Ottawa – Medical assistance in dying (MAID) is a deeply personal and complex topic. Canada’s federal framework governing MAID has been carefully designed with stringent safeguards to affirm and protect the inherent and equal value and dignity of every person’s life. Given the significant life-or-death implications, the Government of Canada has always chosen a cautious approach to expanding MAID eligibility. …
TORONTO — The Ontario government is cracking down on impaired driving by introducing legislation that, if passed, would impose stiffer penalties for those who drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs – including a lifetime licence suspension for those convicted of impaired driving causing death. “Everyone deserves to return home to their loved ones safely at the end of …
Ontario – On February 2, 2024, Ontario filed a reference with the Court of Appeal to clarify whether permitting people in Ontario to participate in online games and betting involving players located outside of Canada would be consistent with the Criminal Code. The Order in Council sets out the question to be addressed by the court: Would legal online gaming and …
Nipigon – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is committed to disrupting criminal activity and keeping prohibited weapons out of our communities. The Agency announced today that an arrest has been made for weapons and smuggling offences as part of an investigation by the CBSA Northern Ontario Region Intelligence and Enforcement Operations Division. In August 2022, border services officers working …
Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, and Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement: “The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021 has led to a political, economic and humanitarian crisis affecting millions of people. “Following 2 decades of gains in democracy, human rights, education …
SCARBOROUGH — The Ontario government is investing $112 million to immediately strengthen the province’s bail system and ensure that high-risk and repeat violent offenders comply with their bail conditions. The funding will be used to support new technology, establish violent crime bail teams, expand the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad and provide prosecutors with the resources …
Ottawa – The Government of Canada takes any attempt at foreign interference, including in Canada’s democratic institutions and processes, very seriously. That’s why the government continues to improve, strengthen, and protect our democracy from these threats. Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Janice Charette, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, delivered a …
