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A priest and his power: Consent and the doomed rape case against a residential school principal Judge who found Bishop Hubert O’Connor guilty says concept of ‘genuine consent’ decided trial

A bishop at a B.C. residential school was found guilty in the 1990s of raping a former student decades prior, but the verdict was overturned over the question of what was considered “genuine” consent. We have an exclusive interview with the judge in that case.

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B.C. residents betting billions on unregulated gambling sites, 2021 report found Province tried to prevent release of report with details about reach of offshore betting sites

Online gambling in B.C. is ramping up, and we discovered through a never-released government report that residents are gambling billions of dollars on unregulated sites—costing the province millions. Find out more.

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Company pitches private medical schools as solution to doctor shortage The group behind University Canada West asked provinces to subsidize tuition for students attending medical schools in the Caribbean

The company behind University Canada West and other for-profit schools wants provinces to pay to send students to its for-profit medical schools to address the nationwide shortage of physicians.

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Are private overseas medical schools the solution for Canada’s doctor shortage? One London, UK-based company is pitching just that to four Canadian provinces. Go to theijf.org to find out more. #cdnpo... TikTok video by IJF

The company, Global University Systems, is trying to convince four provinces to subsidize tuition for students attending its medical schools in the Caribbean. IJF reporter Monique Kasonga explains more:

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A public servant's battle with the CRA exposes cracks in how the federal system hires, fires and rehires.

Alberta search and rescue group loses charitable status as calls for help surge The Fort McMurray Search and Rescue Society has lost its charitable status following years of spending that exceeded its revenues

An Alberta search and rescue group lost its charitable status for failing to file tax returns after years of expenses outpacing revenue —right as a demand for rescue services is growing. Read more about this former charity.

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Canadian PR firm polished Rwanda's image as the country's government was accused of backing violent militia Crestview Strategies quietly scrubbed details of its Kigali operations from its website after Canada suspended export permits for weapons, cancelled government-to-government business with Rwanda

What was a high-profile Canadian PR firm doing in Rwanda, and why did it suddenly scrub its website of all details of its office there? We found out in our months-long investigation.

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Details like this, not widely publicized, are found weekly in our Power and Influence report. @theijf.org

We've been poring over Prime Minister Mark Carney's long-awaited financial disclosures. We found nine companies the PM had reported financial interests in that have lobbied his office.

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Mark Carney has investments in 567 organizations. Only three are Canadian The prime minister’s Canadian holdings make up 0.5 per cent of his portfolio.

Out of the 567 entities in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s investment portfolio, we discovered only three are Canadian. Find out more in our exclusive analysis.

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Survivors are gathering across Canada for residential school reunions. Here’s why Gatherings offer a chance to reflect on survivors’ experiences and talk about intergenerational trauma and healing

Survivors of residential schools and their loved ones are reuniting across Canada to share their experiences, decades after the schools have closed. We spoke to survivors nationwide about how they’ve found community. buff.ly/cZzSOpC

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How did Alberta decide what books were 'inappropriate' in its new school policy? By referencing lists of books banned in the U.S. and searching for the same titles in the province's public school libraries. Full story here:

Exclusive: internal emails show how Alberta came up with its book ban.

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Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. promised to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a special deal with B.C.’s energy regulator. Internal emails show the company failed to meet its targets.

One of Canada’s largest oil companies failed to follow through on its own schedule to deactivate thousands of inactive B.C. pipelines—and it faced no financial penalties. Find out what we discovered from new documents in our joint investigation with @thenarwhal.ca.

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Who wanted to kill the Digital Services Tax? U.S. Chamber of Commerce and tech companies spent years fighting the controversial DST

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent months lobbying American lawmakers to kill Canada’s Digital Services Tax, long before U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to call off all trade negotiations with Canada over the policy. Find out more.

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Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps’ firm sues for share of $2 billion federal contract BTNX says if Copps' firm lobbied on its behalf, "then it did so by illegal means"

Former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps says her firm, Medipro Canada, is owed tens of millions of dollars for helping a medical equipment company win federal contracts during the pandemic.

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Check out these important stories gleaned from the government's own data, but organized in a way on the @theijf.org site that makes it easy to search and find patterns.

Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alta.

The mayor of Airdrie, Alberta and a group of city staff secretly provided help with developing a proposal for a controversial private health care centre despite the city’s public claim that it did not, the IJF has discovered. Read our exclusive story to find out more.

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As Ottawa pushes AI boom, experts warn of risks to farmland and resources In the race to grow AI infrastructure, farmers are urging governments not to sideline farmland and food security.

As Canada moves to build more energy intensive AI infrastructure, farmers are concerned data centres pose a threat to farmland and water resources. Find out why.

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Conservative activists gave Alberta government list of ‘inappropriate’ books in school libraries Alberta's education minister initially said he was approached by concerned parents. We now know he met with groups campaigning to remove books from libraries in Canada.

We’ve learned that conservative activist groups gave Alberta officials examples of “inappropriate” books now facing a ban in K-12 school libraries under new government guidelines. The education minister initially said he was approached by concerned parents.

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Brookfield firms seek help from Carney days after he takes office Just two days after the Liberals won the federal election, executives from companies linked to the new prime minister’s former employer, Brookfield Asset Management, began asking for his help. 

Prime Minister Mark Carney is the former head of Brookfield Asset Management. But now, Brookfield-linked companies are lobbying him for help with resource development. Is the PM in a conflict of interest?

Read more to find out.

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Honda lobbied Ottawa 16 times in 2025 before postponing $15 billion project In the months leading up to the postponement of a $15-billion electric vehicle project in Ontario, Honda representatives extensively lobbied federal officials.

#Honda Canada met with 27 different government leaders this year, leading up to its postponement of a highly anticipated $15 billion electric vehicle project in Ontario. It’s likely the company argued against Ottawa’s goals for electric vehicles, according to one industry expert.

A Brampton, Ont.-based armoured vehicle maker wants the federal government to spend more of its defence dollars at home Roshel registered to lobby the federal government for contracts with both Canadian and international governments for its multi-purpose armoured vehicle.

Armoured vehicle maker Roshel wants the federal government to reduce its reliance on foreign defence suppliers and buy Canadian instead. Here’s why.

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Inside Binance’s legal fight with the Canadian government Court filings reveal hundreds of millions of dollars in unreported transactions flowed to just three accounts.

Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, failed to report more than $550 million worth of financial transactions, according to the Canadian government. We bring you in on the unfolding court battle and the state of cryptocurrency regulation in Canada.

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Israeli weapons company wants Ontario to use its drones to manage forest fires Elbit, which has been the subject of protests for its ties to the Israeli military, seeking contracts in Ontario

Israel’s largest weapons company—Elbit Systems—wants the Ontario government to use its drones to fight forest fires. The company has been the subject of protests for its ties to the Israeli military. Learn more here.

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Decoding Canada's data: LLMs learn the language of political transparency  - Faculty of Information While governments in Canada generate a wealth of data that could prove helpful to citizens, policymakers and journalists alike, accessing this information has proven to be a major challenge, sometimes...

Thanks to NSERC for funding an alliance between @theijf.org and the Faculty of Information at @uoft.bsky.social for the next five years. (A great group of Canadian summer students has already been funded from this!)
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It's interesting that the federal government doesn't appear to have the capacity to do this monitoring on its own. @carlypenrose.bsky.social @theijf.org

Congrats to @zakvescera.bsky.social and Adrian! This was a world-wide scoop.

Incumbent governments have a big advantage -- they can hand out billions of dollars on the eve of an election. One expert asks: Is this fair?