Amid internal division and sagging polls, Green Party MP elected on opposition to Trudeau’s fossil fuel subsidies and new pipelines joins Liberals.
Lobbying commissioner clears Rob Silver, who is husband of PM's chief of staff
Lobbyist Rob Silver, husband of the prime minister's chief of staff, has been cleared of wrongdoing by the lobbying commissioner, who says Silver's lobbying of public office holders for a mortgage company did not take the time required to be considered lobbying.
NDP motion to see Commons recognize residential schools as genocide fails
A motion from Winnipeg NDP MP Leah Gazan that would have officially recognized residential schools as part of an attempted to commit genocide against Indigenous people was yesterday shut down by Liberals and Conservatives.
Auditor scolds Alberta over mine cleanup fund, how province handles polluted sites
Kenney government failing to protect Albertans from cost and environmental effects of unmanaged coal mine clean-up.
Ford using notwithstanding to “crush voices” of those who oppose him, says Horwath
Ford plan to override courts and Charter an effort to "crush voices" of those hurt by his decisions and cuts in year before election, says opposition NDP leader Andrea Horwath. A poll released yesterday showed her NDP in a close race with Ford's governing PCs.
B.C. approves First Nations' request to defer old-growth logging for two years
BC Premier John Horgan says a commitment to UNDRIP means his government will respect the call of Three First Nations in southern Vancouver Island to stop old-growth logging on their traditional territories until a forest management plan is developed.
NDP to support net-zero emissions bill before Commons break, possible election
Though NDP environment critic Laurel Collins says the Liberals' net-zero emissions bill still isn't as good as it could be, the NDP will help pass the legislation through the Commons before its summer break and a possible fall election that would kill it.
NDP calls on House of Commons to recognize residential schools as genocide
Saying there is no reconciliation without truth, NDP MP Leah Gazan will tomorrow table a Commons motion to officially recognize residential schools as part of a plan to deliberately and systemically destroy the culture of Indigenous people.
'You didn't get the best of me': Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate
Residential school survivor Clarence Wolfleg: "The most happiest moment I had was when I left there and ... I wasn't going back. I looked back and said, 'Well, you didn't get the best of me. I'm still alive. My spirit is still with me."'
"I just had to try to help," says nurse who tried to save victims of London attack
An off-duty London, Ontario nurse at scene before first responders arrived recounts the chaos, screaming and crying as she checked the victims of Sunday's attack for a pulse -- but could not find one.