Irregularities from missing fuel to contract splitting have been uncovered at the Canadian Embassy in Nairobi. The latest critical audit in Foreign Minister Anita Anand’s department follows a series of investigations triggered by the discovery of a fraud ring at our Embassy in Haiti: "The procurement and vendor landscape remains challenging with risks linked to corruption." READ MORE
The Privy Council polled Metro Vancouver residents’ wariness of energy projects ahead of an August 31 byelection in ex-environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson’s riding, records show. Wilkinson in 2025 won North Vancouver-Capilano by 16,568 votes: 'A number were particularly concerned about the potential for accidents such as oil spills.' READ MORE
Employees at the Department of Natural Resources remain unclear about Indigenous reconciliation despite years of programming, says an internal report. The department was the first to give an entire division an Indigenous name to promote “cultural teachings, sharing circles and Indigenous recruitment programs.” READ MORE
The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to take over management of the nation’s largest private military cemetery, according to a briefing note. The National Field of Honour is home to thousands of impoverished veterans saved from a pauper’s grave by a century-old charity, the Last Post Fund: "No man who has given his services in defence of his country should be buried as a pauper." READ MORE
Internal auditors are faulting the Canada Revenue Agency for mediocre management of a program to collect billions owed by tax delinquents. The Agency would not disclose how many individual and corporate tax filers have unpaid accounts: 'Limited controls are in place in the effective collection of lower risk, low complexity accounts.' READ MORE
Poet Shai Ben-Shalom writes: "I suggest nominating this manager for the Outstanding Leadership Award. In last month’s staff meeting, he came closer than ever to telling the truth..." READ MORE
Once upon a time officialdom discovered a new branch of science nobody had ever heard of. Fresh and exciting, it was quickly embraced by the smartest professors, the most progressive thinkers, the wisest judges. It swept the nation. You can’t argue with science. Only later did Canadians learn it wasn’t science at all but a hodgepodge of supposition and anecdotes perpetuated by hidden agendas. Of course by then much harm was done. There were lawsuits and unsatisfying half-apologies but the people who foisted this fraud on the citizenry were not known for their humility. It was eugenics, the scientific claim that if dull people were prevented from having children by force if necessary, society as a whole would become sharper. Psychiatry And The Legacies Of Eugenics unravels this dark and startling story, the “devastating social movement of the first half of the twentieth century.” READ MORE
I was representing a person who won a $2,000 award in Small Claims Court. The other side appealed. The judge heard the case, required us to make a full presentation over this $2,000 and reserved judgment, that is, took it under consideration. Years later, the judge had still not issued his judgment on this $2,000 claim. I waited. The judge died. It was unbelievably unfair to the client.
