Sep 21 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — If Conservative incumbent James Cumming narrowly loses his seat to the Liberals, he might want to blame Brock Crocker. As of Tuesday afternoon, Cumming was almost 140 votes behind Liberal Randy Boissonnault, who held Edmonton Centre from 2015 until the Conservative flipped it in 2019. The result might have been different if not […]
Sep 17 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal party leaders on Friday made a plea for voters to go to the polls even though they debated whether the election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was needed at all. With just days to go before Monday's vote, polls suggest Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives are running neck […]
Sep 17 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal party leaders on Friday made a plea for voters to go to the polls even though they debated whether the election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was needed at all. With just days to go before Monday's vote, polls suggest Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives are running neck […]
Sep 15 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's headline inflation rate reached its highest point in nearly two decades last month as the consumer price index in August rose 4.1 per cent compared with a year ago. The annual pace grew from the 3.7 per cent registered in July, and marked the largest year-over-year inflation increase since March 2003. The […]
Sep 14 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The two front-runners in the federal campaign laid out their cases for why their opponent was misleading voters, hoping to win electors' trust as a new poll suggests the Liberals and Conservatives are running neck and neck. The poll conducted by Leger in collaboration with The Canadian Press indicated the parties are tied […]
Sep 13 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals countrywide. A group calling itself Canadian Frontline Nurses has planned "silent vigils" in response to public health restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of […]
Sep 13 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals nationwide. A group calling itself Canadian Frontline Nurses called for what it dubbed "silent vigils" in response to public health restrictions aimed at slowing […]
Sep 12 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off Sunday with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campaign spending promises was based in reality. The New Democrats are promising a far-ranging plan to create social programs like pharmacare and […]
Sep 12 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off Sunday with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campaign spending promises was based in reality. The New Democrats are promising a far-ranging plan to create social programs like pharmacare and […]
Sep 10 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's economy finished a sizzling summer by adding 90,200 jobs in August, the third consecutive monthly increase that brought the country as close as it has been to recouping historic employment losses last year. The unemployment rate fell to 7.1 per cent for the month, compared with 7.5 per cent in July, bringing […]
Sep 3 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau found himself the target of his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19, as new modelling suggests the country is headed for a difficult fall. Trudeau triggered the election three weeks ago and it wraps on Sept. 20. Since then, daily […]
Sep 3 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau found himself the target of his political opponents over the timing of an election call during the fourth wave of COVID-19, as new modelling suggests the country is headed for a difficult fall. Trudeau triggered the election three weeks ago and it wraps on Sept. 20. Since then, daily […]
Aug 31 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced broadsides for his government's efforts to make housing affordable and his handling of the economy that contracted just ahead of the election call. Affordability has already emerged as a key election talking point among the major parties, and it landed back on the campaign trail alongside the economy […]
Aug 31 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau faced broadsides Tuesday for his government's efforts to make housing affordable, and the Liberal leader's handling of the economy that contracted just ahead of the election call. Affordability has already emerged as a key election talking point among the major parties, and it landed back on the campaign trail alongside the […]
Aug 31 2021 — Jordan Press, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's economy had its worst quarterly stretch since the start of the pandemic, contracting at an annualized rate of 1.1 per cent between April and June and possibly dropping further in July. The decrease in real gross domestic product in the second quarter was the first quarterly contraction recorded since the sharp drop […]