@JimBronskill

Canadian Press reporter: Security, intelligence, freedom of information, privacy, federal courts.

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Joined June 2009
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Legal Affairs Canada@LawScribesJan 8
Ontario: Supreme Court Canada will hear appeal from coalition challenging constitutionality of legislation that opens door to major changes at #OntarioPlace. Applications were dismissed in lower courts including ONCA. @JimBronskill #cdnpoli #onpoli #scc thestar.com/politics/supreme…

Supreme Court to hear challenge of law allowing Ontario Place redevelopment

The Ontario Place Protectors say the law insulates state action from scrutiny by the courts and therefore violates the Constitution.

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Dean Beeby@DeanBeeby7 Dec 2025
Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller. By @JimBronskill ctvnews.ca/canada/article/wr… #cdnmedia

Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller

Journalist Stephen Thorne, who movingly chronicled some of the most difficult episodes in recent Canadian history, died Friday after being ill with prostate cancer. He was 66.

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PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April call, memo shows, @JimBronskill reports nationalnewswatch.com/2025/1… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Rule of law, judges ‘under attack’ in many countries, Supreme Court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner says. @JimBronskill #scc #cdnpoli #justice toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/…

Rule of law, judges 'under attack' in many countries, Canada's chief justice says

Chief Justice Richard Wagner says the rule of law and judicial independence are "under attack" in many countries around the world.

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In solidarity ✊ @CanadianPress @globeandmail @TorontoStar @LP_LaPresse @FTQnouvelles #cdnpoli #canlab #onpoli #canmedia #polqc #bcpoli #abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #peipoli #nlpoli #yukonpoli #nwtpoli #nunavutpoli
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Journalism matters
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In solidarity ✊ @CanadianPress @globeandmail @TorontoStar @LP_LaPresse @FTQnouvelles #cdnpoli #canlab #onpoli #canmedia #polqc #bcpoli #abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #peipoli #nlpoli #yukonpoli #nwtpoli #nunavutpoli
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SensChirp@SensChirp20 May 2025
Pretty quiet on the LeBreton front recently but this is an interesting look at some of the details included in the MoU between the NCC and the Ottawa Senators. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/05/1…

Eco-friendly transportation a condition of planned Ottawa Senators arena: agreement

Public transit, cycling and walking will be the “primary and preferred modes” of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators’ planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project....

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Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. apnews.com/article/trump-cou…

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

The Trump administration has been pushing back against certain court rulings it doesn't like in the hundreds of cases filed against it in the past few months.

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Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project. Our story: tinyurl.com/2p8yfvdv #cdnpoli #sens #cdnfoi
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Dean Beeby@DeanBeeby7 May 2025
Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada's social fabric, access-to-info document shows. By @JimBronskill nationalnewswatch.com/2025/0… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada's social fabric,…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Where parliament once met is a polling place for the next parliament #fullcircle :p
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“It’s was 3-0” #LeafsForever BAHAHAHA it begins
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Liberal Leader Mark Carney is promising a review of Canada's Access to Information system if his party wins the federal election, suggesting he sees room for improvement in how the law works. Our story: tinyurl.com/pc547asm #cdnfoi #elxn45
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The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a government ban on firearms that Ottawa considers fit only for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. Our story: tinyurl.com/587sbpmj #cdnpoli #elxn45

Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of federal firearms ban

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a government ban on firearms that Ottawa considers fit only for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. The Liberals outlawed some...

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CP’s Bill Graveland tells us about Liberal candidate Priti Obhrai-Martin, whose father was a long-time Conservative MP: tinyurl.com/39chcjsk #cdnpoli #elxn45

‘You don’t know my dad’: Daughter of late Conservative MP running for the Liberals

Priti Obhrai-Martin, who grew up running campaigns for the Tory blue, now acknowledges that while she has crossed over to run in Liberal red, she remains in harmony with the ideals she learned from...

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A newly released memo shows officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of opposition parties receive regular classified briefings — not only on foreign interference but also extremism and overseas conflicts. Our story: tinyurl.com/4hxm9wd4 #cdnpoli #elxn45 #cdnfoi

Feds proposing regular ‘intelligence-informed briefings’ for opposition leaders: memo

A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings, not only on foreign interference but also...

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Federal security officials say they have found an online information operation linked to the Chinese government that focused on Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Our story: tinyurl.com/5bnznfmf #elxn45 #cdnpoli

Apr 2025: Security officials report a Beijing-linked online operation focused on Carney

OTTAWA - Federal security officials say they have found an online information operation linked to the Chinese government that focused on Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

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It seems clear to me that when government officials use Signal, WhatsApp, private servers etc to communicate about government business, they are doing so in order to avoid transparency laws. That should be a scandal even if a reporter isn’t accidentally added to the group chat.
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Mark Carney, misinformation fighter, age 11 (Edmonton Journal, Aug. 30, 1976)
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Dean Beeby@DeanBeeby16 Feb 2025
Internal report, obtained under access-to-info, urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border. By @JimBronskill theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
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