There is lots of work to do to fight for progressive values and workers on both sides of the Canada-United States border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

As Rendez-vous Canada is taking place at the Edmonton Convention Centre, one of the biggest challenges Canada's tourism industry is facing is playing out in technicolour just a few hundred kilometres away: wildfires.

Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is defending carbon capture and storage technology, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault's department has been battling with banks for almost two years over how carbon rebates are labelled when they are deposited directly into bank accounts.

Members of Parliament are expected to vote for up to 15 hours in a row Thursday and Friday on more than 200 Conservative amendments to the government's sustainable jobs bill.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says conservative politicians across Canada, including premiers, are lying to Canadians about the carbon price.

The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills for flooding and landslides that devastated B.C.'s Fraser Valley in November 2021. More than two years later, only about 40 per cent of that has been paid.