CP Election

Trudeau visits Ford's back yard to promise cost relief to students, bash Tories

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau travelled to the heart of Doug Ford country Sunday, promising armloads of Liberal government largesse to university students in hopes of tapping into&...

Oct 01, 2019

NDP promises money for youth programs to help prevent organized crime

SURREY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised a $100-million fund Sunday dedicated to helping keep young people out of gangs, but the head of a parent-led group that has called for a...

Oct 01, 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 01, 2019

Trudeau says Liberal government would allow cities to ban handguns

TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he will give municipalities the authority to ban handguns in their communities. The plan stops short of a national ban on handguns - something that mayors,...

Oct 01, 2019

Scheer would cut foreign aid by 25%, re-invest savings in tax cuts

TORONTO - A Conservative government would cut foreign aid spending by 25 per cent, Andrew Scheer promised Tuesday as he laid out proposals for Canada's relations with the rest...

Oct 01, 2019

When voters head to the polls in the West, many of them will be angry: experts

REGINA - A rising tide of western alienation may rally Conservative voters in Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of British Columbia, but political watchers say they don't expect it to make a big sp...

Oct 01, 2019

Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Regina Wascana

REGINA - Regina Wascana It's round two for the Conservatives, who are running the same candidate against longtime Liberal MP and cabinet minister Ralph Goodale. He's the lone Liberal in the ...

Oct 01, 2019

Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Regina Lewvan

REGINA - Regina Lewvan This urban seat in Regina is wide open as incumbent Erin Weir decided not to run again. Weir was elected to the House of Commons in 2015 as a rookie MP under the NDP banner, but...

Oct 01, 2019

Some facts and figures about the federal riding of Calgary Centre

CALGARY - Calgary Centre Liberal Kent Hehr, a former provincial legislature member, returns to try to win a second mandate as the federal representative for this central riding, which is comprised of ...

Oct 01, 2019

Re-elected Liberals would still run big deficits, despite new taxes

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau tried to make virtue out of red ink Sunday as he released a Liberal platform that promises to impose new taxes on wealthy individuals, large international c...

Oct 01, 2019