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Conservative MP Corey Tochor introduced new legislation on Tuesday to legalize prescribing psychedelics like psilocybin (colloquially known as magic mushrooms), which researchers and patients say can effectively treat some mental health disorders. Under Canada’s federal drug laws, psilocybin is a controlled substance and possession, production and distribution are illegal without …
Read More »Bill Gates says he ‘never victimized anyone’ to House panel examining Epstein’s life
Bill Gates faced questions on Wednesday having little to do with helping found Microsoft or his global health philanthropy, as members of a U.S. congressional committee questioned him about his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I hope my testimony is helpful to the work, the important work …
Read More »Senate passes bill for more ICE funding after all-night session, attempts to limit Trump settlement fund fail
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that …
Read More »Quebec tables expansion of Bill 101 to English adult education
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Quebec government tabled a bill Thursday to expand the province’s language regulations to adult and …
Read More »Conservatives look to limit government powers in Liberals’ controversial lawful access bill
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Conservatives say they’ll push to amend the Liberals’ controversial lawful access bill, which would force tech …
Read More »Facing mounting backlash, Anandasangaree says U.S. tech companies are ‘misinterpreting’ his lawful access bill
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree accused U.S. tech giants of “misinterpreting” his lawful access bill, which promises …
Read More »Feds to quadruple max fine for airlines violating air passenger bill of rights to $1M
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The federal government says it will quadruple the maximum fine that can be levied against airlines for …
Read More »Liberal bill would force companies to simplify data access for police. No one knows the cost
The Liberal government’s second attempt at giving police and spies easier access to Canadians’ information includes what’s anticipated to be costly demands on a range of private businesses to to change how they manage their data. But the government says it doesn’t yet know how much the companies — or …
Read More »‘We will be fighting’: Indian transgender activist says as new bill strips right to self-identify
LISTEN | Full interview with Sylvie Merchant of Lakshya Trust: As It Happens6:38India’s transgender community vows to fight new bill that strips right to self-identify Seven years after India adopted legislation to protect transgender people, it has passed new amendments to scale back those rights. A new bill, passed in …
Read More »‘MAID is not death on demand’: Physicians decry proposed Alberta assistance in dying bill
Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse practitioners from administering MAID to patients if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months. …
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