CP Election

Green Leader Elizabeth May promises electoral reform, lowering voting age to 16

VANCOUVER - Green Leader Elizabeth May said Sunday that if her party is elected Monday, it will be the last federal government in Canada chosen by the first-past-the-post system. May spent much o...

Oct 22, 2019

Trudeau urges progressives in B.C. to stick with the Liberals, and vote

VANCOUVER - Jack Raymond had only just made up his mind. Standing at the edge of crowd at an atrium in downtown Vancouver on Sunday afternoon, Raymond and a few hundred people were waiting to hear fro...

Oct 22, 2019

Trudeau thanks morning commuters in his Montreal riding after election victory

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed up at a Metro station in his Montreal riding of Papineau this morning to thank his constituents after the Liberals secured a minority-government victory...

Oct 22, 2019

Frantic final push for votes marks final day of divisive campaign

OTTAWA - The contenders in Monday's federal election spent the last day of the campaign calling for voters to unite behind their parties amid accusations of dirty politicking and outright lying. ...

Oct 22, 2019

Trudeau has won the most seats — but not a majority. What happens next?

OTTAWA - The Liberals have once more won the most seats in the House of Commons, but this time they do not have an outright majority. So what happens next? With fewer than the 170 seats needed to comm...

Oct 22, 2019

Liberals win most seats, but get ready to work with other parties in Parliament

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent a lot of time on the campaign trail lamenting the polarization of Canadian politics, but after the Liberals were given a minority government, he promised...

Oct 22, 2019

Some of what party leaders and major players had to say following Monday's vote

OTTAWA - Some of what was said after Justin Trudeau's Liberals claimed a plurality of the seats in the House of Commons in Monday's federal election, giving them the best chance to form a federal mino...

Oct 21, 2019

Former Liberal Jody Wilson-Raybould wins her Vancouver seat as Independent

VANCOUVER - Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has been successful in her bid to get re-elected as an Independent candidate in Vancouver Granville. Wilson-Raybould quit Jus...

Oct 21, 2019

Alberta, Saskatchewan go Tory Blue, face challenges with Liberal minority

EDMONTON - Alberta and Saskatchewan were painted a solid Conservative blue on Monday, but leaders must now wrap their heads around getting resources to market with a federal Liberal party that wi...

Oct 21, 2019

Five Things about Monday's federal election

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau broke the campaign deadlock with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and prevailed in Canada's 43rd general election on Monday. The Liberals won the most seats but...

Oct 21, 2019