Requiring media to register is 'antithetical to how journalism actually works,' says CAJ president Brent Jolly, while the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the 'overly broad' requirements are 'not aligned' with the registry's 'actual objectives.' Read full story

UN special rapporteurs are urging Canada to protect a Sikh activist who has been subject to 'credible and imminent threats to his life.' Read full story

Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman says more transparency is a good thing—and that’s not something at which journalists typically turn up their noses. But logging already transparent activities seems like a waste of resources, and of the registry itself. Read full story

The decision to conduct a flypast on the Fourth of July employing two CF-18s and two U.S. F-35s begs the question of just how tone deaf the Air Force brass are in reading the mood of the Canadian public. Read full story

The July 1 storm affected 17 federal properties in Ottawa and two in Gatineau, with roughly 100 staff affected at a CBSA laboratory and workers temporarily relocated at other west-end sites. Read full story

The lights themselves were long ago automated and do not require a human for operation despite the 51 locations in question. They are powered by low-maintenance solar panels, like the thousands of other navigational aids maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard along our coastlines. Read full story

The agency continues to investigate complaints against its own personnel, including ones involving immigration detention, as a new report on a former employee’s case renews scrutiny of the delayed independent review regime. Read full story

In a wide-ranging interview, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik talks Canada trade, Modi's looming visit, and defence procurement. Read full story

Reframing wildfire management from a localized provincial concern into a matter of vital national interest will be expensive, and will require serious political will. Read full story

One has to question how a mixture of shifting the military’s priorities and budget cuts that affect Canada’s diplomatic presence as well as its international aid allocation will improve the turbulent geopolitical situation. Read full story