CP Election

Singh says abolishing the Senate would see Canadians better represented

TORONTO - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says following through on his party's long-standing pledge to abolish the Senate would give Canadians better representation. Singh says senators represent the i...

Oct 15, 2019

Re-elected Liberal government would stand up for abortion rights in NB: Trudeau

FREDERICTON - Justin Trudeau is promising that a re-elected Liberal government would come to the rescue of an abortion clinic in Fredericton that could be forced to close its doors without the support...

Oct 15, 2019

Trudeau plays defence in Maritimes today while Scheer fights for seats in Quebec

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is barnstorming New Brunwick and Nova Scotia today, while his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer does the same in Quebec. The difference is that Trudeau is spendin...

Oct 15, 2019

Central Nova: Country star seeks to unseat Liberal incumbent in Tory stronghold

HALIFAX - With his lantern jaw and big cowboy hat, country music star George Canyon is hard to miss as he campaigns for votes in rural Nova Scotia. As the rookie Tory can...

Oct 15, 2019

Some disabled Canadians feeling left out of discussion during election campaign

Amy Amantea tuned in to the English-language federal leaders' debate with modest hope there would be at least some discussion of issues relevant to disabled Canadians. The first half of the campa...

Oct 15, 2019

Scheer's Winnipeg stop in midst of storm recover efforts raises frustrations

WINNIPEG - First Nations residents forced to evacuate their Manitoba homes after a recent snowstrom expressed frustration Monday that Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was campaigning in the area inst...

Oct 14, 2019

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh trying to capitalize on newfound momentum

VANCOUVER - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is campaigning in Vancouver today, trying to capitalize on the upswing his party has seen in the polls. Singh has spent the last two days campaigning in British Co...

Oct 14, 2019

'Corporate welfare' a Conservative target in first 100 days, Scheer says

BURNABY, B.C. - Andrew Scheer began on Saturday to lay out what he would do in the first 100 days of a Conservative government - and he pledged to pin an early bull's-eye on w...

Oct 14, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Liberals hit Ontario's manufacturing heartland, singing praises of new NAFTA

WINDSOR, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is targeting voters in Ontario's struggling manufacturing heartland, billing his government's NAFTA rescue mission as a critical victory that his NDP and ...

Oct 14, 2019

Singh promises programs, funding to get new jobs for oilsands workers

BRAMPTON, Ont. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging to help oilsands workers find new jobs outside the sector if his party forms government and implements its plan to combat climate change. His part...

Oct 14, 2019