Canada Post bosses and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers squared off in a downtown Ottawa hotel on Monday, the first day of hearings at the industrial inquiry commission convened by the labour minister.

Six of the seven Liberal leadership candidates who submitted their nomination papers have now been approved by the party to run in the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Jonathan Pedneault says he intends to return as co-leader of the Green Party of Canada. He says that the party has asked him to return to co-leadership with Elizabeth May after he stepped back from the role in July.

Liberal leadership contender Chrystia Freeland released Monday what she’s calling her “plan to stand up to Trump” — a policy document that includes the threat of big tariffs on U.S. goods to make the Americans pay if they go after the Canadian economy.

The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops is being marked on Monday at the site of the former death camp, a ceremony that is widely being treated as the last major observance that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.

Mark Carney has received public support from 52 Liberal MPs, compared to 26 for Chrystia Freeland — something she says is a sign he’s a ‘Liberal insider.’

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is ‘safe’ in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that Lavery went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government.

A former economic adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada should begin reviewing the North American free trade deal with the United States as soon as possible, while Trump denies he’s using tariff threats to force a renegotiation.