CP Election

With leading parties deadlocked, volunteers can make all the difference

MONTREAL - They're the ones knocking on doors, putting up signs, making phone calls, and serving as the cheering human backdrops behind Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh or Andrew Scheer. But while they m...

Oct 20, 2019

Scheer seeks guarantee SNC-related documents will be saved by bureaucrats

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has written to the government's top bureaucrat to ask him to keep a list of any requests he gets to delete records - suggesting that a...

Oct 20, 2019

Leaders trade accusations of desperation tactics as campaign heads down to wire

OTTAWA - The three main party leaders accused one another of desperation tactics Friday as they sprinted towards the finish line in an election campaign that has yet to produce a clear front-runn...

Oct 20, 2019

Scheer says platform will help unify Canada, in contrast to divisive Liberals

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer campaigned through some of the hottest battlegrounds in this election Saturday, facing questions about how far he's willing to go to win. He bat...

Oct 19, 2019

Singh focuses on housing in Vancouver battleground

VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh left his political rivals to trade barbs Saturday, focusing instead on housing policy in a key battleground in desperate need of help with the issue. He ...

Oct 19, 2019

Bloc leader calls on Canada to let exiled Catalan leader enter the country

MONTREAL - Separatism and national independence were on the menu Thursday at a Bloc Quebecois news conference in Montreal, but party leader Yves-Francois Blanchet wasn't talking about Quebec. Bla...

Oct 19, 2019

Singh would use federal money to 'encourage' provinces on health services

WELLAND, Ont. - The billions of dollars the federal government transfers to provinces for health care give Ottawa leverage that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he'd use to push for better local ser...

Oct 19, 2019

Trudeau defends record on Indigenous issues, as stump speech mentions are brief

HAMILTON - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending his record on Indigenous issues, which have received precious little attention in a 40-day federal election campaign that is nearly over...

Oct 19, 2019

Scheer promising carbon tax will be history by January if he gets majority

LITTLE HARBOUR, N.S. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gave a glimpse Thursday of what kind of prime minister he might seek to be: one not tethered to conventions. He promised to do whatever it...

Oct 19, 2019

'Nonsense:' Experts weigh in on Scheer's claims about who can form government

OTTAWA - Experts on Canada's parliamentary system say Andrew Scheer should know better than to erroneously contend that whoever wins the most seats on Monday gets to form the government. The Cons...

Oct 19, 2019