Category Archives: 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...
Sep 26, 2019

Singh pledges $5,000 home rental subsidy to help up to 500,000 families
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says, if elected, he would offer rent subsidies of up to $5,000 each to provide immediate help for families struggling to pay for ho...
Sep 26, 2019

Ousted candidate Guillet claims Liberals have double standard over past conduct
MONTREAL - A Liberal candidate in Montreal ousted over alleged anti-Semitic comments said Tuesday there is a double standard in the party when it comes to judging what is acceptable past con...
Sep 26, 2019

Scheer promises Conservative government would launch inquiry into SNC-Lavalin
MONTREAL - Andrew Scheer is promising a Conservative government would launch a judicial inquiry to find out what happened during the SNC-Lavalin affair. Scheer made the pledge during a visit to J...
Sep 26, 2019

Conservatives pledge review of tax system to ease headaches for small businesses
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is pledging to undo changes to the tax system that led to a near war between small business and the Liberal government two years ago. "No gover...
Sep 26, 2019

Liberals say one-fourth of land and ocean waters to be protected by 2025
SUDBURY, Ont. - The federal Liberals say one-fourth of Canada's land will be given protected status over the next six years if they are re-elected. Leader Justin Trudeau is also promising to protect o...
Sep 26, 2019

Party leaders scatter from Vancouver Island to Montreal as campaign starts Week 3
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and Green Leader Elizabeth May are both in Montreal today, as the third week of the federal election campaign begins. Scheer has a morning announcement sched...
Sep 26, 2019

Twitter says Canadian election so far free of major manipulation attempts
OTTAWA - Twitter is giving the all-clear so far for the federal election campaign, saying it has not yet uncovered any instances of large-scale attempts at disinformation or manipulation. Despite vigo...
Sep 26, 2019

Heat rises as Trudeau, Scheer exchange fire in climate fight on campaign trail
OTTAWA - Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail Tuesday. Liberal Lead...
Sep 26, 2019

Bernier promotes immigration limits in B.C. on first western swing of campaign
SURREY, B.C. - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier began a speech in Surrey, B.C., with protesters yelling "PPC, shut it down!" outside the hotel ballroom where a boisterous crowd...
Sep 25, 2019