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The Liberals have promised to quickly reintroduce legislation aimed at reforming the Broadcasting Act

'Priority number one remains getting the pandemic under control,' says Governor General

Governor General Mary Simon delivered the speech from the throne Tuesday, officially opening the 44th Parliament. It touched on the Liberals plans to fight climate change, advance Indigenous reconciliation, and bolster a post-pandemic economy, among other priorities.

The House of Commons will reconvene today after a hiatus of nearly five months — a period punctuated by an election campaign that returned a seat map that looks very much like the one from the last session of Parliament.

The opening days of the 44th Canadian Parliament this week will be steeped in age-old British traditions that might seem a little strange.

Returning to the job as Canadas minister of heritage, Pablo Rodriguez is already facing questions about how he is going to stickhandle proposed sweeping new legislative and regulatory changes aimed at tamping down hate speech online, with the clock ticking on a self-imposed deadline and a barrage of stakeholders calling for the government to go back to the drawing board.

Radio-Canada spoke to several Liberal MPs, on the record and on background, who said they are eager to make their voices heard on issues at an official gathering, the first since the September election.

While current leadership has worked to rectify changes from the previous administration, the boundaries of the firewall “are not specifically laid out i...

Barbara Slater, the BBCs sporting director, has told MPs that there was more sport on the BBC during the 17 days of the Tokyo Olympics than any human could possibly watch despite reduced hours.

OTTAWA — The fallout from a Facebook whistleblower's explosive revelations this month continues to descend on Canada as politicians and experts grapple with how to regulate Big Tech amid renewed questions on the harm it can wreak.