A report from the Commons environment committee has government MPs calling for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to be "modernized" and the opposition dismissing the committee's work as a fiction.

Politicians from across the North have banded together to slam the federal government's new Nutrition North Canada program, saying it is leading to rising food prices in many remote communities.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay is promising "increased oversight and much increased dialogue" in replacing Canada's fighter jet fleet after the auditor general slammed the government figures for buying F-35 aircraft.