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Trudeau urges Canadians to keep others safe this Christmas: In The News for Dec. 24
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic outside his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang December 24, 2020 - 1:15 AM
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 24 .
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The way has been cleared for U.S. biotech firm Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine to start arriving in the country.
Whether the measures announced Thursday will satisfy human rights groups which have been urging the Liberal government to crack down hard on hateful conduct and prejudice in the ranks remains to be seen.
The department s new approach stands in contrast to the way DND handled another major social issue five years ago the large number of sexual misconduct and sexual assault cases within the military.
Former supreme court justice Marie Deschamps conducted a high-profile investigation and issued a scathing report that condemned the highly sexualized culture and abuse within the ranks. That led to an equally high-profile campaign, known as Operation Honour, which created a set of expectations and a series of bad headlines as the effort to root out misconduct proved more difficult than expected.