Ontario walks back new pandemic police powers following widespread backlash
TORONTO — Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they’re out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones […]
Misleading the public: 13 months of Ontario using suicides, overdose deaths caused by lockdowns as COVID-19 death counts
“Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19 are included in the case counts for COVID-19 deaths in Toronto” -Toronto Public Health.
Churches across Canada defy shutdown orders to hold in-person Easter service as acts of protest, religious devotion
As it was the second Easter since the COVID-19 outbreak, some churches took a stand against gathering restrictions while others opted for virtual services
JCCF: Charges dropped against mom and kids fined $18k at border for expired PCR test
The family arrived at the border just two hours after the tests expired after encountering vehicle issues on their way home
Report says government response to COVID-19 made Canada one of the world’s most miserable countries — even worse than US
Canada’s low score can be attributed to the “strong restrictions in behaviour,” poor economic response, the author says
US congressman demands full reopening of Canadian border, small businesses continue to suffer in the meantime
More than a year later, the international border closure has battered small towns, independent businesses
Advocacy group calls for quarantine hotel policy to be scrapped
A constitutional rights advocacy group filed an application with Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice against the government’s mandatory quarantine hotel policy. The Canadian Constitution Foundation is calling on the government to scrap the policy, which requires returning travellers from abroad to stay in a federally approved hotel for at least the first three nights of […]
JCCF continues to fight against COVID-19 ticketing across Canada
It is representing about 100 people who have been fined for allegedly breaching public health orders during the lockdown
HuffPost Canada capsizes, taking 70 jobs with it, just as workers were about to unionize — but the industry crisis goes beyond HuffPost
Since the shutdowns started in March 2020, Canada’s beleaguered media industry has laid off 2,096 and counting
WE Charity co-founders summoned to testify
On March 8, it was announced that members of the House of Commons ethics committee reached a unanimous vote to summon the co-founders of the WE Charity, Craig and Marc Kielburger, to testify. The brothers have until March 12 to appear. The committee is requesting to hear information about the ongoing scrutiny of the federal […]
