Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Five Things about Monday's federal election
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau broke the campaign deadlock with Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and prevailed in Canada's 43rd general election on Monday. The Liberals won the most seats but...
Oct 21, 2019
Singh poised to play important role in Liberal-led minority Parliament
BURNABY, B.C. - Jagmeet Singh won't be the Canada's next prime minister, but he may have earned himself and his fellow New Democrats the next best thing: a key role in helping to s...
Oct 21, 2019
The Latest: Election night in Canada
OTTAWA - The latest developments on federal election night, Oct. 21, 2019. All times are Eastern Time: 11 p.m. The Canadian Press is projecting that People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier...
Oct 21, 2019
Canadians cast their ballots after divisive campaign, and amid tight polls
OTTAWA - Now it's time for what politicians always say is the only poll that really matters.Canadians will cast their ballots today in the country's 43rd general election after what federal leaders th...
Oct 21, 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...
Oct 18, 2019
Voter cards mailed out to some non-Canadian citizens
To vote in the federal election, you must be a Canadian citizen and you must be 18 years of age. However, some people who are not Canadian citizens have received voter cards in the mail for the federa...
Oct 17, 2019 Voter cards
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg in Edmonton Friday for climate strike
EDMONTON - Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is planning to be at the Alberta legislature Friday for a climate strike. Climate Justice Edmonton says the 16-year-old Stockholm student will join acti...
Oct 16, 2019
Final debate behind them, federal leaders begin sprints to Oct. 21 voting day
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is leaving Ottawa for the West Coast today, though he's saying goodbye with an exceptionally early morning rally at a downtown food court before he departs. With...
Oct 11, 2019
Party leaders dish baloney in French-language debate
OTTAWA - The six federal party leaders used the last televised debate of the campaign Thursday to make their pitches to voters. Along the way, they each made assertions with varying degrees of accurac...
Oct 11, 2019
From a lot to a little, party leaders dish baloney in English-language debate
OTTAWA - When they weren't talking over each other or trying to land political body blows, the six federal leaders who squared off in an English-language debate Monday night each made statements with ...
Oct 08, 2019