Ex-spy’s allegations of CSIS law-breaking need investigation, say opposition MPs
A former intelligence officer’s allegations that Canada’s spy agency routinely ignores law-breaking by its operatives needs to be investigated, say opposition MPs.
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Residential school secretariat should reveal when it knew Ottawa suppressed police documents: MP
The body responsible for settling claims from Indian residential school survivors needs to come clean about when it knew federal government lawyers were supressing information about brutal abuse at a school in Fort Albany, Ont., says an NDP MP.
The RCMP should allow OPP to expand independent probe of Parliament Hill attack: NDP MP
An NDP MP says the RCMP needs to let an external set of eyes review how an armed Michael Zehaf-Bibeau could run in off the street, carjack a ministerial limousine and drive it to the front door of Centre Block before any of the federal police force’s officers could stop him.
Valcourt defends funding levels for FN child services now under scrutiny by human rights tribunal
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt defended Ottawa’s treatment of First Nation children Tuesday as the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal continued to hear closing arguments on a discrimination case against the federal government.
NDP MP says Aglukkaq ‘disgusting’ for question period heckling of national inquiry calls
NDP Carol Hughes says she still believes Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq was “disgusting” for heckling during a question period debate over the need for an inquiry into the high number of murdered and missing Indigenous women across the country.
Status of Women’s ‘Action Plan’ inflated Aboriginal Affairs’ violence prevention project spending by $24.5 million
The Harper government has reduced funding for shelters in 41 First Nation communities by millions of dollars, according to a comparison between Aboriginal Affairs numbers and those contained in an “Action Plan” to fight violence against Indigenous women.
Face-to-Face with Bob Rae
These days he’s a negotiator with the Matawa Tribal Council representing communities in the midst of the planned Ring of Fire development in Northern Ontario.
Canada’s sanction war with Russia almost derailed Whitehorse Arctic parliamentarian meeting
The Harper government “blinked” when faced with the imminent cancellation of an upcoming meeting of parliamentarians from the Arctic region in the Yukon as a result of sanctions and counter-sanctions imposed by Ottawa and Moscow, says an NDP MP.
Valcourt attacks Confederacy of Nations, calls chiefs ‘rogue’ and threats to national security
Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt moved aggressively to undermine the Confederacy of Nations Thursday, labeling the chiefs behind the organization as rogues who are “threatening” national security.