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Under new Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, environment critic and B.C. MP Dan Albas has his work cut out for him. His task: writing a climate plan popular enough to win votes, but ambitious enough to hit Canada’s climate targets.

Mona Nemer’s three-year term is coming to a close on Sept. 24, 2020, and the government is staying quiet as to what will happen to her office after her term expires.

Minister of Health Patty Hajdu said extra patient charges would “undermine equity” in our medical system.

Speaking to reporters in Sudbury, Ont., Friday, Trudeau didn’t answer when asked if he’d take any responsibility for WE Charity’s decision to wind down its Canadian operations.

Canada has been locked into an arms contract with Saudi Arabia since 2014, providing them military equipment used in the brutal Yemen war.

The application process for the government’s National Housing Strategy funds can take up to a year or longer.

Eight candidates in the race to succeed Elizabeth May will spar tonight over foreign policy issues like Middle East politics, the climate crisis, Canada’s relationship with the United States and tensions with China.

The former finance minister, who resigned last month amid the WE scandal, used government funds for events where he promoted Liberal candidates, said Election Commissioner Yves Côté.

John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, introduced residential schools and a suite of other racist policies that killed Indigenous people. Louis Riel is a Métis leader and founder of Manitoba who Macdonald's government executed. Both "were Canadians who made good and bad choices," O'Toole said.

Underwater noise along the Trans Mountain shipping route has a detrimental impact on already endangered marine animals.

Although Canada isn’t out of the woods with COVID-19, the country needs the building blocks for its economic recovery, the prime minister said.

Erin O’Toole unveiled his shadow cabinet Tuesday, insisting his new government will “defeat Justin Trudeau’s corrupt Liberal government in the next election.”

The proposed lawsuit was filed on behalf of millions of Canadians by law firms from British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario. In a release, the firms said they are seeking compensation for the invasion of privacy, trespass, and consumer protection violations with the intention of getting Google to stop these alleged invasive practices.

Jenny Kwan, who represents the riding of Vancouver East, said she had started to notice that the housing situation in the city was not improving despite her Liberal counterparts saying the program was proceeding well during parliamentary sessions.

The provincial government holds the extension as a key to economic recovery and sustainability