Party leaders entered the home stretch of the federal election campaign Friday, picking up the pace of cross-country travel and cramming more events into their days. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer jetted off on a red-eye flight to British Columbia late Thursday night, a couple of hours after the last televised leaders’ debate wrapped up in […]
As Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer battled in Monday night’s leaders’ debate over who has the better climate-change policy, the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh told viewers they don’t have to choose between “Mr. Delay and Mr. Deny.” Elizabeth May, whose Green Party is fighting with the NDP for third place, framed the […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Canadian history should be honoured and celebrated — warts and all. “I believe Canada’s history should always be celebrated,” Scheer said Monday morning in Ottawa during an announcement that also included a promise to eliminate admission fees at all nine national museums across the country. “Now, is it perfect? Of […]
With two weeks left in the federal election campaign, you may have noticed that Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer and Jagmeet Singh have all only stopped in Saskatchewan once during the campaign. Meanwhile, the federal leaders tend to be focusing on centres such as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Quebec, and the B.C. coastline. University of […]
OTTAWA — Andrew Scheer wants the world to know the Conservatives would bring Canada back — in a very different way. “It’s time for Canada to put our money where our mouth is and only use foreign aid to support the Canadian values we hold dear,” Scheer said Tuesday in Toronto as he talked about […]
The Liberals, Conservatives and New Democrats spent the day at the halfway point of the federal election campaign in their comfort zones. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau talked about gun control. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer promised to improve access to a tax credit, this time for people with disabilities. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promised, once again, […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer brought his campaign tour to Saskatoon Saturday afternoon. The Tori leader spoke to hundreds of Conservative supporters who packed into the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market to hear him speak for a brief time. During his short Bridge City visit, Scheer touched on his plans for an energy corridor, removing the GST from […]
Andrew Scheer will be in Saskatoon on Saturday to speak with Conservative supporters as he enters Saskatchewan for the first time since the federal election was called. Scheer , who is the Conservative candidate in Regina-Qu’Appelle, will be at an event at the Saskatoon Farmers Market which is in Saskatoon West—the only riding in the […]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer pivoted his campaign to the environment on Wednesday, announcing a tax credit for homeowners who make energy-saving renovations following a scathing attack a day earlier by his Liberal opponent, Justin Trudeau. The 20-per-cent refundable tax credit could be worth up to $3,800 annually, he said, as he shot back at Trudeau’s […]
Long-simmering political differences over climate change boiled over into a series of personal attacks between the Liberal and Conservative leaders on the campaign trail Tuesday. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau characterized his Conservative opponent Andrew Scheer as a do-nothing denier of climate change, lumping him in with other political opponents such as Jason Kenney and Doug […]
