CP Election

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

Liberals face loss of progressive votes in bid for Vancouver-Granville, expert says

VANCOUVER - Jody Wilson-Raybould has one piece of advice to give her political successor in the Vancouver Granville riding: follow your own path, and don't reward their political party with blind loya...

Sep 10, 2021