CP Election

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

O'Toole says New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs assured him there's abortion access

FREDERICTON - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has assured him women in his province can access abortion despite refusing to pay for the procedure at a clinic i...

Aug 28, 2021