Feds set Canada back 50 years on environment regulations:critics

But government says ‘responsible resource development is a cornerstone’ of the budget.

Feds to focus on economy, opposition parties hunker down on F-35s

The government will move on the budget implementation bill and on trade and copyright bills.

F-35 scandal ‘a key point’ in history of this government

And how the next chapter is written could be crucial to determining its long-term fate, says Tory pundit Tim Powers.

Week Ahead in Parliament

Status of Government Business

NDP MP Julian speaks for nearly 12 hours on budget motion, feds to bring in budget bill when House returns

The government’s budget motion, which lays out how it will spend $255-billion this year, gets a filibuster in the Commons.

Week Ahead in Parliament

Status of Government Business

Week Ahead in Parliament

Status of government business

Restraint budget invests in First Nations, but critics say it’s not enough

Critics say last week’s budget falls short of the necessary funds needed to seriously address education and health issues for Canada’s aboriginal peoples.

Feds roll out budget, Cabinet ministers to sell ‘austerity’ measures

They’re on: Cabinet ministers set to sell the ‘quintessential political document of every government.’

Opposition parties vow to continue fight against sweeping new omnibus crime law

Ainsley Muller of Express Pardons Canada says the feds’ crackdown on pardons on certain offences ‘doesn’t make any sense.’

Week Ahead in Parliament

Status of Government Business

MPs keep close eye on electoral boundary commissions process, don’t want gerrymandering

NDP House Leader Joe Comartin says party’s closely monitoring electoral redistribution process in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Conservatives’ controversial internet surveillance bill C-30 could be ‘a long time in purgatory’

Massive public backlash against Bill C-30 forces Tories to backtrack, but opposition MPs say police require it to modernize their fight against organized crime. They just want the bill amended.

Tories to send Bill C-30 to House Public Safety Committee

The government will send its controversial internet surveillance bill to a Commons committee that includes one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s most trusted troubleshooting MPs soon after Parliament reconvenes and MPs return Monday from this week’s recess.

Human rights lawyer warns feds’ internet surveillance bill could lead to massive internet sweep

Paul Champ says the government’s new counter-terrorism strategy means protesters and activists could be put under wider surveillance through the provisions of Bill C-30.

Toews says short-lived Vikileaks an attempt to 'anonymously degrade' him

But NDP MP Joe Comartin says the Conservatives are trying to portray Public Safety Minister Vic Toews as a victim to deflect attention away from Bill C-30.