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A bill to criminalize the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy passes the Senate in Canada without opposition, one week after it passed the House of Commons without opposition; the bill now awaits royal assent to become law.
2021-12-7

The Canadian Senate agrees with the House of Commons to make the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", gender neutral. The second line of the song will now read "in all of us" instead of "in all thy sons."
2018-02-1

An Egyptian court orders the release from prison of Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy in Cairo.
2015-02-13

In Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador Province, Liberal Party's Yvonne Jones won a by-election to the province's Labrador electoral riding, formerly held by Conservative Party's Peter Penashue. The by-election was widely viewed as a crucial test for new Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau.
2013-05-13

Elections Canada has traced allegations of fraudulent robocalls engaging in voter suppression in 18 ridings during the Canadian federal election, 2011 to Racknine Inc., a small Edmonton call centre that worked for the Conservative Party of Canada party's national campaign.
2012-02-23

Three members of the Shafia family are convicted of murder in relation to the Shafia family deaths in the Canadian city of Kingston, Ontario.
2012-01-29

The Liberal Party of Canada announces it will introduce a motion to the Canadian House of Commons that calls on MPs to support a committee report finding the Conservative government in contempt of Parliament. The finding was in response to the government allegedly not supplying sufficient information on costs of crime bills, purchasing F-35 fighter jets for the Canadian Forces, and corporate tax cuts.
2011-03-23

The Canadian Opposition accuses the Conservative Party of Canada and Harper Government of Contempt of Parliament after a ruling by the Speaker of the House of Commons, signalling a possible spring federal election. [https:--www.theglobeandmail.com-news-politics-budget-to-take-spotlight-off-contempt-vote-for-a-while-article1948310- (The Globe and Mail)] [https:--web.archive.org-web-20110322152559-http:--www2.macleans.ca-2011-03-18-opposition-moves-to-find-tories-in-contempt-of-parliament- (Macleans.ca)] [https:--vancouversun.com-Opposition+readies+contempt+report-4470886-story.html ("Vancouver Sun")]date=May 2020
2011-03-18

The Canadian federal by-elections fills two vacant House seats in ridings for Manitoba and one in Ontario, resulting in one Conservative gain, one Conservative hold and one Liberal gain.
2010-11-29

A Federal Court of Canada judge rejects a request by francophone groups outside Quebec to overturn the Conservative government's decision to scrap the longform census.
2010-10-6