Politics This Morning: Scheer to hit Ford Nation; Singh to campaign in Saskatoon
Happy Friday, Welcome to Day 24 of the 40-day campaign. After a day of campaigning in Atlantic Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer will be back to the grind in the Toronto area, where he plans to hit Etobicoke, home to Ford Nation, and North York. While in Etobicoke, he’s expected to make an announcement at around […]
PPC, Conservative candidates to skip environmental debate in Kanata-Carleton
The People’s Party and the Conservative Party’s Kanata-Carleton, Ont., candidates are skipping a debate on the environment Thursday night, according to the event’s organizers. Invitations were sent to the five major parties on the ballot, but only the Greens, the NDP, and the Liberal Party’s candidates confirmed their attendance, said Robb Barnes, executive director of […]
Trudeau, Scheer have mostly been touring Ontario, Quebec so far
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer have largely split their time between the seat-rich provinces of Ontario and Quebec over the last three weeks, with stops in other pockets of the country in the intervening days since the election was called. With more than half of the campaign behind them, Mr. Trudeau […]
Politics This Morning: Scheer takes campaign to Nova Scotia; May to stump for Victoria candidate
Good Thursday morning, Welcome to Day 23 of the federal campaign. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is scheduled to campaign in Nova Scotia today, hitting Kingsclear and Halifax, where he plans to rally the party’s team on the ground. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May‘s itinerary today has her in Victoria, where she plans to make an announcement at […]
‘Charting my own path’: Singh pitches his positive, people politics in battleground B.C.
BURNABY SOUTH, B.C.—NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been getting the five-minute warning for the last 15 minutes, but after more than 70 selfies, conversations, and handshakes, he waits to greet the last person in line. He learns from the man that his performance at this Sept. 28 town hall in Burnaby South, B.C., featuring friend […]
Vancouver Granville race a ‘toss-up,’ as Wilson-Raybould’s rivals urge voters not to pick someone ‘on the outside’
VANCOUVER—It’s the waning minutes of a public forum in Vancouver, and the tense dynamic at play in a B.C. battleground is captured in a single question directed at ex-Liberal minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, who is taking on her former party as an Independent in a bid to keep her Vancouver Granville seat. Eighteen-year-old Sam Shuster—who days […]
Politics This Morning: Party leaders, minus May, Bernier, hit debate stage
Good Wednesday morning, It’s Day 22 of the federal campaign, and only nine days left until the advance polls open. Four federal party leaders will be hitting the debate stage tonight in TVA’s French-language debate in Montreal. Neither Green Party Leader Elizabeth May nor People’s Party Leader Maxime Bernier, who represents a Quebec riding, was […]
Mistake-free leaders’ debates would be a win for Trudeau, says pollster Lyle
With the Liberals and the Conservatives still running neck and neck nationally at the midway mark of the 2019 election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to ensure he doesn’t make any mistakes in the three leaders’ debates to come, and if the Liberal leader is successful in doing that, it will be a success […]
Three in four federal scientists say Canada isn’t doing enough to combat climate change
Only one in five federal scientists think Canada is doing enough to fight climate change, and PIPSC president Debi Daviau says the government needs to do more to equip these experts with the resources needed to properly combat the crisis. A recent survey conducted by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) […]
Liberals hope to turn London-Fanshawe red with help of $2-billion defence procurement funding
The Liberals, who hold two of the four London, Ont., ridings, hope to hold onto their incumbents but also want to win one other urban riding, after recently announcing $2-billion for the Canadian Forces to buy light armoured vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems which is based in the riding of London-Fanshawe. Right now, […]
