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The minority Liberal government has reached a deal with the New Democrats over legislation to support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, securing the backing needed to survive a confidence vote on the throne speech.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on Ottawa to provide the provinces with billions in funding for child care — a demand that could help determine whether the minority Liberal government survives.

Nearly half of Canadians would support an election being called if the federal watchdog finds Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act again over the WE charity affair, a new poll suggests.

"Perhaps I’m a wannabe anthropologist,” Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told reporters in French on Parliament Hill.

The non-partisan spirit that has allowed Parliament to swiftly pass emergency legislation during the COVID-19 pandemic seems likely to come to an abrupt end today, June 10, 2020.

How Parliament should function in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis remained unresolved on Monday, May 25, 2020, as the Conservatives dug in on their demand that the House of Commons resume normal operations with a reduced number of MPs in the chamber.

The House of Commons is poised to re-open today, April 20, 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to an impasse between the four main political parties.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused Thursday to express confidence in Canada's chief public health officer, arguing the need to question her decisions around the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the reasons Parliament must resume.

Parliament will be recalled on Saturday, April 11, 2020, to vote on the Trudeau government's $73-billion emergency wage subsidy program to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll through the COVID-19 crisis.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers are expected today, April 2, 2020, to amplify their message that Canadians have a duty to stay home, even as the massive cost of compensating them for doing so becomes clearer.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging the federal government to immediately begin accepting applications for emergency financial aid from Canadians struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.

The federal government has introduced legislation that would impose a blanket ban on causing a child to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Federal opposition parties are promising new information about the price of the Trans Mountain pipeline at a morning news conference in Ottawa.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for calm and constructive dialogue to ease tensions over a British Columbia pipeline project and the nationwide protests it's spawned.

The minority Liberals made another pitch on Sunday, January 26, 2020, for cross-partisan co-operation on a key priority for the government in the upcoming sitting of the House of Commons: passing the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade deal.