The Canadian Human Rights Commission in a report to the United Nations said its upset by anti-Black bigotry. The federal agency made no mention of mistreating its own Black employees, prompting censure by the Treasury Board and a public apology by the Chief Commissioner: "There needs to be a swift and complete overhaul of the Commission’s senior management." READ MORE
Enlistment is up in the Canadian Armed Forces, according to figures released yesterday by Defence Minister David McGuinty. Recruiters noted it still takes more than four months to process an application to join the Army, Navy or Royal Canadian Air Force: "We’d like to bring that down to 30 days." READ MORE
A federal judge yesterday dismissed an attempt by two ArriveCan executives to challenge an internal report on alleged wrongdoing. The two former Canada Border Services Agency managers, Antonio Utano and Cameron MacDonald, were ordered to pay a combined $41,709 in costs. READ MORE
A Nova Scotia wind farm run by friends of the Liberal Party required $206 million in public financing since no private lender would touch it, says the CEO of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Ehren Cory said the costly venture was deemed too risky: "Private lenders alone were unwilling to provide the required financing." READ MORE
Foreigners in Canada on temporary permits will number more than two million this year even with quota cuts, records show. Prime Minister Mark Carney imposed cuts after complaining the “system isn’t working.” READ MORE
A total 110,561 electors signed a Commons petition demanding that floor-crossers face byelections. The petition that closed Friday, sponsored by Conservative MP Lianne Rood (Middlesex-London, Ont.), was the first of four targeting defections in Parliament: "End the practice of MPs rejecting the will of the electorate." READ MORE
About a quarter of federal managers say they feel pressured to hire favoured candidates, says a biennial survey by the Public Service Commission. Figures showed more managers also resort to inside appointments rather than openly posting vacancies: "They are based on ‘who you know.'" READ MORE
All families have skeletons. Ours is illegal betting. My grandfather’s incarceration was an embarrassment for my mother. He served his time at Burch Industrial Farm near Brantford, Ont. Over the years I have spoken to people who knew of these events, but none really told me anything. Parliament wrote an epilogue to my grandfather’s story. Now if someone in Canada wants to bet on a boxing match or hockey game, it’s as simple as downloading an app.
