Federal Politics

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

Jolibois speaks out against Trudeau's 'brownface' controversy

Disappointing and disturbing are the words Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River NDP MP Incumbent Georgina Jolibois used to describe recently released images and video of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. T...

Lisa Brady Sep 19, 2019 This photo was published Wednesday by Time. (Time Magazine/time.com)

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 19, 2019

NewsAlert: 'I shouldn't have done it,' Trudeau says of brownface photo

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is apologizing for wearing brown facial makeup to an "Arabian Nights" party in 2001, saying he should have known better, and he's asking for the forgiveness of C...

Sep 18, 2019

Federal party leaders make promises requiring provincial collaboration

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

Sep 18, 2019 (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

Canada at a crossroads entering federal election: Premier Moe

Heading into the federal election, Premier Scott Moe is asking what kind of Canada its citizens want.While speaking at a Regina and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday, Moe said Canada is...

Sep 18, 2019 Premier Scott Moe speaking at the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Sept 17, 2019 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)

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

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

Federal leaders scatter across country as campaign ramps up in earnest

OTTAWA - Federal party leaders have scattered across the country as the election campaign starts to ramp up in earnest. Sunday was the legal deadline for Justin Trudeau to ask the Governor General to ...

Sep 15, 2019

Trump front and centre as talk of trade, jobs emerges on campaign trail

OTTAWA - A familiar U.S. face finally showed up front and centre Saturday on the federal campaign trail: Donald Trump. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised to go toe-to-toe with the m...

Sep 14, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)