Ahead of the 2018 G7 Summit in Charlevoix, Quebec, CPAC’s Peter Van Dusen looks at the G7’s attempts to manage shifts in the global balance of power, growing authoritarianism, and increasingly complex domestic security threats. He (...)

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale comments on the stabbing at a Michigan airport. Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is asked about the government’s legislative achievements. Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne (...)

Auditor General Michael Ferguson and RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson discuss the police force’s mental health support for members. The AG’s recent report concluded that the RCMP did not adequately meet its members’ mental health (...)

A highly critical report on the RMCP workplace harassment complaint process recommends civilian governance of the federal police force. Pierre Donais welcomes Laura Colella (The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP) and (...)

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale reacts to the report on workplace harassment in the RMCP. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is asked about the delayed release of the defence policy review. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Green (...)

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale discusses main estimates. (May 15, 2017)

Ian McPhail, the chair of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP, speaks with reporters on May 15, 2017, in Ottawa, after releasing the findings of his systemic review of workplace harassment within the RCMP. Emma (...)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau comments briefly on the floods in Quebec and Ontario. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Government Whip Pablo Rodriguez, Liberal MP Steven MacKinnon, and NDP public safety critic Matthew Dubé also discuss (...)

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is questioned over the bill (C-23) to expand border pre-clearance between Canada and the United States. Senior officials Jill Wherrett (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) and Tom Oommen (...)

Documentary film maker and former RCMP officer Will Prosper discusses racism and police brutality at the 2017 Progress Summit. (April 7, 2017)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the International Association of Fire Fighters on Parliament Hill on April 11, 2017. (no interpretation)

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is asked about her upcoming emergency meeting on court delays. Transport Minister Marc Garneau discusses airline security measures and rights for airline passengers. Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan (...)

A career police officer, Robert Poëti entered politics in 2012. He was Quebec’s Transport minister in Philippe Couillard’s government for almost two years.

Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney speaks with reporters after addressing a Liberal cabinet committee on NAFTA and Canada-U.S. relations. Ambassador David MacNaughton, ministers François-Philippe Champagne and Marc Garneau, and (...)

Health professionals are among the witnesses to testify on Bill C-37, which includes measures on supervised consumption sites, anti-drug abuse strategies, and the import and production of illicit substances. The first panel is made up of (...)

Liberal MP Ron McKinnon outlines Bill C-224, his private member’s bill offering criminal immunity from drug possession charges to anyone who calls emergency services to report an overdose. The exemption would not apply to offences like (...)

Three groups that represent RCMP members appear at the committee. The following witnesses discuss some of the workplace issues affecting members: National Police Federation co-chairs Brian Sauvé and Peter Merrifield; Mounted Police (...)

On January 30, 2017, law-enforcement officials provide an update on their investigation into a deadly shooting at a mosque in Sainte-Foy, Quebec. (no interpretation)

Speaking with reporters on December 6, 2016, in Ottawa, Daniel Therrien (Privacy Commissioner of Canada), Brian Beamish (Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner), and Jean Chartier (the president of the Commission d’accès à (...)

The committee continues its study of Senator Claude Carignan’s bill on drug-impaired driving. Bill S-230 would amend the Criminal Code to authorize the use of roadside saliva drug-screening devices, as well as the taking of samples (...)

Senate Opposition Leader Claude Carignan presents his bill to give more powers to police officers to test for drug-impaired driving. Bill S-230 would amend the Criminal Code to authorize the use of roadside saliva drug-screening devices, (...)

Former RCMP officers Linda Davidson, Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk and Janet Merlo discuss harassment in the RCMP and what is needed to change the culture in the national police force. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson issued a formal apology (...)

Following the tapping of journalists’ phones by Montreal police media lawyer Mark Bantey, Fabien Gélinas, McGill law professor, Caroline Locher, Quebec Federation of Professional Journalists and Yann Pineau, La Presse, debate and (...)

Case # 36472 Brendan Paterson v. Her Majesty the Queen (November 2, 2016) The Court is examining the admissibility of evidence seized in a police search.

Speaking with reporters in Ottawa on November 16, 2016, journalists Ben Makuch, Mohamed Fahmy, and Patrick Lagacé, along with Tom Henheffer, the executive director of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, raise concerns about freedom (...)

A group of reporters are calling on the federal government to introduce legislation that will safeguard freedom of the press and tighten the rules allowing police to obtain warrants to conduct surveillance of media professionals. Pierre (...)

Speaking with reporters in Montreal on November 9, 2016, Tom Muclair (the leader of the NDP) and Matthew Dubé (the NDP deputy House leader) comment on recent revelations concerning police surveillance and CSIS data collection. Mulcair (...)

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale speaks with reporters in Ottawa on November 4, 2016, about a Federal Court ruling concerning data collection by CSIS. The ruling found that the intelligence agency unlawfully retained information about (...)

Speaking with reporters in Ottawa on November 4, 2016, Murray Rankin (the NDP House leader and justice critic) and Matthew Dubé (the NDP deputy House leader) comment on a Federal Court ruling concerning data collection by CSIS. The ruling (...)

Rodger Cuzner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment) answers questions about unemployment in light of Statistics Canada’s latest report on job numbers. François-Philippe Champagne (Parliamentary Secretary to the (...)