Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
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Officials advise Goodale to rethink idea of public sex offender database
Federal officials have advised Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to put the brakes on setting up a publicly accessible database of high-risk child sex offenders.
Privacy czar raises flag over planned U.S. border password searches
Canadian privacy could be imperilled by apparent U.S. plans to demand cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a federal watchdog says.
Trudeau Liberals delay gun-marking regulations despite election promise
The Trudeau government is delaying implementation of firearm-marking regulations intended to help police trace guns used in crimes — despite a 2015 campaign pledge to immediately enact them.
RCMP created metadata-crunching tool to glean criminal intelligence
The RCMP created, then abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations — a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-data analysis.
RCMP eyes expanded media protections amid police surveillance concerns
The RCMP is eyeing a policy change for organized crime investigations to better protect the rights of journalists, newly disclosed documents say.
Vice-admiral leaked cabinet secrets to help ensure supply ship contract: RCMP
The military's second-in-command leaked cabinet secrets to a shipbuilding executive as a means of pressuring the Liberal government to approve a $700-million contract: RCMP.
Accused in naval spy case presses for info on CSIS wiretaps of Chinese Embassy
A naval engineer accused of trying to spy for Beijing is asking a federal judge for full access to information about Canadian Security Intelligence Service wiretaps of the Chinese Embassy.
Spy data centre's use of security assessment info troubles privacy czar: letters
In a newly released reply to CSIS, the privacy commissioner’s office expressed concern about possible use of security assessment information for purposes other than immigration or job clearances.
Too early to gauge pot legalization's effect on criminal market, RCMP notes say
The RCMP says it is too early to know what effect the legalization of recreational marijuana may have on organized criminal involvement in the illicit pot market.
Feds postpone initial Access to Information reforms, cite need to 'get it right'
Those changes will be postponed, with no new timeline for implementing them.