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Nearly three years ago, the national assembly paved the way for a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against large tobacco firms.

According to CBC News, a Superior Court judge in Ontario gave Quebec the thumbs up last week to commence an anti-tobacco suit.

The suit is estimated to be around $50 billion.

Common-law couples in Quebec may be granted spousal benefits.

According to the CBC, the Supreme Court of Canada is reviewing a landmark case that could alter alimony and property rights for Quebec’s unmarried couples. 

Government lawyers argue that the province should allow common-law couples to settle their own affairs.

A retired Montreal police officer is being accused of leaking names of informants to the mafia. 

According to CBC, police found out about the leak through a wiretap investigation in April 2011, and the officer was arrested in October 2011.

Radio-Canada says that the officer tried to sell the information to the mafia for a six-figure sum.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that the U.S. government has rejected TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline.

According to CBC, the Department said in a statement that they are willing to accept an application with a different route.TransCanada has said that they will apply with a new route based on the research they have compiled these past three years. 

The city of Montreal announced on Tuesday the creation of a new committee against racial profiling.

According to CTV Montreal, its purpose will be to fight and curb racial profiling in the city’s public institutions.

The Montreal Public Transit Corporation and the Montreal Police will be two main partners of this committee. Police chief Marc Parent said officers found using racial profiling could face consequences as serious as dismissal.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay admitted in a statement that social and racial profiling was a major issue in the city’s administration.

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The first person charged under the post 9/11 Security of Information Act is a member of the Canadian armed forces.

According to the Montreal Gazette navy lieutenant Jeffrey Paul Delisle was charged Monday for communicating classified information to a foreign entity.  CTV News reported that the foreign entity may have been Russia.

The alleged crime supposedly took place over a period of four years.  Delisle was charged with three counts under the anti-terrorism law and could face a life in prison.