Ontario expanding pharmacist scope, looking to loosen regulations for other professions

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree admitted Thursday that his government’s first attempt at major reform of police and intelligence agencies’ warrantless search powers was imperfect.   But he told MPs on the Commons Public Safety committee that he was still committed to getting law enforcement new lawful powers to obtain or intercept information without a warrant that were first suggested in the Liberals’ spring “Strong Borders Act” bill C-2.   C-2 has come under heavy fire from privacy and civil rights advocates for proposing police and intelligence agencies be...