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U.K. competition watchdog probing use of ‘dynamic pricing’ in Oasis ticket debacle

Britain’s competition watchdog on Thursday launched an investigation into Ticketmaster over the sale of Oasis tickets, including the use of…

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Politics

Veterans’ families need legislated access to mental health services, watchdog says

More than three years have passed since Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) agreed to ease up restrictions on access to mental health…

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Politics

CRA watchdog looking into rollout of ‘bare trust’ reporting requirement

Canada’s taxpayer ombudsperson announced Wednesday that he’s looking into whether the Canada Revenue Agency’s rollout of a new “bare trust”…

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Politics

Poilievre promises to scrap Online Harms Act after budget watchdog projects $200M cost

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap the Liberals’ Online Harms Act should it become law. He announced the…

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Politics

Spy watchdog raps RCMP over application of protocol to avoid complicity in torture

A federal spy watchdog says a senior RCMP official wrongly considered the importance of a strategic relationship with a foreign…

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Politics

Trudeau’s government slow response to foreign interference ‘a serious failure’: intelligence watchdog

The Liberal government has known since 2018 that it needed to take foreign interference more seriously but failed to recognize…

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Canada

Intelligence watchdog calls out panel for failing to sound alarm on election interference

One of the core policies the Liberals introduced to protect Canada’s elections has been criticized again for failing to alert Canadians…

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Sports

As Paris Olympics approach, concerns continue after doping watchdog cleared Chinese swimmers in 2021

The Current19:26Doping concerns ahead of the Paris Olympics A recent investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) clearance of 23…

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Politics

Watchdog groups call on House of Commons to close spending loophole

Two advocacy groups are calling on the House of Commons to close a loophole that has allowed members of Parliament…

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Politics

Watchdog finds Mounties failed to properly investigate Indigenous woman’s death — twice

More than two decades after her body was found at the side of a road, the RCMP has agreed to apologize…

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