A provincial workers’ compensation board used airport surveillance cameras to spy on a claimant suspected of faking injuries, records show. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner upheld the passenger’s complaint the taping breached federal law: "We have a lot of work to do".
Cabinet says it will restore a Depression-era policy mandating federal wage scales on public works -- eventually. A 1935 law introduced by R.B. Bennett was repealed three years ago on cabinet complaints over costs of union pay: "We will look at it".
The Supreme Court will rule on whether multinational internet content providers are subject to provincial privacy laws. The case involves a British Columbia videographer who accused Facebook Inc. of breaching the province’s Privacy Act: "What am I going to get in damages? Ten dollars, maybe?"
Poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday: “The RCMP face complaints of sexual harassment in the workplace. Nothing new, some say…”
Employment Canada has rejected one third of labour permits for low-wage migrant workers since a 2014 crackdown, new data show. One official told Senators the number of applicants from employers has fallen sharply: "The program has gone down drastically".
The Senate hired a private law firm to seek retractions in a TV network story depicting routine budget deliberations as “another backroom meeting” to divvy up public funds. Global News rewrote its story after being contacted by the Senate’s attorney: "We will continue to push back".
A Senate committee has approved a DNA privacy bill, the first of its kind in Canada, to outlaw discrimination on the basis of genetic testing. Senators heard testimony that Canada remains the only G7 country without legal protection against misuse of DNA tests by employers or insurers: "Great moment in history".
Transport Canada has hired only 32 more national rail inspectors since the disastrous 2013 Lac-Mégantic wreck, officials say. Cabinet vowed to ensure safe transport of hazardous goods: 'It's time we actually start regulating'.
Parliament is giving itself five sitting weeks to rush a bill allowing RCMP to unionize. It follows a Supreme Court order to correct an unconstitutional ban on collective bargaining in the police force by May 16: 'No government wanted this legislation'.
Canada must halt solitary confinement of mentally-ill inmates, says the Correctional Investigator of Canada. The renewed appeal follows a 2015 Federal Court ruling that struck down a longstanding prison psychological test as biased and unreliable: "23-hour lockup in isolation isn’t healthy for anyone".
Banks will see a 53 increase in revenues under an amendment to a federal small business loan program. Small business was neither consulted on the change nor asked for it, said the Canadian Federation of Independent Business: "This program is not really about increasing revenue for the banks".
Atlantic offshore oil companies have won new regulations limiting their liability in case of a spill. Natural Resources Canada proposed to exempt offshore rigs from strict billion-dollar liability for Arctic drillers and pipeline operators: 'It is puzzling, frankly'.
Canada will take no moral lessons from the U.S. in defending its seal hunt, says the Senate sponsor of a bill proclaiming a National Seal Products Day. “Stop sending black people to jail,” said Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
“Fantasyland” scenarios under a Pacific trade deal will grow the nation’s manufacturing trade deficit, says Unifor. The union representing autoworkers joined Ford Motor Co. in urging MPs to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement as written: "We're a country that has lost our way".
MPs will consider a motion to examine internet regulation of pornography. Broadcast regulators in 1999 concluded web content was beyond federal control -- a policy reaffirmed in 2009 by the CRTC: "There are other things we have to do".
