Trudeau is ringing in the new year with a determined effort to re-establish his connection with the grassroots after closing out 2016 amid accusations of kowtowing to wealthy donors at fundraisers.

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.

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark’s assertion is partly accurate but important details are missing, writes Joan Bryden of The Canadian Press.

Trudeau shrugged off the fact that the fundraising events he's attended are not open to the public.

Canada's privacy watchdog intends to look into the Trudeau government's new online survey on electoral reform after concerns have been raised about invasion of privacy.

Report recommends that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau abandons his promise to change the system before the next election.

New changes don't include replacing Canada's first-past-the-post voting system, raising suspicions that the Trudeau government intends to keep it unchanged.

But does that mean the decades-old dream of a pan-Canadian power grid is finally about to become a reality? Not likely.

A leaked draft of a federal survey on electoral reform has raised suspicions that the Trudeau government is trying to skew the public consultation process to favour the status quo.

Ontario MP Adam Vaughan acknowledges there are some risks involved, he maintains they're far outweighed by the cost of doing nothing.