Morning Update: Parliamentarians say Canada never informed them of targeting by Beijing-linked hackers

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Morning Update: Parliamentarians say Canada never informed them of targeting by Beijing-linked hackers
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Many Canadian MPs and senators who belong to an international parliamentary alliance critical of the Chinese government were targeted by hackers linked to Beijing, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says.of this People’s Republic of China cyberattack despite the fact the FBI passed on this information to foreign capitals in 2022.

The new policy builds on a 2019 ban on cellphones in classrooms that school boards were inconsistent on implementing, according to confidential documents obtained by The Globe and Mail. Groups representing educators and school boards said the new rules could be just as difficult to enforce. B.C. Premier David Eby announced Friday that his government has asked Health Canada to amend an exemption to federal drug law so that police can once again arrest people for using small amounts of illicit substances in public spaces, including in hospitals and restaurants, after a public and political outcry that blamed the decriminalization pilot project for a growing sense of disorder in B.C. communities.

In early trading, Europe’s STOXX 600 index was up 0.39 per cent. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.45 per cent, Germany’s DAX was 0.16 per cent higher and France’s CAC 40 advanced 0.27 per cent.

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