The Senate committee reviewing the government's omnibus crime bill Monday passed amendments introduced by the Conservatives, confirming the government's desire to change parts of the controversial bill.

The government's budget implementation bill introduced today contains the major changes to the environmental assessment process announced last week by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

A bill giving law enforcement new powers to access Canadians' electronic communications is expected to be introduced today, and Canada's public safety minister says the bill's critics are aligning themselves with child pornographers.

The federal government introduced a bill Friday that declares same-sex marriages "valid for the purposes of Canadian law" and lays out rules for same-sex divorce for non-residents.

Congressional Republicans are refusing to back down in their attempts to win speedy approval of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, vowing to link approval of the controversial project to a new jobs bill being introduced next week.