NDP military comments

Federal New Democrats have expressed concern about the Trudeau Government’s decision to extend our mission in Iraq by another two years.

Outgoing leader Tom Mulcair claims that means our military will work with the Iraqi military which, according to recent reports, has committed human rights violations including torture, disappearances and extra-judicial killings.

Parliament Hill protests

The Indigenous demonstrators who set up that teepee on Parliament Hill will be moving it to a safer location.

The protestors are trying to draw attention to the history of aboriginal people amid the celebrations for Canada 150 this weekend.

Police allowed them to set up near the eastern entrance to Parliament Hill, but then someone assaulted one of the activists.  So now officials are trying to find a more secure location for the teepee.