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 Parliament, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh — who insists he’s running to be prime minister — is spelling out his conditions […]
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. Singh was in a Liberal-held riding Sunday afternoon in Surrey, B.C., where he was pressed about his post-election intentions amid increasing rhetoric from Trudeau that voting Liberal […]
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 party’s climate change plan calls for cutting subsidies to oil and gas companies as a way to fuel the transition towards renewable energy sources — […]
The Conservatives are promising they would balance the federal budget within five years by delaying billions of dollars worth of federal infrastructure spending. Leader Andrew Scheer made the election pledge in Tsawwassen, B.C on Friday, and said he would levy a tax on tech giants, force tobacco companies to pay for anti-smoking campaigns and cut […]
The Conservatives are promising to balance the federal budget within five years by delaying billions of dollars’ worth of federal infrastructure spending, levying a tax on tech giants, forcing tobacco companies to pay for anti-smoking campaigns and finding ways to cut billions of dollars in spending. The savings would help fund $6.2 billion in new […]
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 […]
Advance polls for the Federal Election open on Friday. Advance poll voters can cast their ballots until Monday October 14th. The locations and directions are on the voter information cards sent out in the mail and on the Elections Canada website under Voter Information. Marie-France Kenny of Elections Canada Saskatchewan says voter registration is also […]
The RCMP heritage building could see an increase in funding from the next federal government. Both the Conservative and Liberal parties are promising to designate the heritage centre as a national museum, which would in turn bring with it more federal dollars. Executive Director Dan Toppings said more funding may allow for more artifacts to […]
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 […]
