Ottawa, ON – John Barlow, Conservative Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, released the following statement calling on the federal government to approve the emergency use of strychnine for provinces that request it: “In 2020, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) cancelled the registration of strychnine and all associated end-use products used to control…
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Mississauga. source
Scott Moe, the premier of Saskatchewan, and Warren Kaeding, the province’s minister of trade and export development, speak with reporters in Saskatoon ahead of their planned trade missions to China, Japan, and South Korea. source
Barbara Bedont, the executive director of Defend the Movement Quebec, and Samir Freij, a Canadian citizen from Palestine, hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss what they allege are human rights violations by the Palestinian Authority. source
Officials from the Nova Scotia government provide an update on the wildfire situation in the province. Taking part are the Department of Natural Resources’ Jim Rudderham and the Department of Emergency Management’s Dave Rockwood. (no interpretation) source
Ministers take questions from reporters in North York, Ont., as a two-day meeting of the federal cabinet continues. source
At a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, The Montreal Institute for Global Security (MIGS) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Canada (KAS Canada), discuss a new joint research report entitled “Wired for War: How Authoritarian States are Weaponize AI against the West.” Taking part in the news conference is Bernd Althusmann from Adenauer Stiftung Canada as…
At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, representatives from several human rights, community, and faith groups call on Parliament to recognize Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide. source
At a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, NDP MP Jenny Kwan outlines her private members’ bill aimed at closing loopholes in Canadian law related to arms exports. Joining her at this event are arms control experts and representatives from civil society and human rights organizations. source
In Toronto, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne takes questions from reporters as a two-day meeting of the federal cabinet continues. source