Immigration minister, Marc Miller, has confirmed to Radio-Canada that the federal government will be turning to federal prisons to hold some foreign nationals for immigration purposes.

The Trudeau government wants to use federal prisons to detain migrants deemed "high-risk," according to a line buried in the federal budget tabled on Tuesday.

A more robust federal directive requiring departments to measure the privacy impact of new technologies will be ready this summer, says Treasury Board President Anita Anand.

Newfoundland and Labrador has informed the Canada Border Services Agency that it will no longerincarcerate people detained solely for immigration purposes in its provincial jails as of March 31, 2025, according to information obtained by Radio-Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador, led by Andrew Furey's Liberal government, is the only Canadian province with no plans to end the controversial practice of incarcerating migrants in its provincial jails.

Three federal institutions acknowledged not fulfilling a privacy directive when they appeared before the standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics on Tuesday.

Canada's privacy commissioner appeared Thursday before a parliamentary committee looking into the federal government's use of tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile phones, computers and tablets.