Laura Osman
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Liberal, NDP bill to cover diabetes and birth control medication passed by Senate
The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP become law on Thursday after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes.
Parliament stalls out as Conservatives accuse Liberals of corruption
The government has been unable to put any of its own business before the House of Commons for a full week, and the Conservatives on Thursday said that's the result of Liberal "corruption."
Confidence vote to be held on Liberal hike to capital gains tax for very wealthy
For the third time in seven days the House of Commons will vote on a confidence measure today, but this one comes from the government itself.
Liberals survive second non-confidence vote while Bloc makes new pension demand
Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has given the government until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion cost of his party's pension bill, or else he will begin talks with other opposition parties to bring down the government.
NDP will join hands with Bloc to defeat Conservatives' non-confidence motion
The planned votes from the Bloc and the New Democrats eliminate the possibility of a snap election, buying the Liberals more time to govern after a raucous start to the fall sitting of Parliament.
Conservatives plan to make a non-confidence motion next week, but won't get support from the Bloc
Now that the NDP has ended the supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals, the minority government needs to shore up support from opposition parties on a vote-by-vote basis.
Liberals lose a seat to the Bloc Québécois in byelection
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Québécois in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun.
MPs return to Ottawa for a contentious sitting
Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals.
Trudeau says he's psyched to take on Poilievre in Parliament
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that he "can't wait" to get back to Ottawa to get into it with Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons as he tried to make a case to his own MPs to put up a united front against the Conservatives.
Carney says he's interested in 'doing something, not being something'
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he'll advise the Liberal party to flip some of the challenges posed by an increasingly divided and dangerous world into an economic opportunity for Canada.