In all, about $143.2 million that was targeted to help repair hundreds of schools on reserve ended up being redirected by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
The Trudeau government has shaken up its cabinet committees and removed Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion from the environment, climate change and energy committee which he chaired.
A veteran NDP MP is accusing a Calgary-based energy giant of using hot dogs to curry favour with the Trudeau government, an accusation that the company, Enbridge Inc., rejected as "absurd."
Mary Simon, a diplomat, journalist and longtime Inuit leader, has been named a special representative to Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development Minister Carolyn Bennett.
The Liberal government faced criticism last month when a draft version of the terms of reference did not explicitly state the need to examine the role of police or their conduct.
Wednesday announcement will mark the end of the government’s role in shaping the design of the inquiry and the beginning of work for the commissioners.
Justin Trudeau attended a sunrise ritual on the shore of the Ottawa River wearing moccasins and a buckskin jacket that his office said was owned by his father.