Law & Security

Canadian Public Safety News

• Minister Toews announces appointments to the Parole Board of Canada
  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced 11 appointments and nine reappointments to the Parole Board of Canada.
• Minister Toews reports on the threat of terrorism to Canada
  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, announces the release of the 2013 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada, delivering on the commitment in Canada’s Counter-terrorism Strategy to update Canadians on the evolving terrorist threat environment, at a press conference on […]
• The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, to make an announcement related to national security
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• Harper Government engages Canadians through Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security
  Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, and Robert Goguen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, released the following statement at the conclusion of the Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security.
• Statement from Minister Toews on CBSA’s inaugural Officer Induction Training Program graduation ceremony
  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today issued a statement congratulating the first Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recruits to graduate from CBSA’s Officer Induction Training Program, after attending a ceremony in Rigaud, Quebec.
• Statement by Minister Toews on the passage of the Safer Witness Act in the House of Commons
  Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, made the following comments on the third reading passage of Bill C-51, the Safer Witnesses Act.
• Canada and the United States announce first-ever binational border infrastructure investment plan
  The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, and the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, along with Ray LaHood, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland […]
• Minister Toews comments on two removals from Wanted by the CBSA
  Public Safety Minister Vic Toews issued the following statement after the Canada Border Services Agency today announced the removals of Kenroy Clifford Davis and Wasford Uriah Steer, who had been featured on the “Wanted by the CBSA” list.
• Harper Government marks Missing Children’s Day
  Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, issued the following statement to mark National Missing Children’s Day.
• Canada announces remote traveller processing pilot project to extend service hours at Piney, Manitoba port of entry
  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, announced today that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will proceed with a remote traveller processing pilot at Piney, Manitoba, in April 2015. This pilot project is part of the Small and Remote Ports of Entry Initiative, one of the […]
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International Security:

• Despite procedural delays, UN war tribunals still making progress, officials tell Security Council
  The United Nations war crimes tribunals set up in the wake of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s are despite various delays, close to completing their work, their officials told the Security Council today, stressing that they will need support of the international […]
• Prosecutor of UN Rwanda genocide tribunal urges cooperation to catch roaming fugitives
  With nine men linked to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda still on the run, the Prosecutor who would help to try them is today urging Member States to cooperate with the United Nations war crimes tribunal and its successor body to track down and arrest the fugitives.
• Security Council must urgently take action to end impunity in Darfur – ICC prosecutor
  Deeply frustrated and disappointed by the Security Council’s failure to take any action against those responsible for war crimes in Darfur, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) stressed that the plight of the victims has meanwhile “gone from bad to worse.”
• UN and Japan sign agreement to combat illicit drugs and human trafficking
  The United Nations and the Government of Japan today agreed to enhance regional cooperation to fight the trade of illicit narcotics and human trafficking, as well as terrorism and cybercrime in Africa and Southeast Asia.
• Ban thanks head of UN-backed panel for his efforts to tackle impunity in Guatemala
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep appreciation for dedication and efforts of Francisco Dall’Anese, who has announced that he will step down as the head of the United Nations-backed commission charged with dismantling illegal armed groups and tackling impunity in Guatemala.
• Security Council recognizes contribution of UN Yugoslav tribunal
  Members of the Security Council on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, recognizing the Hague-based body's commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of war crimes.
• UN Member States appraise Global Action Plan to combat human trafficking
  Top United Nations officials are today urging the UN General Assembly to fully implement key anti-human trafficking treaties and to cooperate more closely to counter the multi-billion dollar industry which has trapped some 21 million men, women and children in forced labour.
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