Mulcair and unions clash over Senate power to block bill
NDP leader Tom Mulcair argues appointed senators lack moral standing to block legislation from elected MPs, while union leaders push senators to defeat private member’s bill C-377 requiring unions to disclose spending. Senate may rule on legality amid prorogation history and ongoing third reading debates.
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Mulcair
Senate
Ottawa
Tom Mulcair
NDP
Labour Movement
House of Commons
Commons
Diane Bellemare
Paul Moist
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Moist
Canadians plead guilty over Kinabalu nudity at sacred peak
Two Canadians Lindsey and Danielle Petersen and two Westerners Dylan Snel and Eleanor Hawkins faced Sabah court on Borneo for public indecency after posing nude on Mount Kinabalu on May 30. They received three days in jail and fines of over 1600 Canadian dollars each, with deportation to follow.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Ronny Cham
Mount Kinabalu
Saskatchewan
Lindsey Petersen
Danielle Petersen
Dylan Snel
Eleanor Hawkins
Sabah
Borneo
Cham
Canadian CF-18s strike in Syria near Assad forces
Brig Gen Lise Bourgon says strikes target ISIS only with no coordination with the Syrian government. Two CF-18 jets hit near Al Hasakah as Assad forces operate nearby. The attack marks a rare Canadian strike inside Syria with no ground troops.
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Canada
Middle East
Syria
Bashar Assad
al Hasakah
Assad
Independent
Syrian Observatory For Human Rights
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Levant
Lise Bourgon
ISIS
Bourgon
Kuwait
Harper
Iraq
New Democrats
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Al-Hasakah
Turkey
Ramadi
Anbar
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