The four NDP leadership candidates engaged in a friendly debate, mostly agreeing with each other on a variety of topics ranging from the environment, equality and free trade.

Canada's national police force and border watchdog say they have the resources they need — for now — to deal with the influx of people entering the country illegally in search of asylum.

For the moment it appears Canadian citizens or permanent residents will be treated as they always have been.

It's clear that conservatives at the February 2017 Manning Centre conference in Ottawa were thinking about the political ramifications of the seismic political shift in the U.S. in recent months.

Conservatives, now in Opposition, have stopped short of calling for a law, adopted while they were in government, to be enforced.

"We’re just not equipped with staff, security, space to manage to a protest against Mr. Trost," said Carol Cooley, the chief executive officer for Saskatoon’s libraries.

The goal for the Conservative Party of Canada's 97 MPs is simple: stay focused on the singular goal of holding the prime minister to account.

"We're so fortunate to live in Canada, but there's so much more work to do," he said.

Some were concerned that visas were going to those who could afford to pay the high fees or camp out for hours at the Mississauga, Ont., immigration office.

Andrew Saxton, who lost his North Vancouver, B.C. seat last fall, is the latest Tory testing the waters to see if he could raise the funds and get the signatures required to enter the race.