A new House of Commons report is asking the Liberal government to extend pregnancy and parental leave to sitting Members of Parliament.

Jagmeet Singh, the deputy leader of the Ontario NDP, will launch his bid next Monday to become leader of the federal New Democrats, CBC News has learned.

Makayla McWatch had her first sip of tap water last summer at age 11. Her community, Pic Mobert First Nation, spent a decade under a boil-water advisory. It's one of 18 Indigenous communities to recently get off the federal government's long-term water list. But at the same time, a dozen more were added.