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Government business on pause as Conservatives demand documents on defunct green tech foundation
The government has been unable to put any of its own business before the House of Commons for a full week, and the Conservatives on Thursday said that’s the result of Liberal “corruption.” Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer said the governing party would rather see the House bogged down in debate than produce documents related to misspent government dollars in a program his party has dubbed the “green slush fund.” House Speaker Greg Fergus ruled last Thursday that the government “clearly did not fully comply” with an order from theRead more
Accused RCMP leaker asked colleague to compile top-secret report on organized crime, jury hears
Cameron Ortis’s lawyers claim their client had the ‘authority’ to do everything that he did Former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis asked a subordinate to compile a top-secret report on criminal organizations’ use of encrypted phones about a year before prosecutors say he leaked sensitive information to a Canadian accused of selling such devices, the jury in his trial heard earlier this week. Gregory O’Hayon worked under Ortis in a unit within the RCMP called operation research (OR), which was meant to brief senior leadership on emerging threats based on intelligenceRead more