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Three parties back setting up wrongful-conviction tribunal; Tories silent
TORONTO - Three of the four major parties support setting up a British-style independent tribunal to review wrongful convictions, an advocacy group said on Wednesday. Only the Conservatives have yet t...
Oct 11, 2019
Scheer visits Roxham Road, vows to close 'loophole' enabling asylum seekers
ST-BERNARD-DE-LACOLLE, Que. - Andrew Scheer brought his national campaign to the edge of the U.S. border, where he pledged to shut a legal "loophole" that he says has enabled tens of thousands of...
Oct 11, 2019
Conservative health ministers fight feds over military health costs
MARKHAM, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau promised Wednesday that military personnel will not suffer as a result of a battle over money that is playing out between the federal government and the p...
Oct 11, 2019
Scheer argues Trudeau hurt Canada-China relations with SNC-Lavalin affair
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told a roundtable of journalists from ethnic media outlets that Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau caused further damage to&nb...
Oct 11, 2019
Bloc on the rise, along with calls for separation in Alberta
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dismissed any notion that national unity is under threat Wednesday as he and other national leaders made efforts to beat back growing support for the Bloc Quebec...
Oct 11, 2019
Elizabeth May calls once more for taxes on major internet companies
OTTAWA - A Green government would "level the playing field" by implementing taxes on companies like Facebook and Netflix, leader Elizabeth May promised Wednesday during a campaign stop in al...
Oct 11, 2019
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