There is still much work to do, but the steps the federal government is taking to protect this iconic threatened species is encouraging.

There may be good reasons to revisit the Copyright Act after only five years, as was mandated when the act was passed into law in 2012. But I have to hope that nothing is allowed to dissuade Canadian educators from introducing Canadian authors to the next generation of Canadian creators.

It would be hypocritical not to apply the same principles of justice and fairness to First Nations women as was done for Omar Khadr.

We should pay more attention to our cities and what economists call functioning urban areas, agglomerations of economic strength that cross official municipal boundaries such as the Greater Toronto Area or the swath of high-tech activity in Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge.

By seizing untapped economic opportunities in all parts of the province, the B.C. government can power up Canada’s clean growth economy and lead the way to the country’s climate targets.

The government's national security bill is an important attempt to counter potential threats while maintaining public trust in Canada's spy agencies.

This is not typical of CSIS. Yes, CSIS, like other government employers, has some abysmally incompetent managers and employees who express unacceptable beliefs.

This being the case, Canada should make it clear, from day-one of the negotiations, that we won’t be pushed into a fast agreement just to give the Trump administration something to boast about before next year’s Congressional elections.

Rookie Conservative MP John Nater has written a paper on the Thursday Question, owns bound copies of Hansard, and is working on a PhD on government caucus meetings. ‘I completely accept it as nerdy,’ he says.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland also has a new press secretary, while Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has bade farewell to hers.

‘Of course people are getting tired. It’s only natural. But they’re willing to do it, and they know why they’re here,’ says NDP Whip Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet.

Modern death has become a wrenching political dilemma, one that grows more pressing as the population ages. A Good Death confronts our fears about dying, our struggle for meaning, and our dread of being trapped by voracious medical technology in a nightmare world that has abandoned caring in pursuit of curing, no matter the cost or the suffering to patients and their families. A Good Death asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do we want to die?