Catharine Tunney

Reporter

Catharine Tunney is a reporter with CBC's Parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. She previously worked at CBC in Nova Scotia. She can be reached at catharine.tunney@cbc.ca or @cattunneyCBC.

Latest from Catharine Tunney

New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies

The new heads of CSIS's largest collections unit say they know there's a systemic racism problem in Canada's spy service — and they want to end it.

RCMP officers created an app to rate their workplaces — now they fear HQ is watching

The makers of the Buffalo Tracks app — a sort of Yelp for RCMP detachments — say they fear candid comments left on the application will be used against them by RCMP brass.

Border workers vote to strike, putting Canada's reopening plans at risk

Canada's reopening plans could be hindered as thousands of border officers gird themselves for potential strike action.

Mary Simon officially becomes Canada's first Inuk Governor General

As she was sworn in officially today as Canada's 30th Governor General — the first Indigenous person ever to hold the position — Mary Simon praised Canadians' "selflessness" and vowed to "bring people together."

Thousands of Afghan contractors, family members could be eligible to resettle in Canada, says minister

The federal government is promising to resettle more Afghan interpreters and other workers who helped the Canadian Armed Forces during the war — people now in danger of being killed by a resurgent Taliban.

State actors could use blackmail, threats to influence voters, politicians in the next election, CSIS warns

Canada's spy agency says state actors may attempt to blackmail voters and pressure politicians in order to influence the outcome of the next election.

Green leader Annamie Paul says she won't be 'distracted' as dispute with party brass goes to court

Green Party Leader Annamie Paul says she won't be "distracted" by her ongoing conflict with what she describes as a "small group" of highly placed people within the party.

Border reopening plan facing roadblock as thousands of border officials consider strike action

The federal government's plan to reopen the border to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens next month could be complicated by the threat of strike action.

Fully vaccinated tourists will soon be able to visit Canada again

The federal government announced today it plans to let fully vaccinated tourists visit Canada again soon.

Canadian voters are likely to face foreign cyber interference in the next election, say cyber spies

Canadian voters are likely to face some form of foreign cyber interference ahead and during the next federal election, warns Canada's cyber spy agency, including false information about voter fraud.

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