McGuinty said some countries are "doing away with national holidays" — a reference to Denmark's recent decision to abolish a long weekend holiday called "Great Prayer Day" in an attempt to bring in more tax revenue to cover its NATO defence spending target.
Pierre Poilievre is in the unfamiliar position of watching the House of Commons as it gets underway today, instead of participating in the debate as he did for more than 20 years.
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new French-language schools.
A group representing Canada's doctors is challenging the constitutionality of Alberta's legislation limiting access to medical treatment for transgender youth, arguing it violates their Charter right to freedom of conscience.
A judge in Minnesota has sentenced Steve Shand to 6 1/2 years for his role in a human smuggling operation that saw a family freeze to death in southern Manitoba near the Canada-U.S. border.
Edmonton public school trustees have voted to push Alberta's government to make legislative changes to allow undocumented kids to enrol in school.