Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says she is taking a sweeping look at the country's youth employment strategy to better target help to those who need it most.

Nearly half the Canadians who seek to have decisions denying them access to Canada Pension Plan disability benefits are successfully appealing the rulings.

After nearly four decades in the workforce, 64-year-old Louise Plouffe is looking ahead to retirement. But Tristan Plummer, 23, is looking for work.

The federal government says it has paid out more than $1 billion in extra employment insurance benefits to out-of-work Canadians in the hardest-hit regions of the country, surpassing budget estimates.

The Senate ethics officer says a Toronto-area senator broke the chamber's code of conduct to have a sexual relationship with a "vulnerable" teenager.

"At its heart, CETA is a framework for trade that works for everyone," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Canadian Press asks, is it really?

Internal government documents obtained by The Canadian Press show that the fund has doled out $170,000 in grants as of March 2015, while at the same time spending more than $2.4 million on costs.

With just days to go before the very first release of data from the 2016 census, there is an unusual calm outside Marc Hamel’s Statistics Canada office.

The federal Liberals plan to lift the veil of secrecy around so-called "cash-for-access" political fundraisers, but don't appear ready to outright ban the controversial practice.

Social Development Minister Jean−Yves Duclos said in this week his department will only collect the information if needed to receive a benefit or for legitimate purposes, such as policy development.