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After nearly 20 years in federal politics, Mark Holland says 'it's time to go home,' announcing he will not run in the upcoming election.

Liberals appear to be more than 10 seats shy of a majority, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will keep his job.

Alberta will have a seat in the federal cabinet for the first time in two years. And the just-elected MP for London West, a bilingual Black woman, should merit a cabinet seat.

More than $52.7 million will go towards projects in Lethbridge, Standoff, Medicine Hat and Calgary.

The promises are the latest to be rolled out from the Conservative election platform which was released on the first full day of the of 2021 federal election campaign.

Bill C-233, which sought to ban doctors from performing an abortion based on the sex of a fetus, was defeated in a 248-82 vote Wednesday afternoon.

'Only a comprehensive, open and fully transparent process will be able to address the complexities of this massacre,' the letter reads.

Planning is now underway to get Canadian children back into classrooms in the fall and many provinces are eyeing Vancouver's hybrid model: part-time in school and part-time at home with online learning.

The federal budget is proposing $491.2 million over six years to VIA Rail for infrastructure investments to support its high-frequency rail project from Toronto to Quebec City.

We chart the closest races from 2019 and use those results to get a sense of which ridings will be targeted by which parties if we have a federal election this year.

We've put together some of the top contenders for important cabinet posts. Let us know who you think should get the job.

Some rookie Liberal MPs and cabinet hopefuls have very interesting histories.

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef is vowing to reduce the impact of money on federal politics amid new evidence that advocacy groups are becoming much more active in trying to influence the outcome of elections.

The federal government has tapped eminent Canadians from academe, the civil service, medicine, law, arts and sports to advise Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Senate appointments.

Global News has learned the Conservative-dominated standing committee on Internal Economy Budgets and Administration changed the Senate administrative rules in January giving both the current Tories and Senate Liberals bigger operating budgets.

Are the Liberals indeed planning to make it "virtually impossible" to remove them from power with their electoral reform plans?

Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef says any change to the way Canadians vote in federal elections must have broad support nationwide, but she remains unconvinced that holding a referendum is the best way to get it.

The Justin Trudeau era begins in earnest Friday with all the pomp of a traditional speech from the throne. But thereafter, the Liberal government is aiming to break from tradition, promising to transform the way Parliament operates.

A new program will have ambassadors patrolling the downtown area to assist visitors and keep the streets safe.

The 2017 budget committed to a federal strategy on gender-based violence.