• S-8 (45-1) - Combatting Financial Crimes and Drug Trafficking Act

  Source: Parliament of Canada (LEGISinfo)
  Date: 2026-11-03 00:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Justice, Public Safety, Finance, Governance]

  Bill S-8, titled the Combatting Financial Crimes and Drug Trafficking Act, was introduced and read for the first time in the Senate on November 3, 2026, by Senator Pierre Moreau. Sponsored as a Senate Government Bill during the 45th Parliament, 1st Session, the legislation addresses measures related to the proceeds of crime, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, and the detection of non-mailable matter transmitted by post. The bill is currently at second reading in the Senate.

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• Financial intelligence agency slow to provide police with info to curb money laundering: AG

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-29 14:19:17.0
  Tags: [National, Finance, Public Safety, Justice, Governance]

  A federal auditor general report tabled in the House of Commons reveals that the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) takes an average of about four months to provide financial intelligence to law enforcement agencies. Half of the surveyed police and law enforcement respondents reported receiving FINTRAC intelligence too late to be useful for freezing assets, intercepting transactions, or apprehending suspects. The auditor general concluded that inadequate tools and processing delays hinder FINTRAC from effectively carrying out its mandate to detect and deter money laundering and terrorist financing.

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• RCMP union raises concerns Liberals' proposed financial crime agency will hurt Mounties

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-08 19:30:22.0
  Tags: [National, Public Safety, Justice, Labour, Finance]

  Rob Farrer, president of the National Police Federation representing approximately 20,000 RCMP members, testified before a parliamentary committee regarding Bill C-29, which proposes the establishment of a dedicated Financial Crimes Agency (FCA). Farrer expressed concern that the new agency—intended to tackle money laundering and online fraud by operating as a separate police organization with its own commissioner—will siphon off 150 experienced RCMP personnel and worsen existing recruitment, retention, and under-resourcing issues within the national police force. The union urged that any funding for the FCA should be entirely new rather than reallocated from the RCMP, and that assigned Mounties must be backed by qualified replacements with a clear transition plan to protect ongoing investigations and accountability structures.

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• Alberta government and lawyers explore expanding litigation under new auto insurance model

  Source: Alberta - Edmonton Journal (Legislature & Capital)
  Date: 2026-09-16 15:38:39.0
  Tags: [Alberta, Justice, Public Safety, Finance]

  The Alberta government's Treasury Board and Finance Ministry is in discussions with personal injury lawyers regarding the potential expansion of litigation rights under the new "care-first" auto insurance model scheduled to take effect in January 2027. Under the current proposed framework, court access is restricted to cases where at-fault drivers are convicted of Criminal Code offenses and select major infractions under Alberta's Traffic Safety Act, while the Alberta Auto Insurance Rate Board projects average savings of $297 per vehicle. Personal injury lawyer Mark McCourt and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, represented by vice president Aaron Sutherland, have raised competing concerns that expanding litigation could either further erode victim rights or substantially diminish driver savings and potentially cause rate increases.

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