The federal government introduced its much-talked about omnibus crime bill this week. Mandatory minimums are a big part of the package. Last summer, the CBC's Alison Crawford traveled to Massachusetts where Governor Deval
Patrick has introduced a bill to eliminate minimum mandatory sentences
for non-violent drug offenders. What can Canada learn
from the U.S. experience?
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Conservative Party to make a list of everyone who had access to its electoral database during the last federal election and turn the information over to the RCMP and the commissioner of elections. "Anything less at this point would be a coverup," the council said in a press release Friday.
Qatar's decision to drop its bid to bring the International Civil Aviation Organization's headquarters to Doha from Montreal was the result of hard work and intense lobbying on the part of three levels of government, federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis said Friday.
The widening Senate scandal that the prime minister flippantly tried to dismiss as a 'distraction' just days ago has instead become arguably Stephen Harper's worst hour.
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