Jim Bronskill
Reporter for The Canadian Press
About Jim Bronskill
Right to a timely trial 'cannot be lightly discarded,' Supreme Court rules
All players in the justice system need to do their part to target the "root causes" of unnecessary trial delays, the Supreme Court of Canada said on Friday, June 16, 2017.
Liberal national security bill to boost federal border agency accountability
The Liberal government plans to introduce wide−ranging national security legislation next week that will include more robust oversight of Canada’s border agency.
Five Eyes spies, ministers to discuss digital terror tactics at Ottawa meeting
The secret sessions follow a spate of terrorist attacks in England that underscore the international alliance's concerns about the threat of homegrown extremism.
Central bank warns of cyberattack vulnerabilities in financial sector
Canada's interconnected banks are vulnerable to a cascading series of cyberattacks that could undermine broad confidence in the financial system, the Bank of Canada warns.
Military faces intensive archival search to pinpoint gay purge numbers
The Defence Department says a painstaking review of old personnel files in the national archives may be done to determine how many were forced out of the military for being gay or lesbian.
Officials advise Goodale to rethink idea of public sex offender database
Federal officials have advised Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to put the brakes on setting up a publicly accessible database of high-risk child sex offenders.
Privacy czar raises flag over planned U.S. border password searches
Canadian privacy could be imperilled by apparent U.S. plans to demand cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a federal watchdog says.
Trudeau Liberals delay gun-marking regulations despite election promise
The Trudeau government is delaying implementation of firearm-marking regulations intended to help police trace guns used in crimes — despite a 2015 campaign pledge to immediately enact them.
RCMP created metadata-crunching tool to glean criminal intelligence
The RCMP created, then abandoned, a tool to crunch electronic message trails gathered during criminal investigations — a previously unknown foray into the controversial realm of big-data analysis.
RCMP eyes expanded media protections amid police surveillance concerns
The RCMP is eyeing a policy change for organized crime investigations to better protect the rights of journalists, newly disclosed documents say.