——COMMONS UP ALL NIGHT FOR TORY FILIBUSTERConservatives are forcing MPs to stay up all night voting continuously on more than 250 motions. ——EXPERT SPEAKS OUT AT HUMAN RIGHTS INQUIRYThe author of a study that sounded the alarm against keeping Nova Scotians with intellectual disabilities in a psychiatric ward says the residents were denied their human rights and good care practices. ——MAN CONVICTED IN DOG MAULING TO BE SENTENCEDA Quebec man whose dog mauled a young girl in 2015 will be sentenced today. ——ALSO IN THE NEWS TODAY:— Statistics Canada releases the retail trade figures for January and the consumer price index for February. — The Supreme Court of Canada renders a judgment in the appeal of Bruce Carson, a former aide and senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on charges of influence peddling.

Source: National Post March 23, 2018 08:15 UTC