Category Archives: CP Election

As Liberals, NDP skirmish, Scheer sets sights on Prime Minister's Office
OTTAWA - Election day is now just a week away - and talk has turned to what the House of Commons is going to look like when the dust finally settles. With polls warning of a minority Parliam...
Oct 14, 2019

'Behind until proven otherwise:' Liberals facing uphill fight in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Liberal wave of 2015 was especially pronounced in Winnipeg, where the Grits took seven of eight seats in the city, including ones long-held by the NDP and Conservatives. It was the kind...
Oct 14, 2019

Elizabeth May promises 'national re-examination' of veterans programs, pensions
CHARLOTTETOWN - Canada needs a "national re-examination" of veterans issues and the Greens would begin it immediately if they won power, Elizabeth May says. Campaigning in Atlantic Canada on Satu...
Oct 14, 2019

The Liberals broke their promise on electoral reform. Will it hurt them in 2019?
OTTAWA - Andrew Cash thinks the Liberal promise to bring in electoral reform might have cost him his job. He also believes the fact that the Liberals abandoned the pledge, which he said is one of many...
Oct 14, 2019

Singh says NDP would form coalition with the Liberals to stop Tories
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Sunday he will do "whatever it takes" to keep the Conservatives from assuming power, including forming a coalition government with Justin Trudeau's Liberals...
Oct 13, 2019

Trudeau says threat to his safety grows from online polarization and hate
TORONTO - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the security threat that forced him to wear a bulletproof vest at a Saturday rally is an unfortunate consequence of the polarization of politics in Ca...
Oct 13, 2019

Singh says strategic voting makes people settle for less, counters Liberal push
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is working hard to dissuade Canadians from voting strategically with a message that encourages voters not to settle for less, but instead to "dream b...
Oct 13, 2019

Singh leaves door open to support for government pipeline ownership
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh left the door open Friday to supporting government ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline, comments that come as polling suggests a minority Parliament is increasin...
Oct 13, 2019

Trudeau dons protective vest as security threat delays Toronto-area rally
socialsMISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took extraordinary safety precautions at a major election rally west of Toronto Saturday, donning an armoured vest and appearing with a heavy s...
Oct 13, 2019

Trudeau seeks to solidify support in B.C. amid anger over pipeline purchase
BURNABY, B.C. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau sought to solidify his party's uncertain electoral prospects in British Columbia Friday and bloody Jagmeet Singh's nose at the same time by taking his ele...
Oct 13, 2019