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 […]
Oct 6 2019 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — On the eve of the first commissioned English-language debate, strategists and political insiders with the Liberal party, the Conservative party and the NDP are weighing in on what each respective leader will need to do on Monday night to come out strong. The English debate, which will air live on Monday from 7 p.m. to […]
Oct 5 2019 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said if elected, his party would do whatever it takes to ensure clean drinking water for First Nations communities facing countless long-term water advisories. Speaking to reporters in Grassy Narrows First Nations alongside Chief Rudy Turtle, Singh said as prime minister he would prioritize a “$19 million treatment centre” requested by […]
Oct 4 2019 — Don Martin — CTV News — Talk to a true-blue Conservative for more than five minutes and it inevitably comes out. Their eyes glaze over, they sigh and say something like: “Imagine if we had Rona Ambrose or Lisa Raitt or Peter MacKay as leader. The majority would be in the bag.” Well, maybe.
Oct 4 2019 — CTV News — The government has filed an appeal of a recent Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling, which ordered the government to compensate First Nations children who had been discriminated against by the government’s child welfare system. This means the more than 50,000 children who were apprehended or denied welfare services, who the government was ordered to compensate […]
Oct 4 2019 — Sarah Turnbull — CTV News — Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said anyone seeking the top political post in Canada must be transparent with Canadians about their past, as he responded to questions about his main opponent’s citizenship. Speaking to reporters in Quebec City this morning, Trudeau was asked about his views on Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s dual citizenship in the United […]
Oct 3 2019 — CTV News — When asked why he never told anyone about his dual citizenship, Scheer replied: “No one’s ever asked me before.” Scheer was also questioned about why he waited until the eve of the election to begin the process of renouncing his citizenship.
Oct 3 2019 — Rachel Gilmore — CTV News — Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair said his successor Jagmeet Singh has “completely abandoned” Mulcair’s legacy of defending religious rights in his handling of the debate over Quebec’s secularism bill. In 2015, Mulcair paid a political price in Quebec after he supported women’s right to wear a niqab. Then-prime minister Stephen Harper was trying to ban […]