The federal Liberals are banking on the creation of a new, arm's-length lending machine that could leverage billions in public money and turn it into new highways, bridges and transit projects.
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.
Mauril Bélanger, a Liberal MP and lifelong advocate for francophone rights in English Canada, has died after a very public battle with an incurable neurodegenerative disease.
The NDP executive is recommending a new leader be chosen sometime between Oct. 1 and Oct. 31 of next year, with rounds of voting through a preferential, ranked ballot system.