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Adam Olsen, Green MLA for Saanich North and the Islands, said the party’s private member’s bill is timely with bears bulking up before their winter hibernation — a critical period for pregnant sows, which give birth to their cubs in the safety of their dens. 

The NDP leader should make electoral reform a condition of the party’s participation in the supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals beyond a certain date, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Don’t cry for me, Alberta, I was leaving anyway.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos tabled new dental-care legislation in the House of Commons Tuesday to allow the government to send cheques to low- and middle-income families to help them pay for their kids' oral health services.

If Justin Trudeau wants to survive the next election, whenever it comes, he has to relentlessly tell his own story and forget about attacking Pierre Poilievre, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The federal government’s newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, economists say.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, September 13, 2022, will unveil the full details of a plan to try and take some of the sting out of inflation for Canadians feeling it the most.

Dissatisfaction with the Liberal government is increasing. But with enthusiasm for the Conservatives stalling, too, winning another election would be challenging but far from impossible, writes Bruce Anderson, chairman of Abacus Data.

A committee of Canadian MPs is seeking budget approval to make a trade trip to Taiwan this fall despite fears that the plan risks escalating tensions with China.

Climate activist Anjali Appadurai on Monday formally announced her bid to run against David Eby, B.C.'s former attorney general and housing minister, in a race to become the province's next premier.

Sources close to the government's proposed $5.3-billion dental-care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep their promise to the NDP while they work on a permanent answer.

With the cost of living rising at the fastest pace in decades, Canadians struggling to put food on the table are turning to community organizations for help.

The most glaring omission on the federal NDP's priority list is the absence of a declared position on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Running on a bold climate agenda, Anjali Appadurai came within a hair of being the member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville in the 2021 federal election. 

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is confident the federal government will be able to set up its proposed dental-care program by the end of the year.