The fallout from last week's leaders' debates continues, with a filing in Federal Court from the Green Party saying the independent commission's decision to exclude it from the debates was unfair and lacked transparency.

Days before the federal election and after more than a week without commenting on Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump resurfaced his 51st state rhetoric Wednesday afternoon and suggested he could further raise auto tariffs.

Fewer Vote Compass users now say Canada-U.S. relations is the most important election issue for them. After last week's debates, more users say they are concerned by the economy, cost of living, health care and social justice.

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities.

Rents and other housing costs are rising and so is the proportion of renters in Canada. Tenants say they are left in precarious positions and feel unheard and under-represented in the federal election campaign so far.

French-speaking Canadians got a first taste of how the five main federal party leaders defend their platforms beyond U.S. tariff threats in the span of two hours Thursday night on Radio-Canada's Cinq chefs, une élection program.