November 13, 2018
The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, will introduce new legislation to protect victims whose intimate images are shared without consent. An Act Respecting the Protection of Intimate Images provides an additional legal option…
November 9, 2018
The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, will provide details on an Act Respecting the Protection of Intimate Images on Tuesday, November 13 at 11:30 a.m. in the Media Centre, Ground Floor, East Block,…
November 7, 2018
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General: Mr. Speaker, members of our law enforcement services and first responders in this province regularly…
October 31, 2018
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General: Mr. Speaker, on June 22 of this year, this province welcomed its first female Chief…
October 24, 2018
The following statement was given today in the House of Assembly by the Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety: Mr. Speaker, this government is making it easier for Indigenous students from this province to have a career…
October 19, 2018
The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety, will bring greetings at the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary’s Police Studies Program 2018 Graduation Dining-in Ceremony in St. John’s tonight (Friday, October 19) at the Holiday Inn, 180 Portugal Cove Road….
October 17, 2018
The following is being distributed at the request of the Human Rights Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Human Rights Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador would like to advise the public that nominations will close on October 31for the annual…
October 17, 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador today, became the first jurisdiction in Canada where non-medical cannabis is legal for recreational use. The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney General, and the Honourable Tom Osborne, Minister of Finance and…
October 2, 2018
Under section 13.5 of the Fatalities Investigations Act, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety is required, within 60 days after receiving a report from the Child Death Review Committee (CDRC), to make public those recommendations relating to: Relevant protocols,…
October 1, 2018
Today the Minister’s Steering Committee on Violence Against Women and Girls released a progress report on its work over the last year. The report highlights the collective effort to prevent and address violence against women and girls while identifying next…
