Misconduct at the Canada Border Services Agency has cost taxpayers millions in legal fees and out-of-court settlements with complainants, new records show. The Agency admitted to 91 settlements since 2020: "There are hundreds of young women currently working as officers at the Agency who are afraid to say something." READ MORE
Cabinet’s bill to regulate legal internet content will attempt to determine “what constitutes legitimate and illegitimate discussion,” says Heritage Minister Marc Miller. The bill was introduced June 10 but has yet to be called up for Second Reading debate in the Commons: "What about Reddit?" READ MORE
Union leaders have expressed support for legislation limiting their right to strike, claims Labour Minister Patty Hajdu. She did not identify any by name: "I don’t think all labour is upset. I’ve spoken with labour unions that are not upset." READ MORE
Canada is on the brink of “a new golden age” in railroading, VIA Rail says in a report to Parliament. The Crown railway acknowledged its operating deficits will average nearly $400 million a year to the end of the decade: "VIA Rail is ready to lead a new golden age in passenger rail service." READ MORE
Cabinet in 1996 considered forcing taxpayers to post a bond before transferring capital gains out of the country in what it called the “toughest regime worldwide” on tax avoidance, newly-declassified records show. The suggestion was prompted by one case involving a family trust: "If you or I owed $100 to Revenue Canada it would hound us to our graves." READ MORE
Poet W.N. Branson writes: "There are those that understand the value of work, the word, a life, know how to spin a tale, especially their own. An economist runs the numbers..." READ MORE
When 167 members of the Canadian Staff Band of the Salvation Army perished at sea in the 1914 sinking of the Empress Of Ireland, mass public observances were held. A prominent memorial was built in Toronto. The Royal family donated $132,000 to a victims’ fund. Canadian newspapers for 40 years afterward marked the anniversary date with annual features. When 329 people, mostly Canadians, perished at sea in the 1985 Air India bombing, there was no fund, no mass public mourning. For years, the only memorial was in County Cork, Ireland, near the spot where Flight 182 took whole families to their death. Few Canadians recall the year this mass murder occurred. The victims were modest people of ordinary means and little public profile. Would it have been different if 329 bankers died, or 329 tennis players? Remembering Air India answers. READ MORE
We only had the CBC. It was hard to take. That’s all we had. Honest to God, it was deadly. It was also dangerous, absolutely dangerous. You had a situation where the government perpetuated the CBC as a monopoly provider. This was television in Canada. Private TV was not just about making money. It was to liberate the country, to provide new, fresh ideas, to have a new and different perspective on the world. This was like a holy war. They lost.
