Category Archives: CP Election
Legault wants apology for 'unacceptable' federal debate question on Quebec laws
Quebec Premier Franois Legault says a question at Thursday night's English-language federal leaders debate about two provincial laws was unacceptable, and he wants an apology from debate organizers an...
Sep 10, 2021
Capital gains tax on main residences unlikely to solve housing problems, experts say
HALIFAX - Housing affordability is front of mind for Canadian voters, with the three major parties each vowing in their election platforms to make it easier for families to purchase homes. One market-...
Sep 10, 2021
Riding snapshot: A look at the race in Haldimand-Norfolk
Haldimand-Norfolk Leslyn Lewis - who placed third in the federal Conservative leadership race last year after a high-profile campaign - is running in this riding after Diane Finley, a veteran Tory, an...
Sep 10, 2021
Riding snapshot: A look at the race in Flamborough-Glanbrook
Flamborough-Glanbrook This Hamilton-area riding will elect a new face on Sept. 20. Tory MP David Sweet resigned as chair of the House of Commons ethics committee after travelling to the U.S. over the ...
Sep 10, 2021
Raising flags to mark residential schools legacy commits Canada to be better: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says hoisting the Canadian flag back up on Parliament Hill on the first national day commemorating the legacy of residential schools should be seen as a sign ...
Sep 10, 2021
Trudeau defends making health transfers conditional; says they must deliver results
HAMILTON - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he respects provincial jurisdiction on health care but still intends to attach strings to $25 billion in new health funding he has promised if he gets re-...
Sep 10, 2021
August jobs report lands on campaign trail as labour market claws closer to recovery
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are trying to paint the stark economic choice Canadians face at the ballot box as they try to woo votes with promises of fully healing the country's labour market. The h...
Sep 10, 2021
Federal leaders back on the hustings after back-to-back debates
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are back on the campaign trail after locking horns in two back-to-back leaders' debates, while Canadians started voting in advance polls. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was ea...
Sep 10, 2021
Don't equate plight of Indigenous people with Quebec, Singh says
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he doesn't agree with Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet equating the experience of Indigenous people to the treatment of Quebecers. In Thursday night's E...
Sep 10, 2021
Addressing addiction: A look at what parties are promising for the federal election
CALGARY - Most of Canada's main federal parties have voiced support during the election campaign for removing criminal penalties for simple drug possession and offering safer alternatives to street-le...
Sep 10, 2021
