Because 'Apathy is Boring'
Samantha Reusch is aiming to help young Canadians identify misinformation online because she and her colleagues can't monitor all social media platforms for false information during this fall's campaign.
foreign interference
Elections Canada 'fully prepared' for threats to October vote
"I don't know of any country that could be better positioned for an election than we are, which doesn't mean that we aren't invulnerable or that nothing wrong is going to happen," Elections Canada chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault told National Observer in an interview. "But I don't think that we could have a better system than we do now."
Security agencies warn industry of foreign espionage threat to networks
Canadian companies should watch out when they use technology supplied by state-owned companies from countries that want to steal corporate secrets, the country's security agencies have warned them.
Canadian election watchdog terminates Leadnow investigation
The advocacy group Leadnow is claiming victory after Canada’s elections commissioner found no evidence it broke the rules during the 2015 federal election.
Liberals agree to hike pre-writ spending limit for political parties
The Trudeau Liberals have agreed to increase the amount of money political parties can spend in the run-up to a federal election — a price they've paid to end Conservative stalling of an omnibus bill to reform the country's election laws.
PM to visit northern B.C. as cabinet holds retreat amid wildfire crisis
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly shuffled cabinet gathered on Tuesday, August 21, 2018, for a retreat on Vancouver Island, under smoke-filled skies amid a province-wide wildfire emergency.
New national security committee to look at Jaspal Atwal controversy
The new national security committee of parliamentarians is conducting a special review of the Jaspal Atwal affair that has dogged the Liberal government since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ill-fated trip to India in February.