federal politics

Canadians returning from non-essential trips will no longer be able to claim the $1,000 quarantine benefit, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This comes as several provincial and federal politicians — including two members of the federal Liberal caucus — are under fire for vacationing overseas during the holidays.

The charity announced last week that it will shut down its Canadian operations. Many questions remain about what the charity’s finances were like in the months leading up to the controversy and what winding down entails, charity experts say.

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.

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.

O'Toole's early days on the job were fairly routine, but his first week ended with controversy over a tweet from a Conservative MP and his answer to a question about systemic racism.

The minority government public service will need to be nimble as "demands and pressure are heightened by instability, partisanship," Sen. Tony Dean says.

Zuhair Alshaer spends most of his day editing articles and organizing interviews with politicians for his Ottawa-based Arab Canada newspaper, to introduce Arabic-speaking new Canadians to federal politics.

The Green Party tweeted out the incorrect information Wednesday but corrected it after an inquiry from National Observer.

Five of the six claims director of communications Cameron Ahmad made about the former prime minister on Twitter were at least partially incorrect.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added nine new names to the ranks of the Liberal government’s parliamentary secretaries.

Online favourite Nellie McClung, "Anne of Green Gables" author Lucy Maud Montgomery; B.C. artist Emily Carr; and Manitoba author Gabrielle Roy are not among them

The Ontario MP and former cabinet minister has fallen short of financial and other goals he set when he launched his campaign.

The 48−year−old star lieutenant to former prime minister Stephen Harper, was one of the highest profile and most media−accessible ministers during a decade of Conservative rule.

House leader Dominic LeBlanc has sent letters to 33 people who received plum jobs in federal agencies or Crown corporations under Harper asking them to voluntarily resign.

Cut was a key campaign commitment by the Liberals. It is expected to be offset in part by an increase in income tax on the country's highest earners.