Conservative leader Erin O'Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians.

Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government is open to amending legislation that would provide 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers.

The Conservatives have rejected a proposed compromise to resolve a long-running dispute over the disclosure of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada's highest-security laboratory.

Constitutional experts say the federal government has a bit of wiggle room to maintain Quebec's 78 seats in the House of Commons or even add one or two but it can't guarantee the province's influence in the chamber won't wane over time without a constitutional amendment approved by at least seven provinces.

Quebec is slated to lose one seat in the next redrawing of federal ridings in Canada, seeing its 78 seats reduced to 77 the first time since 1966 that a province has lost a seat when the electoral map is reconfigured.

Canadians have chosen minority governments in four of the last six federal elections, and Monday's vote seems likely to produce a fifth.

The federal ethics watchdog has concluded Justin Trudeau was not involved in a decision that saw Liberal MPs using their taxpayer-funded budgets to hire the services of a company run by one of the prime minister's lifelong friends.