"We are t ired of a government that keeps concentrating more power in its own hands while making it harder for the public to hold them accountable" ~~ Trevor Halford, Interim leader of the Conservative Party of BC Debate on Bill 9 continued through the night and into the early morning hours, with the House sitting until approximately 4:00 a.m. after the Official Opposition introduced a hoist motion to delay the bill for six months to allow for greater public consultation on legislation Conservatives view as an assault on British Columbians’ right to freedom of information, transparency, and government accountability. The motion was voted down by the NDP government before further debate was shut down and the House adjourned by the government to silence further discussion on the bill. Trevor Halford, Interim Leader of the Official Opposition, released the following statement: “We are not tired because we stayed up until 4:00 in the morning debating Bill 9. We are tired of ...
The federal government will pay $8.7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit involving tens of thousands of Canadians whose sensitive information was compromised or stolen when hackers got into their accounts on government websites, including the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) portal. Hackers targeted government accounts over several months in 2020 largely for the purpose of applying for financial aid in the victims' names during the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Canadian Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) or the Canadian Emergency Student Benefit (CESB). More than 47,000 people had their personal and financial information compromised that summer alone, from social insurance numbers and home addresses to details of their bank accounts ... CLICK HERE for the full story