59 h. ago Fentanyl czar says government’s border bill will help in fight against lethal drug

OTTAWA — Canada’s fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government’s recently tabled border bill. Kevin Brosseau, the federal point person on fentanyl, welcomes provisions in the Strong Borders Act to increase inspection powers, give police easier access to […]

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59 h. ago Canada’s fentanyl czar says border bill will help in fight against drug

Kevin Brosseau said he welcomes provisions in the Strong Borders Act that includes increasing inspection powers and giving police easier access to information.

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1 week ago Immigration minister defends border bill’s restrictions on asylum claims

OTTAWA — Safeguards have been written into the government’s border bill to ensure civil rights and due process are upheld in proposed immigration regulations, Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Wednesday. Critics and advocacy groups are calling the wide-ranging border security legislation a threat to civil liberties in the immigration and asylum system. One proposed change […]

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1 week ago Liberal government tables border security bill with sweeping new data collection powers

The bill had three main themes: securing the border, fighting organized crime and fentanyl and boosting the fight against financial crimes

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1 week ago Liberal government tables border security bill with sweeping reforms and asylum claim clampdown

The bill had three main themes: securing the border, fighting organized crime and fentanyl and boosting the fight against financial crimes

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last month Lorne Gunter: Dismissing Alberta's grievances with Ottawa fuels separatist sentiment

I understand perfectly why many Albertans would want to leave Confederation. When voters east of the Manitoba-Ontario border decided to foist a fourth-consecutive anti-Alberta, Liberal government on Alberta, that was too much from a large minority of Albertans. All my life, I remember one Ottawa government after another dictating policies to Alberta that were hostile […]

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