NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making a stop in Saskatoon Friday. Singh is expected to visit Le Relais-Federation Des Francophones De Saskatoon in a town hall style event. He plans on sharing his party’s vision for a more affordable Canada. The event is expected to run from 8:15am to 9:30am. Singh is the third party […]
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, […]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledged Friday to create a $40-million plan to help safeguard Canada’s coastlines and accused Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau of taking actions that have threatened the environment along them. Speaking to reporters Friday on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, Singh said a New Democrat government would create a coastal fund to protect salmon, […]
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 […]
It won’t be campaigning as usual for Justin Trudeau Thursday as a third instance of the Liberal leader wearing skin-darkening makeup has emerged. A video of Trudeau in blackface, first reported by Global News, came to light just hours after the prime minister apologized profusely for having indulged in what he acknowledged was a […]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh took aim at Canada’s telecommunications companies on Friday with a promise to put a price cap on cellphone and internet services. The commitment, which kicked off the third day of the federal election campaign, is the latest example of a New Democrat strategy to appeal to voters concerned about pocketbook issues. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to call the next federal election Wednesday morning. He’s to visit Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. local time to ask Gov. Gen. Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament. By law, voting day is set for Oct. 21, but the prime minister has a two-week window starting Sept. 1 in which to […]
The federal NDP says if it is elected this fall it will expand Canada’s health-care system, starting with fast-tracking a universal drug plan to ensure a late 2020 start date. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says if his party forms government after the October federal election, it will inject $10 billion annually into a national pharmacare […]
