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Refugees Welcome Here: Editorial

The Dialog Editorial Board11 years ago01 mins

Federal parties squabble while Syrian refugees drown

Parliament Hill in Ottawa File Photo: Tina Wallace/The Fulcrum

Legal challenge filed against Fair Elections Act

Deane McRobie, iPolitics.ca11 years ago01 mins

The Council of Canadians, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and three private citizens are challenging the Fair Elections Act in the Ontario Superior Court.

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Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act criticized

Yamina Tsalamlal, iPolitics11 years ago05 mins

While much of the criticism of the Harper government’s Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act has been directed at its boldly overwrought title, legal and cultural experts today weighed in with warnings about its content. While the intention of the bill was to protect young women from forced marriages, witnesses told the Senate human…

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Trudeau suspends two MPs for serious misconduct

Yamina Tsalamlal, iPolitics11 years ago01 mins

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau suspended two members of his caucus after two NDP MPs came forward with complaints