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OTTAWA — A lawyer for Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official accused of leaking classified material, says Ortis was acting largely on secret information passed to him by a foreign agency.

OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he plans to recalibrate the number of people who come to Canada temporarily to make sure the program is sustainable, but details about what measures the government is considering remain unclear.

OTTAWA — A Senate committee says anti-Muslim hate needs to be met with the creation of new criminal offences, more education and less bias in federal tax audits.

OTTAWA — Canada will pay an estimated $73.9 billion to buy, fly and maintain its new fleet of F-35 fighter jets, the parliamentary budget officer said Thursday.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador has become the third Canadian province to enact a law allowing those at risk of domestic violence to get information from police about their partner's history, officials announced Thursday.

MONTREAL — Quebec's power utility is planning to spend up to $185 billion over the next 12 years to increase capacity and reliability — and satisfy what it expects will be voracious demand for electricity from industry and electric cars.

Quebec's immigration minister says the number of asylum seekers entering the province is "abnormal." Christine Fréchette told reporters today that the federal government needs to do more to distribute would-be refugees across the country.

WASHINGTON — Business leaders are seizing on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's trip to Washington on Friday to urge him to delay a controversial tax aimed at foreign tech firms that cater to Canadian audiences.

OTTAWA — The public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada will "maximize the public disclosure" of the evidence it gathers without compromising national security, the judge heading it up said on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Three British Columbia men who allegedly tried to smuggle marijuana into the United States in hollowed-out logs almost 20 years ago are facing extradition again, and Canada's highest court will not intervene.