As rookie and returning MPs get ready for a new Parliament, federal Green Party member Ralph Martin expresses optimism despite his party's disappointing election results.

Elections Canada confirmed that incumbent Brenda Shanahan will be returning to Parliament after the recount declared her the winner in Châteauguay-Lacolle over her Bloc Québécois rival by just 12 votes.

Eco-anxiety is on the rise and may be worse yet for teenagers and children. How will our mental health system, woefully underfunded as it is, be equipped to support those with worsening eco-anxiety in the coming years? asks Halena Seiferling.

Studies tell us we can cool the planet through a very Canadian activity: planting trees, writes Rob Keen.

Some re-elected Conservative members of Parliament — along with a former leadership contender — are lining up to say others should get united behind leader Erin O'Toole, as questions swirl about whether his election performance warrants him staying in the job.

Justin Trudeau's Liberals have picked up one more seat in Quebec, pushing them slightly ahead of the Bloc Quebecois in the province.

The uptick in political ads after the first leaders' debate was evident on Facebook, a venue Canada’s National Observer has been mining for trends by grouping the advertisements by topics, age groups, gender and the regions being targeted. 

Coming out of a federal election, those of us in media must be measured and judicious in editorial decisions about how to direct our limited resources to fairly report on matters of concern to all Canadians, writes columnist Sandy Garossino.

Younger voters only favoured the Liberals over the Conservatives by a small margin just ahead of this week’s federal election, Abacus polling data shows.

The Green Party faces a self-reckoning after a federal election that dashed hopes of growth following a year marred by internal strife, say Green officials past and present.

It took a couple of extra days to complete the counting, but Jenica Atwin has been re-elected in the riding of Fredericton — this time for the Liberals — by a slim margin of just over 500 votes.

A clutch of close-run ridings, including a nail-biting photo finish in Vancouver Granville, are still waiting for mail ballots to be counted to determine the final result.

Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change.

This was the second straight campaign where Jagmeet Singh rated as the most popular leader in Canada, only to wind up leading his party to a fourth-place finish, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must now work with other parties, writes political organizer Sonia Théroux. After all, in no other workplace would you expect to only work with people in your chosen circle.