May 30, 2019
CHEO will create a National Navigator Network to help newcomers
May 30, 2019—Ottawa, ON—Canada is actively working with many partners to improve the accessibility and quality of settlement services delivered to newcomers across Canada. Settlement services help newcomers integrate into Canadian communities. The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is launching a new project focusing on breaking down barriers faced by newcomers. This includes linguistic […]
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May 14, 2019
Report on foreign interference threats won’t be public before election
The chair of the oversight committee tasked with reviewing Canada’s national security and intelligence agencies sighed when asked if a report probing foreign interference threats would be tabled before Parliament breaks for summer. “We are working as fast as we can. We are putting in many extra hours. We are really trying very hard to […]
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April 29, 2019
David McGuinty announces support for community-based project to increase seniors’ financial literacy
April 29, 2019, Ottawa Seniors make significant and valuable contributions to their families, communities and workplaces. Through the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP), the Government of Canada continues to meet the needs of seniors by supporting initiatives that encourage them to stay active and involved in their communities. Today, the Honourable David McGuinty, Member […]
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April 29, 2019
The necessary approach to national security oversight
The runway to this fall’s federal election is already portended to be divisive and nasty. Certainly, the attacks by the leaders on each other are heightening the rhetoric. Yet, surprisingly, in offices away from Parliament Hill, a historic, non-partisan Parliamentary committee on national security and intelligence oversight is working collaboratively. This unusual group, which includes […]
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April 26, 2019
Military children’s superpowered book launched in Ottawa
On 26 April 2019, advocates and leaders joined a bright-eyed group of children – our future advocates and leaders – in celebrating the launch of picture book We Have Superpowers / Nos superpouvoirs in Ottawa at the National Capital Region Military Families Resource Centre (NCR-MFRC). Children from military families dressed for the occasion in superhero […]
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April 24, 2019
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Annual Report 2018
OTTAWA, April 9, 2019 — The 2018 Annual Report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) was tabled in Parliament today. The report contains findings and recommendations from two substantive reviews by the Committee in 2018, including the first external review of Canada’s defence intelligence activities; and, a review of how Canada sets its intelligence […]
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April 9, 2019
MPs say Canadian military needs external review, regulation
A parliamentary committee formed to address national security concerns is calling on the federal government to bring in greater scrutiny to the military’s intelligence-gathering activities. In its first annual report, released Tuesday, the committee outlines a number of national security threats facing the country and questions why the Department of National Defence (DND) and the […]
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February 7, 2019
Protecting rights, freedoms and national security
by David McGunity, MP Chair, National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Canada’s new National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) is preparing to deliver its inaugural annual report to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a milestone in the country’s effort to modernize and strengthen independent review of the national security and intelligence community. Established […]
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