Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Crowd flows, camera coverage being studied to bolster Parliament Hill security
Security officials say they're ready for the throngs set to descend on Parliament Hill for Canada's 150th birthday celebration on Saturday, July 1, 2017.
Liberals launch counter-radicalization centre, adviser to be appointed later
The federal government’s long−promised counter−radicalization centre is now open, but the appointment of a special adviser to shape a national strategy could be months away.
Info reforms would put Canada 46th among countries, just behind Peru
Even once reforms proposed by the Trudeau government are in place, Canada would sit only 46th on a list of global freedom-of-information rankings — sandwiched between Peru and Bulgaria.
Torture, detention would be forbidden CSIS disruption tactics under new bill
The Liberal government's new security bill adds torture, detention and serious destruction of property that would endanger a life to the list of things CSIS cannot do when disrupting terror plots.
Coming Liberal bills to reform Access to Information, national security measures
The bills will — at the very least — signal the government's intention to fulfil key promises, but they are unlikely to be debated by MPs in any serious way until the fall.
Right to a timely trial 'cannot be lightly discarded,' Supreme Court rules
All players in the justice system need to do their part to target the "root causes" of unnecessary trial delays, the Supreme Court of Canada said on Friday, June 16, 2017.
Liberal national security bill to boost federal border agency accountability
The Liberal government plans to introduce wide−ranging national security legislation next week that will include more robust oversight of Canada’s border agency.
Five Eyes spies, ministers to discuss digital terror tactics at Ottawa meeting
The secret sessions follow a spate of terrorist attacks in England that underscore the international alliance's concerns about the threat of homegrown extremism.
Central bank warns of cyberattack vulnerabilities in financial sector
Canada's interconnected banks are vulnerable to a cascading series of cyberattacks that could undermine broad confidence in the financial system, the Bank of Canada warns.
Military faces intensive archival search to pinpoint gay purge numbers
The Defence Department says a painstaking review of old personnel files in the national archives may be done to determine how many were forced out of the military for being gay or lesbian.