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

Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould and ex-Treasury Board president Jane Philpott "have never been in heavy politics," former deputy prime minister and ex-MP Sheila Copps told Global News on Tuesday.

Justin Trudeau's pledge to appoint an equal number of men and women to cabinet has proven controversial. But it's hardly a new idea.

Why Sheila Copps empathizes with two female NDP MPs reluctant to talk about their allegations of inappropriate conduct by two Liberal colleagues.

A former Canadian cabinet minister has been caught up in the political crisis in Cambodia following that country's hotly contested elections last month.