Category Archives: CP Election

International group passes on monitoring election due to limited resources
OTTAWA - An international body that specializes in monitoring elections is skipping this year's contest in Canada despite concerns about the role of third-party groups, cybersecurity and social media ...
Sep 18, 2019

Send pipeline fights right to Supreme Court: Scheer
HAMILTON - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he would overcome legal objections to building new petroleum pipelines by fast tracking any cases right to the Supreme Court. Scheer has long been cri...
Sep 18, 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 campaign on Sept. 11. Liberals Sept. 18: Increase o...
Sep 18, 2019

Unions lead third-party pack with big spending since start of pre-election period
OTTAWA - Two unions are spending big on political messaging already, topping the list of third-party advertiser expenses for the campaign season so far. Unifor has shelled out over $1.2 million s...
Sep 18, 2019

Conservatives will review business subsidies in effort to save $1.5 billion
HAMILTON - The federal Conservatives say they can find $1.5 billion in savings each year by eliminating some of the federal funding received by businesses. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was a...
Sep 18, 2019

Liberals will increase old age security, CPP benefits if re-elected: Trudeau
FREDERICTON - Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to boost incomes for seniors, widows and widowers. He says a re-elected Liberal government would increase old age security by an extra 10 per cent ...
Sep 18, 2019

Singh promises public dental coverage for families making under $70,000
SUDBURY, Ont. - An NDP government would extend full public dental coverage to households making less than $70,000 a year, leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday in a first step toward including dentistry...
Sep 18, 2019

Front-runners deadlocked after campaign week 1, but small signs favour Liberals
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the opening week of the federal campaign did little to change the dynamic of the race to the Oct. 21 election. Respondents to the Leger poll, conducted...
Sep 18, 2019

One week down, four-and-a-half to go in federal election campaign
OTTAWA - The federal election campaign marks a milestone today: one week down, and four-and-a-half to go. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia today, having made marquee p...
Sep 18, 2019