CP Election

Former B.C. Green leader endorses Liberal climate plan, slams Green infighting

OTTAWA - The former leader of the Green party in British Columbia has endorsed the federal Liberals' plan for combating climate change. Andrew Weaver says the Liberal plan is "both bold and thoughtful...

Sep 02, 2021

Jagmeet Singh's custom poutine truck loses wheel on way to pre-debate photo op

MONTREAL - Jagmeet Singh's pre-debate photo op hit a bump in the road Thursday - rather, a hole - after the NDP leader's custom poutine truck lost a wheel on the way to a Montreal event. The NDP was f...

Sep 02, 2021

Free-trade area would make it easier to work in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand

OTTAWA - Canadians could have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand under Conservative plans for a new free-trade area. Erin O'Toole has outlined proposals for cl...

Sep 02, 2021

Cities ask parties to pledge transit help after pandemic eats into ridership revenues

OTTAWA - Canada's municipal leaders are asking federal parties for promises to pump more money into local transit systems to combat pandemic-induced declines in revenues. Ridership dropped precipitous...

Sep 02, 2021

Close race in 2019 vote faces rematch of candidates in B.C.'s Port Moody-Coquitlam

Two candidates who met in a political duel decided by a slim margin of 153 votes in 2019 are facing each other again on Sept. 20 in British Columbia's Port Moody-Coquitlam riding. The rematch is betwe...

Sep 02, 2021

Suburban Vancouver ridings where parties look to swing province, say experts

VICTORIA - The fight for political supremacy in British Columbia on Sept. 20 will be won or lost in about 10 ridings in suburban Vancouver where tight races are expected and the potential for change t...

Sep 02, 2021

Four leaders square off in first televised debate of federal election campaign

OTTAWA - Four leaders will face off tonight in the first televised debate of the federal election campaign. The French debate on TVA, one of Quebec's most-watched networks, comes at the mid-point of t...

Sep 02, 2021

Where the federal party leaders are on Thursday, Sept. 2

The main national party leaders' scheduled public appearances for Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021: All times are local. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Montreal 8 p.m. - TVA French debate _____ Conservative Lea...

Sep 01, 2021

Child-care system or tax credit: Parties' pitches mean varying benefits for families

OTTAWA - Six years ago, Rob Gillezeau watched as a child-care pledge he worked on for the federal New Democrats got pitted against competing policy ideas on where the country should go politically on ...

Sep 01, 2021

The Undecideds: Three Canadian voters still unsure who to support, two weeks in

Canadians are set to go to the polls Sept. 20, but not everyone knows what they will do when they get there. The Canadian Press is following three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this el...

Sep 01, 2021