MPs of all political stripes have unanimously voted in favour of a Senate bill that would create new offences in relation to forced organ harvesting and trafficking abroad—passing it after nearly 15 years of legislative efforts with similar bills. In the House of Commons on Dec. 14, MPs across party lines cast their vote in […]

OTTAWA—As police in Ottawa escalated operations for the second day in a row against the trucker protest opposed to the government’s COVD-19 mandates, a spokesperson for the movement, dubbed “Freedom Convoy,” called for a peaceful withdrawal, saying they are not going to be a “punching bag for law enforcement.” Speaking at a press conference at […]

WINDSOR, Ont.—Police are moving in to clear the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont., on Feb. 12. “The Windsor Police & its policing partners have commenced enforcement at and near the Ambassador Bridge. We urge all demonstrators to act lawfully & peacefully,” Windsor Police said in a tweet on the morning […]

Protesters blocking Alberta’s main U.S. border crossing at Coutts say they are not leaving as long as federal COVID mandates and restrictions continue to stay in effect, despite the province’s vaccine passport having now been lifted. John Vanreeuwyk, a feedlot operator from Coaldale, Alta., said in an interview with The Canadian Press that he and other […]

All tow-truck operators on contract with the City of Ottawa have refused to remove the heavy vehicles associated with the “Freedom Convoy” from the downtown core, the city manager says. Steve Kanellakos says the consensus seems to be that many of the companies don’t want to do the work because the heavy truck industry is […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not send any official representatives to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, joining its allies in a diplomatic boycott over China’s human rights abuses. “For the past many months, we’ve been in conversation with partners and allies around the world on the issue of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic […]