Roundup: Statute or prerogative?

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Because there was (thankfully) not a lot of news this weekend, and I just can’t about the Alberta election right now (seriously, does nobody realize the how much fire they’ve playing with by stoking anger and making unrealistic promises?) I’m instead going to leave you with some food for thought from Philippe Lagassé about the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ report and the calls for military intelligence to be a subjected to a statutory framework rather than carrying on operating under Crown prerogative, as they currently are. Enjoy.

https://twitter.com/PhilippeLagasse/status/1117440021689016320

https://twitter.com/PhilippeLagasse/status/1117441870907330560

https://twitter.com/PhilippeLagasse/status/1117444492477353984

https://twitter.com/PhilippeLagasse/status/1117447616806047745

Good reads: 

  • Justin Trudeau attended Vaisahki celebrations in Vancouver after promising to have CSIS review the language when it came to the threat of Sikh extremism.
  • The Canadian government quietly cut off aid to Nicaragua after its government crackdowns got more intense. 
  • Brand name pharmaceutical companies are threatening to delay introducing new drugs into Canada if a pharmacare system overwhelmingly favours generic drugs.
  • The Royal Canadian Air Force is having a difficult time finding replacement parts for its C-130J Hercules fleet.
  • A lawsuit against the RCMP in Nunavut is pointing out that officers can’t communicate with the local communities and is losing touch with the Inuit. 
  • Jane Philpott says she is weighing offers from other parties, but she won’t be contemplating the Conservatives. 
  • The Ontario Court of Appeal will hear the province’s carbon tax reference this week.
  • Ontario is also planning to raise the thresholds for Crown liability so as to make it much more difficult to sue the government. 
  • Heather Scoffield parses the Public Policy Forum’s report on the Canadian economy of the future. 

Odds and ends:

That century-old elm tree was cut down on Parliament Hill to make room for construction activities. 

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