Federal inspectors have failed to halt the spread of an invasive beetle blamed for billions in tree damage, and now headed west of the Great Lakes. Authorities said winter cold appeared to have no impact on the emerald ash borer, first detected in Windsor, Ont. in 2002: “It was just a matter of time”.

Lawmakers should review the conduct of an anti-terror watchdog repeatedly cited by federal judges for arbitrary enforcement measures, says a senior Conservative MP. The appeal follows a judgment won by an Ontario realtor who said his business was ruined by over-zealous officers of the Financial Transactions & Reports Analysis Centre: “They wanted to make an example of me”.

Health Canada will not ban the non-medical use of antibiotics in food production after a decade of review. The department instead proposes restrictions that “do not represent as dramatic a change” as decades-old bans introduced in Europe.

MPs are seeking action on Fisheries Act reforms after regulators skipped a June deadline on promised amendments for habitat protection. The Commons fisheries committee adopted a motion to spell out the review of legislative changes by January 30, 2017: “They gutted the Fisheries Act”.

Preventing poverty is no charity, a federal judge has ruled. The Court of Appeal dismissed a three-year challenge by a New Brunswick group stripped of its tax status for providing families with low-cost credit counselling: “It will require an Act of Parliament”.