Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland irks Canadian senators with request to pass budget bill sight unseen
One senator called it 'an embarrassment' to be asked to vote on a bill without reading it.
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Proposed new guidelines may force Canadian medical personnel to offer euthanasia to patients
'It would appear that the directive is for doctors and nurses to begin advising their patients that it is more expedient to just kill themselves,' Delta Hospice Society president Angelina Ireland warned.
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Trudeau gov’t internet censorship Bill C-11 becomes law
The bill passed via a motion with 52 votes for, 16 against, and 1 abstention, with one Conservative senator who voted against the bill saying its passage is a 'sad day' for Canada.
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Trudeau’s internet censorship bill heads back to House after Senate passes it with amendments
Trudeau’s cabinet has already said that it will not accept some of the amendments made to the bill, meaning its swift passage might not happen.
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Trudeau gov’t to ‘delay’ mental illness expansion of assisted suicide law after pushback
Canada’s increasingly permissive laws have allowed euthanasia to rise 32% since 2020, with more than 10,000 people dying in 2021 alone.
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Canadian internet censorship bill on track to pass after amendment to protect most users fails in Senate
The Senate transport and communications committee rejected a proposal that would have seen most people exempt from the new bill except for large companies or programmers.
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Conservative senator who wanted O’Toole replaced expelled from party via voicemail
Senator Denise Batters says she will not be silenced.
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Conservative senator launches petition calling for ouster of ‘untrustworthy’ party leader O’Toole
Denise Batters says Erin O'Toole has 'flip-flopped on our policies within the same week, the same day and even within the same sentence.'
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