Most Chinese-Canadians have no religion while Jamaicans are more likely to be poor or unemployed, according to Ethnic Backgrounders written by the Department of Citizenship. Authorities gave no reason for compiling the data, released through Access To Information: 'It's the changing nature of Canada'.
Cabinet supports expanding federally-regulated security screening to regional airports nationwide, but won't detail who will pay or how much. Transport Canada endorsed a Commons motion permitting small airfields to join a national airport security system following petitions from local authorities from Sherbrooke, Que. to Fort Nelson, B.C.: "It's about time".
A cabinet bill limiting corporate liability for oil leaks will leave taxpayers with millions in costs from any spill the size of a 2010 Enbridge Inc. pipeline breach in Michigan, MPs say. Bill C-46 caps no-fault liability at $1 billion; comparable U.S. law carries no such limit on clean-up costs: "One billion dollars is a drop in the bucket".
A cabinet bill touted as a remedy for prison drug abuse merely codifies existing practice and appears pointless, the Commons has been told. The Department of Public Safety said there is “still room for improvement” in curbing inmates’ addictions: "Does this bill actually bring forward new policy?"
A 65-year old Hamilton, Ont. firefighter has lost a long legal battle to overturn a mandatory retirement law. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case: "We are an aging society; there is a shifting landscape".
Nearly 6 in 10 Canadians would strip citizenship from children born here based on the immigration status of their parents, according to in-house government polling. Citizenship Canada posed the question in a confidential survey, obtained through Access to Information: “This would be a very fundamental change”.
A $64,000 dispute over safety improvements to a Nova Scotia rail crossing makes the case for tighter federal regulations, says an MP. The City of Halifax had to appeal to the Canadian Transportation Agency to determine who'd pay to upgrade a crossing used by Canadian National Rail Co.: "There are issues".
Heavy ice throughout the Great Lakes has forced a week’s delay in the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. It follows the coldest winter in the region since 1889. Some $34 billion a year in economic activity depends on the Seaway system: "We want to make sure".
Cabinet proposes to close a 1.4-gram loophole in the Tobacco Act it says has been exploited by industry to peddle cigars to children. Health Canada detailed amendments to fix legislation it originally passed six years ago: "It doesn't go far enough".
Poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday: “Once, behind the deli counter, there was a 4-foot salami; the centerpiece of the display…”
Frequent flyers are most likely to be dissatisfied with the airport experience, according to research by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. The agency said “target customers” – Canadians who fly more than 11 times in a two-year period – are likelier to grumble over security lineups: 'It doesn't make any difference'.
An Alberta company has lost a bid for exemption from federal trucking regulations though its delivery vehicles cross provincial boundaries. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case from the firm fined $10,000 for breaching the Motor Vehicle Transportation Act: "Even for constitutional lawyers it's not clear-cut".
Cabinet hints it will appeal a court ruling that it may have breached constitutional rights with a 2014 bill on territorial development permits. The ruling by the Northwest Territories Supreme Court halts enforcement of a bill earlier praised by the Prime Minister’s Office as a “notable achievement”: "It defies logic as to why Canada proceeded in this way".
Nearly a third of Canadians surveyed say they are victims of financial fraud, says research by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada. The group said the high rate suggested many offences are never reported to police: "Not everybody puts up their hand".
Anti-spam regulators are threatening a Canadian company with a $1.1 million fine, the largest ever filed. In an unusual notice, the CRTC failed to detail the extent of the breach of regulations, and suggested the company may not have to pay any fine at all: “What has been done that’s wrong?”
