Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Liberals will conduct a "proper review" of the decades-old Access to Information Act with the aim of figuring out "what is actually going to work," says Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau says he wants a system that makes Canada's democracy stronger.

Previous Conservative government had cut off access to prescription drugs, dental care, vision and additional services such as mental-health providers for certain refugee claimants or refugees.

PM Justin Trudeau's warm welcome to Syrians stepping off a plane in Toronto is the polar opposite of the anti-refugee hysteria being whipped up by Republicans south of the border.

Prime Minister personally welcomes refugees arriving at Toronto's Pearson Airport after landing on the first government flight from the Middle East.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair demanded to know whether Trudeau's new Liberal government would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.

Liberal government will lift a long-standing two per cent cap on federal funding for First Nations communities, promises PM.

Cut was a key campaign commitment by the Liberals. It is expected to be offset in part by an increase in income tax on the country's highest earners.

Speech reiterated Trudeau's pledge to cut the tax rate for middle-income earners and provide a more generous child benefit - paid for by tax hikes on the wealthiest one per cent.

Government is creating an arm's-length advisory board to recommend to the prime minister a shortlist of five merit-based nominees to fill each Senate vacancy.

At least four candidates are vying for speaker role — Liberals Denis Paradis, Yasmin Ratansi and Geoff Regan, and Conservative Bruce Stanton.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to create the advisory body two years ago, when he kicked all Liberal senators out of his party's caucus.

Insiders say the speech, to be read by Gov. Gen. David Johnston on Friday, will be little more than a list of the new Liberal government's immediate priorities.

Law barring Canadian citizens who have lived abroad for more than five years from casting ballots has been on the books since 1993, but it was only under Stephen Harper that it was strictly enforced.

A 90-day countdown is underway before Trudeau meets again with Canada's premiers to hammer out a climate-change framework after Paris.