A bill invoking Cold War memories of the fall of Saigon is prompting protest from Vietnamese-Canadian groups. Advocates urged MPs to soften the measure, originally dubbed the “Black April Day” Act to observe the Communist takeover of South Vietnam: “April 30, 1975 marks a sad day for many”.

New liability rules for railways freighting crude oil will rely on insurers to safeguard Canadians, the Commons has been told. Railways shipping oil would see minimum insurance requirements rise up to five times the current limits: “If an accident does occur, there are sufficient resources”.

A Nova Scotia biotech firm has lost a Supreme Court bid for tax credits under a scheme dubbed an “open bar” for corporations. The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal for credits cut by cabinet three years ago: “They got kicked out”.

Parliament must make sweeping changes to its Access To Information Act including abolition of arbitrary and costly fees used to discourage Canadians from retrieving public documents, says Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault: ‘It has become a shield against transparency’.

Fifty-five years after his death, a foundation created as a “fitting memorial” to one of Ottawa’s longest-serving cabinet ministers is winding up. The C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation surrendered its charity registration and used the last of the funds for scholarships and bursaries: “Directors distributed the money and had a nice dinner”.

New hiring has slowed considerably since the 2008 recession, says Statistics Canada. The federal agency used new research methods in concluding job creation is running at 1.5 percent, far below the 2.3 percent rate before the recession: “That’s a sign of weakness”.