CP Election

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

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising he'll do whatever it takes to turn his marquee pledge to repeal the carbon tax into reality within his first 100 days in office. Scheer ...

Oct 17, 2019

Scheer makes play for reworked federation in bid to thwart rise of Bloc

QUEBEC - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer warned Tuesday that Canadian national unity is at risk without a change in government. The federation must be reimagined for the 21st century, Scheer said as...

Oct 17, 2019

Trudeau sidesteps questions about Obama endorsement

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Justin Trudeau isn't saying whether the Liberal leader's team asked former U.S. president Barack Obama to endorse his campaign. On Wednesday, Obama voiced his support for Tr...

Oct 17, 2019

Singh says abolishing the Senate would see Canadians better represented

TORONTO - Abolishing the Senate would give Canadians better representation, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Tuesday, doubling down on his party's long-standing pledge to ditch Parliament's cha...

Oct 17, 2019

Leaders make for hotly contested seats in Quebec, Ontario, N.S. as clock ticks

OTTAWA - After spending Wednesday wooing voters in Quebec, the leaders of the three biggest parties are separating, only Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau staying behind. He started in Montreal yesterday ...

Oct 17, 2019

Attawapiskat musician releases protest song with Justin Trudeau in mind

TORONTO - Attawapiskat singer Adrian Sutherland says he was thinking of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau when he wrote a protest song ahead of the federal election about broken political promises. B...

Oct 17, 2019

Re-elected Liberal government would stand up for abortion rights in NB: Trudeau

FREDERICTON - Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government would come to the rescue of an abortion clinic in Fredericton that could be forced to shut down without provincial fundin...

Oct 17, 2019

Researchers find little evidence of fake messaging during federal campaign

OTTAWA - Researchers combing through millions of social-media posts during the federal election campaign say relatively little disinformation has been swirling through cyberspace. The preliminary find...

Oct 17, 2019

Some disabled Canadians feeling left out of discussion during election campaign

Amy Amantea tuned in to the English-language federal leaders' debate with modest hope there would be at least some discussion of issues relevant to disabled Canadians. The first half of the campa...

Oct 17, 2019

Trudeau, Singh jockey for 'progressive' votes while Scheer fights in Quebec

OTTAWA - As Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and New Democrat opponent Jagmeet Singh fought Tuesday for the hearts and minds of "progressive" voters, hope sprung eternal for Conservative Leader Andrew Sc...

Oct 17, 2019