+, & Amazon to 15% of revenues. The fight that followed in the House was about something…
Jun 2
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Canada Closed Its Airspace to a Plague Ship. Here's the Emergency Order That Did It.
A rare hantavirus outbreak killed passengers aboard a Dutch cruise ship in April. By May 10, Canada's top transport official had signed an order banning…
Jun 1
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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1,800 Veterans Without a Home: What Happened in the Senate Committee Room on May 6
Canada’s Senate subcommittee on veteran homelessness grilled two cabinet ministers on a $72.9-million program, a $4-billion budget figure that isn’t…
May 27
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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The 40,000 Files Nobody Read
Canada’s access to information system is failing in plain sight. One month, a 60% complaint spike. One law, unread by the Prime Minister’s Office. And a…
May 26
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Canada Finally Completes the UK’s CPTPP Welcome: Two Trade Laws, One Royal Assent, and the Last Piece of a Three-Year Puzzle
Bill C-13 and Bill C-18 received royal assent on May 6, locking in Canada’s ratification of UK membership in CPTPP and sealing a new trade agreement…
May 25
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Canada Sanctions 23 Russians Who Stole Ukraine’s Children
Canada’s latest Russia sanctions target those who deported, indoctrinated, and militarized thousands of Ukrainian children. Here’s what the Canada…
May 21
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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Frozen Rubles, $70 Watermelons, and the Bail Bill That Could Fill More Jails: A Week Inside Canada’s Senate
From April 28 to May 4, 2026, Canada’s Senate committee rooms ran parallel sessions on everything from Russian sovereign assets to Nunavut food…
May 20
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Mike B. | Hansard Files
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