CP Election

Singh tries to keep NDP on message amid anger over Trudeau's 'blackface' images

HAMILTON - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sought to keep his campaign on message Thursday as images of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in racist makeup threatened to overshadow an event where he ...

Sep 21, 2019

Bank of Canada making effort to lie low during federal election campaign

OTTAWA - The economy is a top concern for Canadian voters and the Bank of Canada, an authority on the issue, will be largely silent during the federal election campaign. The quiet is deliber...

Sep 21, 2019

Trudeau asks Canada to look to his current, not past, actions on race

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's privileged upbringing created a "massive blind spot" when it came to understanding how dressing in blackface could be harmful, he said Thursday. But the Liberal party le...

Sep 21, 2019

Singh campaigns in Toronto, May in Winnipeg, as Liberal and Tory leaders pause

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May are continuing on the campaign trail today while the leaders of the bigger parties take a break from the road. Singh is to be in Toronto campaigning with Andre...

Sep 21, 2019

Yearbook photo surfaces of Trudeau wearing 'brownface' costume in 2001

HALIFAX - A 2001 yearbook photo of a costumed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his face and hands darkened by makeup, detonated Wednesday on the federal campaign trail, instantly tarnishi...

Sep 20, 2019

Elections Canada spending big on social media as part of voting information push

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is committing to some big social media ad buys as it seeks to inform citizens about how to exercise their democratic rights in the federal election. Over the last t...

Sep 20, 2019

International group takes pass on monitoring election due to limited resources

OTTAWA - An international body that specializes in monitoring elections is skipping this year's Canadian election due to limited resources despite questions and potential concerns about the role of th...

Sep 20, 2019

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh highlights pledge for universal drug coverage

ESSEX, Ont. - All Canadians should have access to medication that they need, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday, while expounding broader themes of inequality in light of Justin Trudeau's blackface ...

Sep 20, 2019

Ontario Liberal caucus will soon drop to five as Lalonde wins federal nomination

OTTAWA - Ontario's provincial Liberals have lost another legislator after one of their members won the nomination to run for an Ottawa seat in next month's federal election. Marie-France Lalonde ...

Sep 20, 2019

Ontario Liberal leadership candidates weigh in on Trudeau blackface scandal

TORONTO - The majority of the candidates to become the next Ontario Liberal leader say they are glad Justin Trudeau has apologized for wearing blackface. Mitzie Hunter and Michael Coteau, who are blac...

Sep 20, 2019