CP Election

UN seat not top priority, Scheer says after pledging foreign-aid cuts

OTTAWA - Andrew Scheer wants the world to know the Conservatives would bring Canada back - in a very different way. "It's time for Canada to put our money where our mouth is and only use foreign aid t...

Oct 03, 2019

Manning Centre a primary backer for series of 'Proud' Facebook pages

OTTAWA - The Manning Centre is a driving financial force behind a network of anti-Liberal Facebook pages pumping out political messaging and memes during the federal election campaign. The o...

Oct 03, 2019

Trudeau, Bloc's Blanchet spar over Quebec's Bill-21 in French language debate

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and his Bloc Quebecois opponent Yves-Francois Blanchet clashed sharply over Quebec's controversial secularism law during a French-language debate Wednesday night...

Oct 02, 2019

In debate, Bloc leader says only his party represents the Quebec nation

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet hammered home a single message early on in the first French-language election debate Wednesday night: the only party in which Quebecers can full...

Oct 02, 2019

Liberals step in to hand over funds to candidate who replaced Eva Nassif

OTTAWA, Que. - The federal Liberals have forced a Montreal-area riding association to hand over campaign funds to the new candidate parachuted in to replace ousted incumbent Eva Nassif....

Oct 02, 2019

Liberal campaign promise to transform B.C. salmon farms by 2025 baffles industry

VICTORIA - A Liberal promise to transition salmon farms in British Columbia from ocean net pens to closed containment systems in just over five years is being slammed as careless by the aqua...

Oct 02, 2019

Tories say they would stop raw sewage from being dumped in waterways

MONTREAL - The Conservatives pledged Wednesday to work with provinces and municipalities to stop raw sewage from being dumped in waterways, though they did not specify how. Leader Andrew Scheer was of...

Oct 02, 2019

Alberta issues become wedge issues in 2019 federal election campaign

EDMONTON - In the riding of Edmonton Millwoods, Amarjeet Sohi goes door-to-door explaining how his Liberal party is re-energizing Alberta's bedrock oil industry. Meanwhile, rival Conservative candidat...

Oct 02, 2019

NDP commits $10 billion for 500,000 new child-care spaces across Canada

VANCOUVER - An NDP government would spend $10 billion over the next four years to create 500,000 new child-care spaces in Canada, leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday, with the goal of offering ...

Oct 02, 2019

Scheer says it's Conservatives, not the Liberals, who are 'compassionate'

WHITBY, Ont. - Andrew Scheer tried to position himself on Monday as the compassionate choice for voters with his latest election promise, telling Canadians a Conservative government would make it easi...

Oct 02, 2019