CP Election

Jagmeet Singh faces Fairy Creek demonstrators during final push in Toronto

TORONTO - A group of demonstrators called on Jagmeet Singh to make the Fairy Creek old-growth logging standoff an election issue as the NDP leader made a push for voters in a Liberal-held riding. Sing...

Sep 16, 2021

Another minority looks likely but it could be very different from the last one

OTTAWA - Canadians have chosen minority governments in four of the last six federal elections and Monday's vote seems likely to produce a fifth. Whether it will be a Liberal or Conservative minority i...

Sep 16, 2021

Critics say federal Conservatives dodging questions on coal mining in Alberta Rockies

EDMONTON - The Conservative Party of Canada is not saying if an Erin O'Toole-led government would keep measures supported by the two other main parties that would increase scrutiny of open-pit coal mi...

Sep 16, 2021

Federal campaigns need to pull out all the stops to get supporters to polls

OTTAWA - Whether he's vibing to booty-shaking beats on TikTok, wandering an orange-spangled island oasis on Nintendo Switch or even staring down at crowds from a giant projection on the side of a buil...

Sep 16, 2021

Federal NDP candidate drops out after antisemitic post, shakes up N.S. riding race

HALIFAX - The race for the northern Nova Scotia riding of Cumberland-Colchester has been shaken up days ahead of Monday's election after the NDP's 18-year-old candidate dropped out over an antisemitic...

Sep 16, 2021

O'Toole vow to 'never challenge' provincial laws echoes Harper's approach to premiers

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has vowed to "never challenge" provincial laws, a sweeping statement that carries broad implications and marks a sharp break from the Liberal tack as the fede...

Sep 16, 2021

Trudeau in Quebec, O'Toole in N.B., N.S., Singh in Ontario

With less than a week to go before Monday's federal election, the three main party leaders are continuing their tour of Eastern and Central Canada. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is back home in Montre...

Sep 16, 2021

Where the federal party leaders are on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021

The main national party leaders' scheduled public appearances for Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 All times are local. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau Montreal 9:15 a.m. Announcement and media availability. No...

Sep 15, 2021

Federal parties fuzzy on offshore future as scientists call for end to extraction

HALIFAX - As prominent climate scientists argue that new offshore oil and gas extraction must end off Canada's East Coast, the three main political parties either support continued development or are ...

Sep 15, 2021

Federal riding profile: Chicoutimi-Le Fjord in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region

The Chicoutimi-Le Fjord riding in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region may be the ultimate swing riding. In the last four federal elections, electors have voted in candidates from four different parti...

Sep 15, 2021