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Meryam Haddad says that if the Green Party truly respects its members, it must discipline Dylan Perceval-Maxwell for a policy he proposed during Tuesday’s leadership debate that she had called out as racist and offensive, as well as for his reaction afterward that she believes made things worse.

Meryam Haddad said fellow contender Dylan Perceval-Maxwell proposed racist, offensive policy during the first Green Party debate Tuesday.

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy tells National Observer it understands the importance of family and friends reuniting, but visitor increase had become unmanageable.

Caroline Maynard reminded the House of Commons government operations committee Friday that Canadians’ right of access has not been suspended during the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Canadian COVID-19 Accountability Group of transparency experts wants Ottawa to legally require the proactive disclosure of certain types of federal records within 15 days of them being prepared.

"Perhaps I’m a wannabe anthropologist,” Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told reporters in French on Parliament Hill.

Migrant rights advocate in B.C. says the federal government should step up investigations following complaints of inadequate food and housing.

Chief Dalton Silver said without an investigation, he would have no confidence in Trans Mountain’s ability to finish building its expansion project without “inflicting more damage to our territory."

The decision adds to the Supreme Court of Canada’s body of work dealing with entrapment, the idea that police should not randomly test people’s virtue, and that the state should be limited in how it can manipulate people for the purpose of scoring convictions.

Greens and NDP MPs raised a series of concerns Wednesday about the effectiveness and scope of a Trudeau government bill that would fine or jail people who make fraudulent coronavirus benefits claims, and also enact new aid for Canadians with disabilities.

In a report released Tuesday, sustainable development consulting firm Horizon Advisors recommends that the government legally bar Export Development Canada (EDC) from aiding any fossil fuel energy projects.

New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote told Canada's National Observer that there appeared to be a “clear intent” from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that a portion of the new federal funding commitment would go toward municipal needs like transit.

“Right now it’s clear in the pandemic that the policies of the Green Party are the policies everyone’s talking about," said Elizabeth May.

Singh invoked the memories of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, whose family has raised concerns about police involvement in her death in Toronto in May, and Stewart Kevin Andrews, an Indigenous man killed by police in Winnipeg in April, to make a point about how Black and Indigenous people have suffered violence or death at the hands of Canadian police.

Parents in British Columbia have the option of sending their kids back to elementary schools part-time, as part of new re-opening measures that kicked in June 1.

The Public Health Agency of Canada began recommending against cruise-ship travel as far back as March 9.