The passage of the federal government’s controversial Online News Act has highlighted division over the law as tech giant Meta said it will block news on its social media platforms in response to the legislation.
Bill C-18 received royal assent after a final vote in the Senate on Thursday. The law will compel certain tech companies to pay for news content that they share on their platforms.
Meta announced in a news release following the act’s passage that it will block news for Canadian users in order to comply with the law, and will do so before C-18 comes into…
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Washington on Friday announced it was imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans that accuse of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals.
It said the US will consider other possible actions “to promote accountability for Ugandan officials and other individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, abusing human rights, including those of LGBTQI+ persons, or engaging in corrupt practices.”
Uganda’s new law, adopted last month, punishes homosexuality, including with the…
Published on June 16th, 2023 at 05:42am EDTCanada has passed a new law that emphasizes the importance of the French language in Canada by prioritizing francophone immigration and minorities outside Quebec.
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Bill C-13 introduces, for the first time, immigration into the Official Languages Act (OLA). The OLA is the federal statute that makes English and French the official languages of Canada. The new law modernizes the Official Languages Act to recognize that French, as an official language of Canada, is being threatened and must be protected. It is divided into three…
Rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go have been blocked for 20 days for flaunting Italian legislation they call ‘unjust’.The Italian Coast Guard has apprehended two vessels from non-governmental organizations operating in the Mediterranean Sea, after they were found to be in breach of a new law preventing ships deployed to rescue migrants from carrying out multiple operations in a row.
A 20-day detention was imposed on the German rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go on Friday evening, said the organizations Sea-Eye and Sea-Watch that operate the vessels.
The law passed in Italy on February 24 prevents rescue ships from…
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Regardless of whether you have been married or have been in a de facto relationship these are the common questions we are asking that you may be looking for answers to yourself. The answers to these questions vary depending on these different situations:The home is in both of your names
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The Higgs government is compromising on its update to the province’s Official Languages Act in the hopes of winning unanimous support for the legislation.
Premier Blaine Higgs is backing away from the elimination of a mandatory 10-year review of the act contained in the statute.
He told the legislature the government will introduce its own amendments on “establishing a time frame, or periodic review” of the law.
“We believe the amendments will be in the spirit of continuous improvement of the act,” he said.
The original Official Languages Act was adopted unanimously in 1969 and the new version of the…
As more Canadians enter common-law relationships, experts are encouraging young couples to educate themselves on the implications of taxes.“There are credits that you may be used to get, if you’re a single person,” said Stefanie Ricchio, a Toronto-based CPA.
“There is a little element of surprise.”
In 2021, more than one in five Canadian couples were common-law, meaning they lived together in an official, legal union without being legally married.
That’s a 447 per cent growth in common-law couples since 40 years earlier, according to Statistics Canada, though married couples still make up the bulk of Canadian couples.
It’s…
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Local NewsThe Battered Women’s Support Services says in 2021 they received 11,000 calls from women needing legal advocacy.Published April 05, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 2 minute readA legal advocate helps a woman at the Battered Women’s Support Services. A new and expanded legal clinic for survivors of domestic violence is opening in Vancouver. Photo by BWSS handout /jpgArticle content
Battered Women’s Support Services is substantially expanding a legal clinic in Vancouver for women who have experienced domestic violence.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but…