Category Archives: CP Election
Incumbent Manitoba CPC candidate Ted Falk quoted spreading vaccine misinformation
OTTAWA - Manitoba federal Conservative candidate Ted Falk was quoted in a local newspaper spreading misinformation about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines. The Carillon newspaper quotes the incumbent c...
Sep 14, 2021
Series of tight election races across Canada could be determined by postal votes
OTTAWA - People voting by mail could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the Sept. 20 federal election. Postal votes could dictate which party wins in a series of closely fought ridings whe...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole mum on how many immigrants he would bring, promises tougher border measures
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is promising to speed up processing of family reunification and skilled workers' immigration applications without saying whether he would maintain the Liberal...
Sep 14, 2021
O'Toole makes pitch to working parents with Tories' 'flexible' child-care plan
RUSSELL, Ont. - Erin O'Toole repeated his plan on Tuesday to scrap Liberal child-care deals signed with provinces in favour of a refundable tax credit, saying the Conservative approach will give a big...
Sep 14, 2021
Trudeau pitches Liberals' climate change plan to British Columbia voters
RICHMOND, B.C. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is pitching his climate change strategy to British Columbia voters today, saying the NDP hasn't put forward a "real plan" to fight the problem. Trudeau s...
Sep 14, 2021
'Blatant attack': Panel of UN experts assails 'regressive' Texas abortion law
WASHINGTON - A panel of United Nations human rights experts is formally denouncing what it calls a "regressive" new abortion law in Texas. And the UN panel says the U.S. Supreme Court is complicit in ...
Sep 14, 2021
Jagmeet Singh apologizes to B.C. chiefs, campaigns in critical Ontario ridings
TORONTO - Jagmeet Singh has apologized to the head of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations for not heeding a call to address the organization's annual meeting. "That was a mistake and I take...
Sep 14, 2021
Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole tied as election campaign hits final bend
OTTAWA - A new poll shows a complete deadlock between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with less than one week left in the federal election. The poll conducted by Leger in co...
Sep 14, 2021
Turnout, strategic voting likely to decide election as Grits, Tories tied: pollster
OTTAWA - TUESDAY PRELEDE. WAITING FOR PHOTO. The 2021 federal election is likely going to be decided by turnout and strategic voting, Leger executive vice-president Christian Bourque says as his firm'...
Sep 14, 2021
New mom awaits employment-insurance benefits fix delayed by campaign
OTTAWA - Amanda Elkington had a roller-coaster ride of a pregnancy through two school shutdowns in Ontario as the province grappled with the second and third waves of COVID-19. Each time, the child-ca...
Sep 14, 2021
