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For more than a year, Canada has been mulling the creation of a foreign agent registry to fight interference in the country's democratic processes.

The Trudeau government is expected to introduce legislation today to alter terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code that have blocked Canadian humanitarians from working in Afghanistan.

People who have been convicted of a number of indecency and anti-abortion offences that are no longer on the books can now have those convictions expunged.

Justice Minister David Lametti says he will discuss reforming Canada's bail system when he meets with his provincial counterparts this Friday, March 10, 2023.

Plans are in the works for a meeting of Canada's justice ministers on March 10, 2023, in Ottawa to discuss tougher rules for people seeking bail.

The Liberals say their proposed definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm applies only to guns that belong on the battlefield.

The former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission says Liberal legislation to remove some mandatory minimum penalties from the Criminal Code doesn't go far enough.

Nearly all Conservative members of Parliament voted for a bill they say would protect the conscience rights of health professionals when it comes to medical assistance in dying.

An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court today, October 3, 2022, asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.

Members of Parliament voted to adopt the Liberal government's proposed legislation on mandatory minimum penalties on Wednesday, Jun2 15, 2022, bringing it another step closer to becoming law.

The only people who seem to oppose this long-overdue change in drug strategy are the ones who keep talking about how much they love freedom and liberty.

Holocaust denial is to be outlawed in Canada, in a further effort to stamp out rising antisemitism.

The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday, September 13, 2021, to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals countrywide.

And in case anyone still wants to pretend this is all just talk, there’s the terrorist attack earlier this year that killed a Muslim family in London, Ont., writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The COVID-19 pandemic appears set to force a modernization of Canada's justice system.