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Elections Canada announces record turnout on 1st day of advance voting
Elections Canada has announced preliminary estimates that show nearly two million electors voted Friday, the first day of advance polls. It's a record turnout, according to the non-partisan agency.
NDP wealth tax would raise $94.5B, pay for worker tax cut and health-care improvements
The party released its platform Saturday, pledging to tax the extremely wealthy — a plan it says would help finance tens of billions in new spending, deliver a tax cut for workers and bolster and expand Canada's health-care system.
How will the parties pay for their promises? Why costed platforms are important
As most of the major parties gear up to unveil their fully costed platforms, a former assistant parliamentary budget officer says they’re important because Canadians want to understand how parties will implement their spending plans during a trade war.
Poilievre attacks Carney again over ethics, Singh promises help for northern Ontarians
As the election campaign enters its fourth week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is continuing to attack Liberal Leader Mark Carney over ethics while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising more help for northern Ontarians.
Poilievre accuses Liberals of mixed messaging as candidate calls Gaza war 'genocide'
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is accusing the Liberals of sending mixed messages over the war in Gaza as video emerges of a Liberal candidate calling the crisis a 'genocide' just days after leader Mark Carney clarified his own remarks.
Fewer Canadians say climate change is their top issue. This Green candidate's not worried
As the Liberals and Conservatives pledge to get more energy projects off the ground faster, and polling shows climate change worries are slipping down the list of Canadians' priorities, one Green Party incumbent MP rejects the idea that his team is in trouble.
Former Liberal justice minister endorses Bloc Québécois's Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
Former Liberal justice minister and internationally renowned human rights expert Irwin Cotler says Bloc Québécois candidate Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe deserves support this election, regardless of his political affiliation.
Ottawa man charged after lockdown on Parliament Hill, police say
Ottawa police say a 31-year-old man has been arrested after Saturday's hours-long lockdown on Parliament Hill.
Singh promises more doctors, Carney supports the trades, Poilievre vows to cut red tape
Jagmeet Singh promised to hire more doctors Saturday, while Mark Carney announced measures for trades workers and Pierre Poilievre pledged to cut red tape.
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Canada in his global tariff speech
Standing in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon to unveil his new reciprocal tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that the U.S. subsidizes Canada by hundreds of billions of dollars every year and misrepresented Canada's tariffs on U.S. dairy products.