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Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett takes her seat as she wait to appear before the Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee in Ottawa, March 10, 2020. Federal officials are facing calls for greater clarity on how a proposed new law to harmonize Canada’s laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People could affect future development projects and government decisions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feds pressed to define ‘free, prior and informed consent’ in UNDRIP bill

UNDRIP bill mandates government adopt more inclusive approach

 

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Canadian Medical Association hopes federal budget will address primary care needs

Hoping for $1.2 billion over four years to create more primary care teams for Canadians

 

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the Liberals are setting aside $250 million over five years in a dedicated fund for rural transit. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Dedicated rural transit money to help fund ‘innovative’ services, McKenna says

Funding will be announced Monday as part of $15 billion in planned transit spending over eight years

 

Roof repairs get underway at Golden Circle Resource Centre, funded by the federal government and the City of Red Deer. (File photo by Advocate staff)

Red Deer gets COVID-19 Resilience Infrastructure funding

$13.2 million in federal funding

Roof repairs get underway at Golden Circle Resource Centre, funded by the federal government and the City of Red Deer. (File photo by Advocate staff)
Marc Kielburger, screen left, and Craig Kielburger, screen right, appear as witnesses via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building in Ottawa on July 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Kielburger brothers decline request to testify before ‘partisan’ Commons committee

Brothers have already testified at the Commons finance committee

Marc Kielburger, screen left, and Craig Kielburger, screen right, appear as witnesses via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building in Ottawa on July 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. More than 100 survivors of sexual exploitation along with hundreds of non-governmental organizations are urging Ottawa to pursue a “full criminal investigation” into Pornhub’s parent company. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Survivors, NGOs call for criminal investigation into porn giant MindGeek

MindGeek executives deny any wrongdoing

The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. More than 100 survivors of sexual exploitation along with hundreds of non-governmental organizations are urging Ottawa to pursue a “full criminal investigation” into Pornhub’s parent company. THE CANADIAN PRESS
A woman checks out a jobs sign board during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Labour groups ask Liberals to extend pandemic benefits as workers set to max out aid

OTTAWA — Labour groups are asking the federal government to provide workers…

A woman checks out a jobs sign board during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A WestJet employee assists a person checking in for a domestic flight at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on January 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Ottawa lays out criteria for quarantine hotels as it inches toward new travel rule

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has listed its criteria…

A WestJet employee assists a person checking in for a domestic flight at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on January 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as lawmakers return to the House of Commons following the winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Provinces sitting on millions in unspent federal pandemic spending, report says

Many provinces have bucked cost-matching requests

The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as lawmakers return to the House of Commons following the winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday March 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

PBO says reformed fiscal stabilization program to cost Ottawa $4.5 billion

Cash transfers to provinces

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Commons finance committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday March 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Afghan women attend an election campaign by Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. An internal review of the nearly $1 billion in foreign aid that Canada quietly spent in Afghanistan in the six years after the Canadian military pulled out has found some successes but also many failures, especially when it comes to helping women and girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rafiq Maqbool

Review finds successes, failures in Liberals’ feminist aid approach in Afghanistan

$966 million in Canadian foreign aid spent since 2014

Afghan women attend an election campaign by Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. An internal review of the nearly $1 billion in foreign aid that Canada quietly spent in Afghanistan in the six years after the Canadian military pulled out has found some successes but also many failures, especially when it comes to helping women and girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Rafiq Maqbool
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands in front of his cabinet as he speaks to media during the final day of the Liberal cabinet retreat at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma

Trudeau to shuffle cabinet before hosting ministerial retreat

Navdeep Bains does not intend to run in the next election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands in front of his cabinet as he speaks to media during the final day of the Liberal cabinet retreat at the Fairmont Hotel in Winnipeg, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Sudoma
Making workplaces healthier, safer and fairer will provide Canadians with a real chance to succeed says Minister of Labour Filomena Tassi. (File photo by The Canadian Press)

Canada Labour Code sees changes

Improvements to safety, equality and workers’ rights

Making workplaces healthier, safer and fairer will provide Canadians with a real chance to succeed says Minister of Labour Filomena Tassi. (File photo by The Canadian Press)
A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C. on May 1, 2020. The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The Liberals outlawed a wide range of firearms in early May, saying the guns were designed for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. The ban covers some 1,500 models and variants of what the government considers assault-style firearms, meaning they can no longer be legally used, sold or imported. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Feds enlist IBM to help design gun buyback program

Program proposed to allow owners to receive compensation for turning in designated firearms

A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C. on May 1, 2020. The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The Liberals outlawed a wide range of firearms in early May, saying the guns were designed for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. The ban covers some 1,500 models and variants of what the government considers assault-style firearms, meaning they can no longer be legally used, sold or imported. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen takes part in an update on the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. The federal minister in charge of the government’s push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals’ design for a national system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

National daycare system will need funding to lower fees, expand spaces, Hussen says

High demand for daycare spots to increase after the pandemic

Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen takes part in an update on the COVID-19 pandemic during a press conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. The federal minister in charge of the government’s push on child care says bringing down fees parents pay is a key ingredient in the Liberals’ design for a national system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Clouds obscure the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, October 21, 2020. The federal privacy watchdog is pressing for changes to security screening procedures for public servants, saying the government has “not demonstrated the need” for several intrusive measures, from credit record checks to polygraph examinations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feds have not ‘demonstrated need’ for security-screening measures: privacy watchdog

Several intrusive measures proposed

Clouds obscure the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, October 21, 2020. The federal privacy watchdog is pressing for changes to security screening procedures for public servants, saying the government has “not demonstrated the need” for several intrusive measures, from credit record checks to polygraph examinations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don’t want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won’t get federal funding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

As vulnerable youth face CERB clawbacks, Trudeau says Liberals looking over options

Government will have more to say in coming months

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don’t want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won’t get federal funding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland is seen during a news conference in Ottawa on October 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Senators set to question Freeland on bill to provide new rent relief, business aid

Bill C-9 extends federal wage subsidy until next summer

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland is seen during a news conference in Ottawa on October 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate, in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Federal cabinet ministers are welcoming Joe Biden election as the next U.S. president as an opportunity to advance the fight against climate change. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik

Ottawa welcomes president-elect Joe Biden as ally in climate fight

Trudeau government’s enthusiasm for Biden’s climate-change policies are well-founded

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate, in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Federal cabinet ministers are welcoming Joe Biden election as the next U.S. president as an opportunity to advance the fight against climate change. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Harnik
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to a press conference during the COVID pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. More federal financial support is on its way to help Indigenous people and communities cope with the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Feds to unveil more pandemic support for Indigenous communities

Another $650 million to help Indigenous communities

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to a press conference during the COVID pandemic in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. More federal financial support is on its way to help Indigenous people and communities cope with the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick