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 Sept. 11. Liberal...

Oct 03, 2019

Police investigating lawn sign showing target on foreheads of Trudeau, Sohi

Edmonton police say an election lawn sign depicting a target on the foreheads of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and local candidate Amarjeet Sohi is being investigated by their hate crime unit. A photo...

Oct 03, 2019

Green Leader Elizabeth May losing respect for NDP's Singh over 'fake stories'

VICTORIA - Green Leader Elizabeth May says she's losing patience with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, accusing him of spreading false information about the Greens. May made the comments at a news ...

Oct 03, 2019

Singh says hurtful comments on turban not surprising, all too common

OTTAWA - The day after a man approached him in Montreal and suggested he cut off his turban, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said many such comments are meant as helpful advice, but are actually hurtful, dem...

Oct 03, 2019

NDP would allow new parents to receive full benefit over shortened leave: Singh

VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a New Democrat government would allow new parents to condense their employment-insurance benefits so they can take shorter parental leaves while still re...

Oct 03, 2019

Mayors say Liberal gun control plan fails to fix problem, call for handgun ban

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Toronto-area mayors welcomed Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's plan to give municipalities the authority to ban handguns, but they said the proposal does not go far enough to staun...

Oct 03, 2019

Scheer pledges to cut foreign aid by 25%, re-invest savings in various tax cuts

TORONTO - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising a leaner foreign policy by taking away aid funding from countries he says don't need it or don't deserve it, and spending the money&n...

Oct 03, 2019

Scheer says he is personally 'pro-life,' but would not reopen abortion debate

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer says he is personally against abortion, but promised a Conservative government under his leadership would not reopen the debate. His political rivals pushed the Conservative lea...

Oct 03, 2019

Trudeau defends use of two planes, calls Tory criticism a 'far-right tactic'

MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending his campaign's use of two planes and suggesting the Conservative leader's criticism over it is a "far-right tactic." Tory leader Andrew Scheer say...

Oct 03, 2019

Conservatives pledge to expand tax credit for volunteer fire, search and rescue

UPPER KINGSCLEAR, N.B. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is promising to expand a program giving volunteer search and rescue workers and firefighters tax credits for their supplies. He says if elect...

Oct 03, 2019