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The leaders of Canada's five main political parties were invited on Monday, August 12, 2019, to take part in this October's televised federal election debates, but the newly formed People's Party of Canada has been left out in the cold.

A proposed leaders' debate on foreign policy already has one confirmed participant, with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer quickly accepting an invitation to participate in the Munk Debates event scheduled for Oct. 1.

Canadian political junkies will be able to access this fall's federal election debates with unprecedented ease thanks in large part to strong media partnerships, the commission responsible for organizing the events said Wednesday as it lifted the veil on plans for the televised campaign confrontations.

Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan faced calls on Wednesday, July 18, 2019, from the federal NDP to visit the northern Ontario community of Attawapiskat First Nation so he can see the impacts of a state of emergency first-hand.

Newly released figures show the Alberta government ended the last fiscal year with a deficit more than $2 billion smaller than originally predicted in the budget.

Seventy-five years ago, on June 15, Tommy Douglas was elected the premier of Saskatchewan, where he led a movement that gave us medicare and, ever since, being Canadian means doctor visits, hospital care — without having to worry about how to pay for it..." federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said. "We can take it further."

The federal NDP says it will fast-track a universal drug plan to ensure a late 2020 start date if elected this fall as part of an expansion of Canada's health-care system.

Four young Canadians are tracking the commitments of federal political parties on the climate crisis as campaigns rev up for the fall election.

The NDP is proposing a package of measures to combat climate change, ranging from subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles to easier access to employment insurance for workers in industries threatened by the move away from fossil fuels.

The new Alberta government of Jason Kenney introduced its first piece on legislation on Wednesday, to scrap the province’s carbon tax, raising the stakes in its fight with the federal Liberal government over climate action.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government heads to the legislature this week to make noise with an ambitious legislative agenda while trying to keep a hush on daily affairs.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh launched the party's climate change policy rollout on Thursday with a housing retrofit plan he says would both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create "tens of thousands of good local jobs all across the country."

New Democratic Party MPs urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to "show that his promises to Indigenous people aren’t empty" by addressing mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows.

The NDP is promising to bring in a universal and comprehensive national pharmacare program targeted to begin in 2020 if the party wins the next federal election.

Premier Rachel Notley says her childhood in the semi-isolated town of Fairview in northern Alberta taught her to adapt and improvise — even if means sticking your spouse on the hood of the car.