Oct 15 2019 — Ben Cousins, The Canadian Press — CTV News — Elections Canada has seen a record number of voters already. The federal agency says more than 4.7 million Canadians are estimated to have voted in advance polls over the weekend, which represents a 29 per cent increase from the 2015 election and the most advanced votes ever recorded.
Oct 14 2019 — CTV News — In rural Alberta, the province’s oil industry and agriculture sectors have emerged as key issues in the upcoming federal election, but so far Albertans have been left with an overwhelming sense of being ignored. South of Calgary in Nanton, Alta., a good portion of the town’s 2,000 residents are struggling oil workers or farmers dealing […]
Oct 14 2019 — Ben Cousins, The Canadian Press — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh appeared to be walking back his comments on Monday, a day after he said he would “absolutely” work with the other parties to form a coalition government in the event of the Conservatives winning a minority next week. Speaking to reporters on Sunday in Surrey, B.C., Singh said he would do […]
Oct 13 2019 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said he followed advice from the RCMP to don a bulletproof vest at a crowded campaign rally in Mississauga, Ont. on Saturday. “My first concern was the safety of my family and all the Canadians in the room. This will not change at all how I campaign,” said Trudeau, adding that […]
Oct 12 2019 — CTV News — Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be declaring a state of emergency as a snowstorm continues to rage across the province, knocking out power to multiple regions. Pallister made the announcement in a press conference Saturday following a request from Manitoba Hydro. Although snow has slowed in areas such as Winnipeg, thousands of people […]
Oct 12 2019 — CTV News — The Conservative Party has been spreading misinformation to Chinese voters in multiple Facebook ads that falsely suggest the Liberals want to legalize all drugs. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has made it clear this campaign that his party isn’t planning to legalize or decriminalize all drugs, as Portugal has done, as a means to confront the […]
Oct 12 2019 — CTV News — Two candidates from two different parties are vying for votes with similar blue campaign signs in a west Winnipeg riding, but only one of them is running for the Conservatives. Steven Fletcher, a former Tory and cabinet minister in the Stephen Harper government, has re-purposed his old campaign signs even though he’s now running for […]
Oct 11 2019 — CTV News — While Canadians may be preoccupied with thoughts of turkey dinner and holiday traffic at the start of the long weekend, it appears that quite a few of them have yet to make up their minds about who they will vote for on Oct. 21. According to polling data from Nanos Research, there are still dozens […]
Oct 11 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The turnout at advance on-campus polling places across Canada was considerably up from 2015. As part of the Vote on Campus initiative from Elections Canada that ran from Oct. 5 to Oct. 9, 111,300 electors took part.
Oct 10 2019 — Rachel Aiello — CTV News — The federal Conservatives and the NDP are both releasing their costed election 2019 campaign platforms on Friday, CTV News has confirmed. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has faced questions throughout the campaign about when the cost of his package of promises would be made public. He had earlier signalled that it would come “with plenty of […]
Oct 10 2019 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — A Liberal riding association in Ottawa said the destruction of Liberal campaign material has ramped up “phenomenally” since the last election campaign four years ago. In an interview with CTVNews.ca, the Liberal campaign manager for Kanata-Carleton, Randy Boucher, said he received a phone call recently from a supporter who had a car drive up on […]
Oct 9 2019 — CTV News — Over the course of the campaign, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s personal popularity has been steadily increasing, but the same can’t be said for his party. That’s according to polling data from Nanos Research, commissioned by CTV News and The Globe and Mail, which saw the NDP leader’s support surge 10 points from the beginning of […]
Oct 9 2019 — CTV News — Three of the major federal parties have promised they’ll introduce universal pharmacare if elected. While the details and costs of their plans differ, coverage of drug prescriptions would help the almost one million low-income Canadians who are struggling to pay for prescription medication, with some going without food and heat to pay for drugs, according […]
Oct 9 2019 — CTV News — During Monday’s election debate the Conservative Party joined other parties in live-tweeting the debate in real time on Twitter. But those tweets weren’t always reliable. About 30 minutes into the debate, the Conservatives tweeted that it had been “confirmed by the media that Justin Trudeau lowered taxes for millionaires.” The tweet then linked to a […]
Oct 8 2019 — Ben Cousins, The Canadian Press — CTV News — A former federal Conservative candidate in British Columbia who was kicked out of the party for homophobic remarks says she’s now “running independently,” even though her campaign still appeared to be using the Conservative Party logo this week. Heather Leung, who was running for the Conservatives in Burnaby North-Seymour, was removed from the party last […]