The increase came due to rises in tax revenue, employment-insurance premiums and other revenues.

“It shows the power of the big business lobby over the federal Liberals."

The government intends to move forward with an amendment to the Criminal Code to create an optional tool for prosecutors that's sometimes referred to as a "deferred prosecution agreement."

The government faced blowback last year over the cost of producing the cover of its budget document. This year, they went with the discount option.

Parliament's budget watchdog is calling on the Trudeau Liberals to deliver a detailed plan for how it plans to dole out billions in infrastructure dollars to avoid further delays in spending.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced questions about Kinder Morgan from American TV host Bill Nye "The Science Guy."

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef delivers details around the Liberal governments plans to introduce a Sharing Parental Leave program. It will allow families and extra five weeks of maternity leave for the second parent.

Labour leaders have been staging regular protests in Kingston over a system that pays federal employees too much, not enough — or sometimes not at all.

New figures in this week's federal budget suggest billions of dollars from the Liberal government's vaunted infrastructure program now won't be spent until after Canadians go to the polls next year.

The heads of three organizations allege Morneau presupposed the outcome of the study on national pharmacare by saying he supports an eventual strategy that would preserve existing drug-insurance systems in Canada, rather than tossing them all aside for a new national plan.