4 d. ago La justice suspend la première ministre de la Thaïlande, nouvelle crise politique

Paetongtarn Shinawatra se voit reprocher un appel avec le dirigeant cambodgien, censé apaiser les tensions frontalières.

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6 d. ago Liberals revamping online harms bill with focus on deepfakes, exploitation and AI: justice minister

'The world changes and governments would be remiss if they didn’t recognize that policy needs to shift,' says Sean Fraser

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6 d. ago Liberals taking ‘fresh’ look at online harms bill, justice minister says

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal government plans to take a “fresh” look at its online harms legislation over the summer but it’s not clear yet exactly what the bill will look like when it is reintroduced. It would be the Liberals third attempt to pass legislation to address harmful behaviour online. […]

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7 d. ago New laws against blocking access to places of worship, schools coming, Fraser says

OTTAWA — Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the Liberal government will press ahead with plans for new criminal provisions against blocking access to places or worship, schools and community centres. The measures, promised during the recent federal election campaign, would also create a criminal offence of wilfully intimidating or threatening people attending events at these […]

Society

8 d. ago N.S. mayors concerned for local police services as province pushes larger RCMP role

Under changes announced Thursday, Justice Minister Becky Druhan said the government wants to use the RCMP as a provincial police force.

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1 week ago Le gouvernement Carney compte resserrer les conditions de libération sous caution

Un projet de loi à ce sujet sera déposé cet automne, annonce le ministre fédéral de la Justice, Sean Fraser.

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1 week ago Crime bill with tougher bail, sentencing provisions coming in fall: Justice minister

OTTAWA — The Liberal government will table a bill this fall introducing stricter bail conditions and sentencing for some crimes, particularly those involving organized crime, human trafficking, home invasion and car theft, Justice Minister Sean Fraser said in an interview. “It’s perhaps obvious, given the tenor around the criminal justice system, that reforms are in […]

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1 week ago Canada’s justice minister says he is ‘open’ to adding ‘femicide’ to the Criminal Code

The term broadly refers to when a woman is killed by a man based on the fact that she is a woman

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2 w. ago Justice minister says he doesn’t like ‘soft on crime’ slogans, but won’t ‘diminish’ those concerns

'When we hear the scrutiny that may come from the public on an issue that's an early warning system that you should be looking into (it),' said Fraser

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2 w. ago Nova Scotia offering $150Gs reward for info about missing siblings

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s Justice Department is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of two young children in May. The province’s justice minister issued a statement today saying the disappearance on May 2 of six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack is being felt across the province and […]

Economics

3 w. ago Who’s responsible for online harms? Responsibility for troubled file floats between ministers

Questions have arisen about which minister and department would be best suited to handle the complicated issue

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3 w. ago Czech president appoints a new justice minister amid a bitcoin scandal

PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Petr Pavel swore in a new justice minister on Tuesday, another step in a political crisis caused by a bitcoin-related scandal. Pavel appointed Eva Decroix after her predecessor Pavel Blazek resigned from the post on May 30. He was under fire from the opposition because his ministry accepted a donation […]

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