Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Jim Bronskill
Feds aim to combat security threats to Canadian economy with new governmentwide plan
The Trudeau government is pressing ahead with efforts to counter economic-based threats to national security, such as theft of valuable intellectual property and damage to critical energy and information networks.
Municipal handgun bans allowed, even where provinces object, PM says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled on Friday, February 19, 2021, the federal government won't let provincial opposition stand in the way of municipalities that want to work with Ottawa to ban handguns.
RCMP officers should be high priority for COVID vaccine, union tells officials
The union representing front-line RCMP officers is asking federal and provincial officials to consider Mounties for priority access to COVID-19 vaccination.
Court refuses CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence
A court has put the brakes on a Canadian Security Intelligence Service request to collect foreign information, ruling a proposed technique would stray beyond the spy service's legal mandate.
Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups added to Canada's terror list
The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that boiled over in the U.S. last month.
Co-founder of Quebec City mosque decries lack of federal progress on curbing handguns
The co-founder of the Quebec City mosque where six people were killed and many others injured four years ago this week laments the lack of federal progress on handgun control in a new letter to the prime minister.
PM and ministers' offices should be included under Access to Information law: info watchdog
The federal information watchdog is calling for the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet members to be included under the Access to Information Act.