CP Election

Singh emotional after visiting site of Cowessess First Nation unmarked graves

COWESSESS FIRST NATION - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh teared up today as he spoke about visiting the location of a former residential school and seeing the site of hundreds of unmarked graves as a soon-to...

Aug 20, 2021

Liberals are quick to attack Conservatives over abortion — but what have they done?

OTTAWA - It played out like clockwork: Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pronounced his support for abortion rights and the Liberals rushed to point out his party's record of doing the opposite. But ov...

Aug 20, 2021

O'Toole says doctors must refer for services they object to, reversing pledge

WINNIPEG - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he believes doctors must refer patients seeking services like abortion or medical assistance in dying to another provider if they object to performing ...

Aug 20, 2021

Liberals pledge 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers

WINNIPEG - Justin Trudeau says a re-elected Liberal government would introduce 10 days of paid sick leave for federally regulated workers. The Liberal leader says no one should choose between staying ...

Aug 20, 2021

Toronto mayor John Tory writes to federal leaders outlining city's priorities

Toronto's mayor has sent letters to the leaders of Canada's four major parties, telling them what the country's largest city needs from the federal government. Mayor John Tory wrote to Liberal Leader ...

Aug 20, 2021

Campaigns to converge in Winnipeg as leaders of two largest parties plan events.

The federal election campaign will converge in Winnipeg Friday, where leaders of the two largest parties will be holding events. Both Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his Conservative counterpart Eri...

Aug 20, 2021

Climate action, residential school justice top Indigenous election priorities

OTTAWA - Many Penticton Indian Band community members in British Columbia were used to looking out from their living room windows to see the city spread out across the Okanagan Valley. Now, they just ...

Aug 20, 2021

Where the election campaign leaders are for Friday, Aug. 20

OTTAWA - The main national party leaders' scheduled public appearances for Friday, Aug. 20. All times are local. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau 8:45 a.m. - Justin Trudeau to make an announcement to sup...

Aug 19, 2021

O'Toole pledges support for LGBTQ health as Trudeau questions commitment to community

OTTAWA - A Conservative government would respond to the needs of Canada's LGBTQ community - including on the issue of "poppers" - says Erin O'Toole, despite skepticism from Justin Trudeau on the Tory ...

Aug 19, 2021

'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes there in M...

Oct 24, 2019