Category Archives: CP Election
Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Aug. 15. Liberals Aug. 30: Inves...
Aug 30, 2021
Liberals, Conservatives take aim at opposing candidates as campaign hits third week
OTTAWA - Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be t...
Aug 30, 2021
O'Toole says he supports cancelled pipeline due to Indigenous benefits
KING CITY, ONT. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he supports the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline, largely because it would have provided economic partnerships for Indigenous communities. O'...
Aug 30, 2021
Liberals promise $1B over 10 years to restore big lakes and river systems
GRANBY, Que. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pledged Monday to spend $1 billion over a decade to restore Canada's big lakes and river systems. A re-elected Liberal government would also build on its b...
Aug 30, 2021
O'Toole won't dismiss candidates anti-climate change comments
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole would not distance himself Sunday from comments made by a longtime Conservative MP who warned constituents the Liberals are preparing for a "cl...
Aug 29, 2021
NDP hopes Brosseau's return boosts Quebec campaign
YAMACHICHE, Que. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Sunday looked to one of his party's former success stories to give his Quebec campaign a boost as he hopes to revive his party's fortunes in the ...
Aug 29, 2021
Liberals promise to regulate oil and gas emissions, electric vehicle sales
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is putting climate change on his campaign agenda today, laying out a promise to begin regulating total emissions from Canada's oil and gas producers and...
Aug 29, 2021
Singh: The compassionate brother who draws on suits, social media and spirituality
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was barely out of his teens when he took his little brother in. A biology student at the University of Western Ontario, Singh insisted on looking after Gurratan, then 15, follow...
Aug 29, 2021
'Their hearts are not in it.' Liberals in Atlantic Canada accused of being unfocused
HALIFAX - At the start of the election campaign, the polls were suggesting Justin Trudeau's Liberals could hold most of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada after they won every riding in the region in 201...
Aug 29, 2021
Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...
Aug 29, 2021
