This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has launched a third-party workplace assessment of its British Columbia office after serious allegations of sexual assault, bullying and […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One month after Mississippi’s November statewide election, voting rights groups say election officials in the state’s largest county have failed to provide enough information about the problems that led to polling precincts running out of ballots. The coalition of statewide and national civil rights organizations has requested meetings and more details […]

OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have called CBC president Catherine Tait to testify about her announcement the public broadcaster would cut 10 per cent of its workforce, while not ruling out bonuses for executives. The House of Commons heritage committee unanimously agreed on Thursday to have the president of the public broadcaster address the cuts […]

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the theft of personal information from a file-transfer system used by the provincial government. In June, the government confirmed a cybersecurity breach involving a third-party system known as MoveIt. Tricia Ralph issued a statement Thursday saying the system was used by many public bodies, […]

HALIFAX — A Canadian centre that promotes democracy around the world is calling for an overhaul of Nova Scotia’s freedom of information law to reduce exemptions and give the appeal process more teeth. The Centre for Law and Democracy is among the early submitters to an internal review committee created by the Progressive Conservative government, […]

Canada’s spy agency has launched a workplace assessment of its British Columbia office over what it calls “serious allegations” raised by whistleblowers, who say they were sexually assaulted and harassed by a senior officer. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said the officer who was “implicated” in the allegations — made public in an investigation by […]

Freedom-of-information or access-to-information laws are not something that the average person thinks about every day, but they are a part of laws in every province and territory in the country and are designed to give people the right to obtain records from public institutions. Having access to the information they need to make informed decisions […]

VANCOUVER — Holding a single trial in British Columbia to determine damages for each province and territory related to opioid health-care costs would be a “monster of complexity,” one of the dozens of lawyers for pharmaceutical firms told a court on Wednesday. Gordon McKee, a lawyer for Janssen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson, told the […]

TORONTO — Relocating the Ontario Science Centre from its current east Toronto location to Ontario Place would save about $250 million over 50 years — largely because the new building will be half the size — according to an analysis the provincial government is using to justify move. Those savings — which one opposition leader […]

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s auditor general is repeating himself over concerns about the way the provincial government keeps its books, just as the Ministry of Finance’s quarterly report projects a $5.6-billion deficit. Michael Pickup says if B.C’s financial statements followed Canadian public sector accounting standards there would be about another $7 billion in the revenue column, and liabilities would […]

OTTAWA — Federal security officials have been briefing leaders of major energy and utility firms on cyberthreats, one element of a concerted government effort to underscore the serious risks to the sector. A newly disclosed Public Safety Canada memo reveals a secret-level June meeting was part of a strategy to raise awareness among company executives […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued a subpoena Tuesday to a federal prosecutor involved in the criminal investigation into Hunter Biden, demanding answers for what they allege is Justice Department interference in the yearslong case into the president’s son. Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, called on Lesley Wolf, the assistant U.S. […]