2 d. ago Spy watchdog flags risk of bias in Canada Revenue Agency audits tied to terrorism

OTTAWA — A national spy watchdog has found “a lack of rigour” in the way the Canada Revenue Agency selects charities for audits over terrorism concerns, saying the process introduces risks of bias and discrimination. In a newly released report, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the Review and Analysis Division of the […]

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5 d. ago Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech

MONTREAL — A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an open letter on Monday. The letter signed by Canadian, European, and American environmental groups calls for urgent changes, noting that a decade on, inaction is […]

Society

1 week ago J.D. Tuccille: Trump’s misuse of federal broadcast regulator echoes censorship of the past

The FCC has long been used by thin-skinned presidents to silence critics like Jimmy Kimmel

Transport

1 week ago Tech giants control of online advertising puts national security at risk: report

TORONTO — The hold tech giants have on the online advertising industry is putting national security at risk, a new report says. Google, Meta and Amazon control more than 90 per cent of the market meant to sell online advertising in Canada, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project, a think […]

Society

1 week ago David Christopher Kaufman: Designating Antifa a terrorist organization is risky, but could pay off

Trump is taking a nip-it-in-the-bud approach to domestic terror

Culture

1 week ago HUNTER: If B.C. sex fiend an ‘undue risk,’ why was he sprung from jail?

You will find convicted sex offender Randall Hopley in the dictionary somewhere between pond scum and sewage. The pedophilic scofflaw has repeatedly breached parole, probation, bail and any other condition the justice system lays on him. And yet, the last chances keep on flowing. Even the softer than a baby’s bottom Parole Board of Canada […]

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1 week ago Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech

President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

Society

2 w. ago J.D. Tuccille: Trump once hated executive orders. Now, he issues them at a record pace

The American presidency is inching closer to rule by decree

Sport

2 w. ago Axis Insurance Announces Appointment of Kevan Thompson as National Senior Vice President, Construction, Contractors and Real Estate

Ontario — Axis Insurance Managers Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevan Thompson as National Senior Vice President of the Construction, Contractors & Real Estate (CCRE) practice group. Kevan will lead Axis’s national CCRE practice, guiding strategy and delivery of specialized risk management, insurance, and performance security solutions to clients across Canada’s construction […]

Society

2 w. ago Opinion: The Ponzi scheme of tobacco litigation — old debts are paid by luring new users

Opinion: $24.7 billion of payments in Big Tobacco Settlement, spread out over 20 years, depend on hooking a new generation. Without decisive national regulation, we risk repeating the mistakes of the past.

Economics

3 w. ago J.D. Tuccille: Will Supreme Court save us from Trump’s Third

Prosperous countries have low tariffs, while poor countries have higher ones

Other

4 w. ago J.D. Tuccille: What Trump risks by using National Guard to embarrass Democrats

Politicizing the military in this way means Americans will be paying the price for years

Society

last month John Ivison: Poilievre takes a risk on scrapping temporary foreign workers

From a political perspective, it’s not an obvious win for Poilievre, even if the public is sympathetic to the intent

Society