Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced the final regulatory amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act that limits the use of dry cells and improves the search and seizure of contraband in federal correctional institutions. The regulations provide direction on the use of body scanner searches in federal correctional institutions. Adding body scanner …
Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that moving forward, the measures brought in to protect recent by-elections from any potential foreign interference will be applied to all future by-elections, ensuring Canadians can continue to have confidence in the strength and the resilience of our democracy. This means that the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections …
Ottawa – New regulatory amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR) will help improve processing efficiency at the border, strengthen border integrity and enhance public safety. The regulatory amendments allow a Minister’s Delegate to issue a removal order directly at the port of entry for straightforward transborder criminal offences such as carrying a concealed weapon, smuggling drugs or the unauthorized possession of a …
Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the Government of Canada has listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective today. Based on their actions, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the IRGC has knowingly carried out, attempted to carry out, participated in …
Foreign interference poses a growing threat to Canada’s democratic institutions. The Government of Canada is working to ensure that Canadians can continue to trust in our capacity to protect Canadian democratic institutions. This includes a series of measures already in place, as well as ongoing work to further strengthen our electoral system against foreign interference. We are also continually reviewing …
Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the measures brought in to protect by-elections from any potential foreign interference will be applied to the Toronto-St. Paul’s electoral district by-election to be held on June 24, 2024. These measures are continuously reviewed in light of the potential for new and evolving threats. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections …
Ottawa, Ontario Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the introduction Bill C-70, An Act respecting countering foreign interference. Bill C-70 proposes to update existing laws to better equip the government to detect, disrupt, and protect against foreign interference threats …
Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs of Canada and Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement: “Canada stands in solidarity with Germany, Czechia and other allies as they condemn the malicious cyber campaign against the Social Democratic Party of Germany. On May 3, Germany …
Ottawa – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced that the measures brought in to protect by-elections from any potential foreign interference will be applied to the Durham electoral district by-election to be held on March 4, 2024. These measures are continuously reviewed in light of the potential for new and evolving threats. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) …
Barrie – Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, announced a federal investment of more than $6.8 million to prevent gun crime and gang violence in Barrie, Orillia, South Simcoe-Innisfil, Timmins and Brantford. This investment will help address the root causes of crime by supporting community-led projects for young people involved in gangs or at risk …
