Charlie Angus

Charlie Angus, a northern Ontario MP first elected in 2004, said his politics have always been rooted at the community level, and that he tries to speak truth to power in a clear way.

The Trudeau government is retreating from a key promise to be more up front with indigenous groups who are taking it to court.

In extreme cases, the memo says, desperate parents are giving up their children to child welfare agencies as the only way to ensure their kids get treatment for mental illnesses.

Charlie Angus, who has been pondering a run for the leadership of the federal New Democrats, said he was troubled by the silence of the justice minister.

The Trudeau government wants to release records on a controversial hydroelectric development project, worth billions of dollars, in 960 days.

In strongly worded written comments, Sen. Murray Sinclair said he cannot overstate the importance of immediately complying with legal orders from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow Liberals were in a self−congratulatory mood Wednesday as both sides of the House of Commons marked the first anniversary of the 2015 election.

In all, about $143.2 million that was targeted to help repair hundreds of schools on reserve ended up being redirected by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.

Tom Mulcair tried Wednesday to put an end to nagging questions about his leadership of the NDP, emerging from a caucus meeting to say he has unanimous support to stay on.

Two ministers in Justin Trudeau's cabinet have been criticized for excessive, frivolous spending practices, and his political opponents are calling for actions to curb unnecessary government spending.

Canada is poised to embrace the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples — even as the federal government remains under fire for the dire conditions facing the Attawapiskat First Nation.

A New Democrat MP says the Canada Revenue Agency twice mailed batches of private information — including names and social insurance numbers — to the wrong people in his riding.

Several youths expressed frustration to Carolyn Bennett over the lack of basic supports so desperately needed in the James Bay community.

Multiple suicide attempts in a remote northern Ontario First Nation last week have prompted the chief and council to declare a state of emergency