Less than two per cent of a $742-million fund allocated by the feds to prevent violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited peoples has been spent.
Earlier this week, Edmonton-Griesbach’s MP demanded answers from an oil and gas industry representative on whether companies intend to cough up an estimated $253 million owed to rural communities in Alberta.
The body in charge of administering Canada’s elections was taken by surprise by an announcement that there could be major reforms coming to the way people vote, including a three-day-long polling day.
Jagmeet Singh warned on Thursday, October 7, 2021, that he is willing to "withhold votes" for Liberal legislation he does not agree with, including the budget.
Singh announced he is appointing Bob Dewar, a veteran NDP political strategist, to lead a review into what succeeded and what went wrong with the NDP's election campaign.
Jagmeet Singh is to tell the first meeting of the NDP caucus that pursuing Indigenous rights — including access to clean drinking water — will be a key priority for the party in this Parliament.
As Canada marked its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday, two of Canada’s newly elected Indigenous MPs reflected on what the federal government — and all Canadians — can do to further reconciliation.
