Federal Politics

Alberta issues become wedge issues in 2019 federal election campaign

EDMONTON - In the riding of Edmonton Millwoods, Amarjeet Sohi goes door-to-door explaining how his Liberal party is re-energizing Alberta's bedrock oil industry. Meanwhile, rival Conservative candidat...

Oct 02, 2019

Liberal government runs $1.6B deficit four months into '19-20 on higher spending

OTTAWA - Preliminary numbers show the federal government posted a deficit of $1.6 billion over the first four months of the current fiscal year as program spending increased $9.1 billion - 9...

Sep 27, 2019

Scheer promises Conservative government would launch inquiry into SNC-Lavalin

MONTREAL - Andrew Scheer is promising a Conservative government would launch a judicial inquiry to find out what happened during the SNC-Lavalin affair. Scheer made the pledge during a visit to J...

Sep 26, 2019

Twitter says Canadian election so far free of major manipulation attempts

OTTAWA - Twitter is giving Canada's federal election the all-clear so far.Despite vigorous activity on the site, including "politically polarizing" conversations on an international scale, the company...

Sep 24, 2019

Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos

Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackface.Several federal elec...

Sep 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)

Trudeau finds friendly Liberal crowd at Saskatoon town hall, apologizes again for ‘brownface’ photos

Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau made his first stop in Saskatchewan on the federal campaign trail on Thursday evening, hosting a town hall in Saskatoon amid a cloud of controversy.The event, held ...

Sep 20, 2019 (File photo/CJME News Staff)

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