Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

But some divisions are now emerging within the Liberal caucus and some MPs are calling for a shift in tone and direction from the government.

The federal NDP is pushing the Liberal government to make permanent the emergency COVID-19 benefits it put in place early in the pandemic, arguing in a non-binding motion on a guaranteed livable income that such an effort would help eradicate poverty.

More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a "genocidal campaign" by the state against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.

Leaked reports about a dispute between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould over a Supreme Court appointment drew condemnation from bar associations and MPs of all parties on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, as the controversy surrounding the SNC-Lavalin affair raged on.

Facebook won’t be able to catch all bad actors influencing the 2019 Canadian election on its platform, and can’t guarantee there won’t be cheating on its website during the campaign, a senior company representative admitted Tuesday.

MPs spent their first day back in Parliament after Thanksgiving break debating the perils of climate change.

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, the House of Commons ethics committee vice-chair, made the comments after a senior executive of the firm, AggregateIQ, told MPs Tuesday that “it looks as though” the firm’s political relationship tool had been fed personality profiles that were developed from data that was originally vacuumed up from Facebook using a quiz app.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is being pushed by backbenchers and grassroots Liberals to take a more progressive stance on issues such as pharmacare, prostitution and illegal drugs.

A Liberal-dominated committee is sending the government's Access to Information bill back to the House of Commons with few changes, despite the deep concerns of transparency advocates and opposition MPs.