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Conservatives pledge extra EI leave, expanded tax credit for adoptive parents
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are promising to provide more paid time off and an expanded tax credit for adopting parents. As it stands, parents who adopt children receiv...
Oct 11, 2019
'Most critical problem we're facing:' Medical groups urge climate change action
Canada's medical professionals are presenting a solid front during the federal election campaign to urge political parties to take climate change seriously as a public-health issue...
Oct 11, 2019
Federal leaders make appeal to Quebec voters, as Bloc Quebecois surges
OTTAWA - Combating the danger that a resurgent Bloc Quebecois will take seats away from all of them in the Oct. 21 election, federal party leaders sought Thursday to endear themselves to francophone v...
Oct 11, 2019
Conservatives refuse to participate in national climate debate
OTTAWA - A national debate on climate change that had been planned for next week has been cancelled because the Conservatives refused to participate. The University of Ottawa's Smart Prosperity Instit...
Oct 11, 2019
The Latest: Six leaders square off in French-language debate in capital region
GATINEAU, Que. - The Latest on the French-language leaders' debate with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green party Leader Elizabeth May, Bl...
Oct 11, 2019
Final debate behind them, federal leaders begin sprints to Oct. 21 voting day
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is leaving Ottawa for the West Coast today, though he's saying goodbye with an exceptionally early morning rally at a downtown food court before he departs. With...
Oct 11, 2019
Party leaders dish baloney in French-language debate
OTTAWA - The six federal party leaders used the last televised debate of the campaign Thursday to make their pitches to voters. Along the way, they each made assertions with varying degrees of accurac...
Oct 11, 2019
Trudeau blasts Tories for platform delay before taking fight to Singh's riding
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau took a swipe Friday at the Conservatives for waiting until the eve of a long weekend to release their platform, before the Liberal leader boarded a plane and took the fight to ...
Oct 11, 2019
NDP proposes $32.7B deficit in plan with lots of new spending, new revenues
OTTAWA - The NDP is proposing to run a deficit of $32.7 billion next year if they win the federal election, with no plan to return to balance. New Democrats released their platform costing Friday, and...
Oct 11, 2019
How to handle hot-potato election issues at Thanksgiving dinner
TORONTO - Politics will likely be on the table when Nick Difruscio joins his family for Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, and that has the Ryerson University student bracing for heated discussions alo...
Oct 11, 2019