CP Election

Scheer takes fight to Bernier, Greens and NDP go head to head on West Coast

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer returns to Quebec today, a province he just left, to campaign alongside the candidate hoping to knock People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier out of the House o...

Oct 18, 2019

'Beyond appearance': Singh makes pitch to Quebec voters on shared values

HUDSON, Que. - Before the election campaign began, Jagmeet Singh turned a national spotlight onto his turban, a move aimed at facing head-on the unavoidable fact he is different fr...

Oct 18, 2019

Scheer claims a Liberal-NDP coalition government will hike the GST

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is demanding Liberals "have the guts" to explain what taxes will be raised to secure NDP support in a coalition government. Scheer is campaigning in Frederic...

Oct 18, 2019

Scheer takes campaign full circle, refocuses on Trudeau's ethical record

HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pledged Wednesday to impose massive fines on politicians who break Canada's ethics laws as he took his campaign message back to its basic proposition:...

Oct 18, 2019

Singh invokes memory of Layton as federal leaders make final pitch in Quebec

OTTAWA - The battle for the hearts and votes of Quebecers took centre stage Wednesday as Liberal, Conservative and New Democrat leaders wooed voters in a province that could determine the outcome...

Oct 18, 2019

Housing top B.C. issue but experts question whether platforms strong enough

VANCOUVER - When Jagmeet Singh announced a bevy of promises to improve housing affordability, he stood in front of the skyline of Vancouver, where home prices are still drastically detached from avera...

Oct 18, 2019

Four Green nominees in Quebec made Islamophobic comments, party says

OTTAWA - The Green party said Tuesday it recently learned of Islamophobic social-media posts by four of its Quebec candidates. The candidates will make public statements ...

Oct 17, 2019

Bloc's Yves-Francois Blanchet eyes Conservative, Liberal ridings in Quebec City

LEVIS, Que. - A confident Yves-Francois Blanchet brought his Bloc Quebecois campaign to the Quebec City area Tuesday, hoping his party's recent momentum will lead to a breakthrough in t...

Oct 17, 2019

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

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says there is no good reason exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont hasn't been able to enter Canada. Blanchet reacted to news today...

Oct 17, 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 gives it leverage that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he'd use to push for better local services. S...

Oct 17, 2019