Pagers, BlackBerrys And The PM's Email: Westminster Has Long Grappled With New Technology
Senior Government’s use of WhatsApp to discuss high level decisions, and all the associated accountability issues, has been a major talking point of 2023.
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The truth and lies behind one of the most banned books in America
It seems like every few weeks, we hear mutterings of a new book ban in the United States. Whether it's Iowa's school districts trying to remove more than 3,000 books from its schools, or the governor of Utah signing a bill making it easier to ban books like Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, it can feel like a never ending game of whack-a-mole between the censors and the censored. But what, and who, is driving these bans? What are people going after exactly?
Canada sending naval ships to Pacific exercises as part of new strategic plan
Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada will be sending Royal Canadian Navy vessels to support the Indo-Pacific Strategy in the coming days.
Can Trump vote in November if he's convicted of a felony in New York?
Former President Donald Trump could soon join the millions of Americans whose voting rights depend on their criminal record, if a Manhattan jury convicts him of felony charges in a hush money case.
Canada now ‘the outlier’ in NATO on defence spending: U.S. ambassador
The United States’ ambassador to Canada, David Cohen, says Canada is becoming “the outlier” in NATO following a bipartisan letter from 23 American senators calling on Ottawa to meet the two per cent of GDP defence spending target.
First ten armoured vehicles promised to Ukraine to be delivered by summer, Blair says
Defence Minister Bill Blair says the first ten of 50 Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSVs) promised to Ukraine last year will be delivered to the war-torn country by this summer, but likely won't be fully in service until the fall.
Why Better Times (and Big Raises) Haven’t Cured the Inflation Hangover
In western Pennsylvania, halfway through one of those classic hazy March days when the worst of winter has passed, but the bare trees tilting in the wind tell everyone spring is yet to come, Darren Mattern was putting in some extra work.
Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission
Approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were deployed to Jamaica on Friday to train military personnel from several Caribbean countries who are bound for Haiti as part of a multinational security force led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations.
Sexual misconduct will be removed from military justice system jurisdiction
Defence Minister Bill Blair has introduced new legislation to remove the Canadian military’s jurisdictionto investigate sexual misconduct; something that advocates, survivors and former Supreme Court of Canada justices have all called for.
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