Anne McLellan, former deputy prime minister has withdrawn as a commissioner into the shooting spree in April that left 22 people dead. 

The inquiry will be equipped with the ability to summon witnesses or require them to provide evidence as well as the power to subpoena documents. 

The deputy prime minister's role is not the Canadian equivalent of a U.S. vice-president.

Anne McLellan and Isabelle Hudon will advise the prime minister as he forms a minority government.

Anne McLellan was enlisted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to examine the possibility of splitting the two roles in the federal cabinet in light of concerns raised by former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould as part of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

The prime minister won't make it public until federal ethics commissioner Mario Dion releases his own report into the explosive affair.

The announcement that Anne McLellan will look into the SNC-Lavalin affair prompted loud jeers and boos from the opposition benches.

Today's announcement about legalizing recreational pot left some questions still unanswered. How will legal pot be sold? Will we be allowed to smoke in public? What about age limits?

From home grow rules to minimum ages, lawmakers have lots of decisions to make about the details of legalizing marijuana.

If the marijuana commission's report becomes law, Canadians will be allowed to grow up to four plants per adult, none of them enormous.