CP Election

Send pipeline fights right to Supreme Court for speedy decision, Scheer says

HAMILTON - A Conservative government would overcome legal objections to building new petroleum pipelines by fast-tracking any cases right to the Supreme Court, party leader Andrew Scheer says. Sc...

Sep 20, 2019

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 20, 2019

Trudeau pledges tougher gun control as he tries to get campaign back on track

TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to ban all military-style assault rifles as part of a broader gun-control plan that would also take steps towards giv...

Sep 20, 2019

Unions lead third-party spending since start of pre-election period

OTTAWA - Two unions top the list for third-party ad spending this campaign season, as groups look to make their mark while sticking within the limits set by Canada's new spending rules. Documents...

Sep 20, 2019

Fossil fuels not among Scheer's targets to cut federal corporate handouts

SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The world doesn't just need more Canada - it needs more Canadian oil, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Friday. As such, Scheer indicated fossil fuel subsidies, which the ...

Sep 20, 2019

Conservatives will review business subsidies in effort to save $1.5 billion

HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Wednesday he will start to pay for his promised $9 billion in tax cuts and program spending by finding a way to cut $1.5 billion from annual subs...

Sep 20, 2019

Liberals promise benefit boost for seniors, but hold back PBO costings for now

MONCTON, N.B. - Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to boost incomes for seniors, widows and widowers, one of a number of big ticket election promises he's made in the first week of the campaign. B...

Sep 20, 2019

Singh promises public dental coverage for families making under $70,000

SUDBURY, Ont. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh laid out a plan to extend full public dental coverage to low- and middle-income households on Wednesday, in what he described as a first step toward in...

Sep 20, 2019

Front-runners deadlocked after campaign week 1, but small signs favour Liberals

OTTAWA - The opening week of the federal campaign did little to change the dynamic of the race to the Oct. 21 election, a new poll suggests. Respondents to the Leger poll...

Sep 20, 2019

Liberals changed relationship with premiers, but then things changed again

OTTAWA - The Liberals and New Democrats are both making promises that would need some co-operation from the provinces to become reality, at a time when powerful premiers have made it clear they see&nb...

Sep 20, 2019