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Special report

Election 2021

News and views related to the 44th Canadian general election, scheduled for Sept. 20, 2021.

163 Articles

Canada’s election comes at a critical time in the climate fight

The Liberals, NDP and Greens all aim to build on Canada’s climate efforts. They want to increase both ambition and action — and one party, the Conservatives, wants to go backward, write Clean Energy Canada's Merran Smith and Sarah Petrevan.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Merran Smith
  • Profile photo of Sarah Petrevan
Election 2021
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  • Merran Smith
  • Sarah Petrevan
  • Opinion
  • Politics
September 1st 2021

Liberals pledge to regulate oil and gas emissions

The Liberal Party is promising, if re-elected, to require the oil and gas industry to curb its greenhouse gas emissions at a pace and scale needed to meet net-zero emissions by 2050, but experts and environmentalists want details before getting their hopes up.
Election 2021
By
  • John Woodside
  • News
  • Energy
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
September 1st 2021

Liberals, Conservatives aim at opposing candidates as campaign hits third week

Liberals and Conservatives took aim at each other's candidates on Monday, August 30, 2021, questioning past statements and actions to build a character case about why they, and not their opponent, should be trusted to govern after election day.
Election 2021
By
  • Jordan Press
  • News
  • Politics
August 31st 2021
Justin Trudeau,

New poll suggests Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into second half of campaign

A new poll suggests the Conservatives and NDP have momentum heading into the second half of the federal election campaign, while the Liberals are bleeding support.
Election 2021
By
  • The Canadian Press
  • News
  • Politics
August 31st 2021

What you need to know about the Fairy Creek protests

The Fairy Creek protests over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island are quickly becoming the face of a much broader conflict between environmental goals and economic forces. How did it get to this point?
Election 2021
By
  • John Woodside
  • News
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
August 31st 2021

Liberals pledge $2 billion to aid just transition

The Liberal Party’s climate plan includes commitments for a just transition and new funding to support fossil fuel-reliant provinces, but one oilpatch worker-led organization says the plan falls short of what is needed.
Election 2021
By
  • Natasha Bulowski
  • News
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
August 31st 2021

Vote to save the Earth

Voters in this year's federal election must push parties to put climate change and biodiversity on the top of their agendas, writes the Sierra Club Canada Foundation's Conor Curtis.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Conor Curtis
Election 2021
By
  • Conor Curtis
  • Opinion
August 31st 2021

Fear and loathing in Canada

While Erin O’Toole has tried to present a positive and policy-oriented face to Canadians during this election campaign, he is stewarding a party that still boils with hatred for his opponent, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Max Fawcett
Election 2021
By
  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
August 31st 2021

Trudeau climate promises interrupted by Ontario angry crowd

An angry crowd of agitators surrounded Justin Trudeau's campaign buses and screamed profanity at the Liberal Leader during a campaign event in Cambridge, Ont., on Sunday, August 29, 2021.
Election 2021
By
  • Mia Rabson
  • News
  • Politics
August 30th 2021

Oil and gas industry releases its election wish list

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers says its platform, released Aug. 24, demonstrates the industry’s desire to transition to a lower-carbon economy. Environmentalists, however, say it promotes a business-as-usual approach to the climate crisis.
Election 2021
By
  • Emma McIntosh
  • Analysis
  • Energy
  • Politics
August 30th 2021

Canadians should be able to vote for the party they like, not the one they fear the least

With numerous polls now showing the Conservatives and Liberals in a statistical tie, an election campaign that was supposed to be smooth sailing for the governing party has now gotten deadly serious, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Max Fawcett
Election 2021
By
  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
August 30th 2021

Don’t turn Afghans away from Canada’s door

As a country that asked those people to stand beside us, whether as translators or as soldiers, we owe them an enormous debt that must be repaid, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Max Fawcett
Election 2021
By
  • Max Fawcett
  • Opinion
  • Politics
August 28th 2021

At risk of another arrest, Maxime Bernier will steer clear of most of Atlantic Canada

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier is on an East Coast tour, but because he chooses not to be vaccinated, is unable to campaign in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, or Prince Edward Island without following COVID-19 isolation rules.
Election 2021
By
  • John Woodside
  • News
  • Politics
  • Ottawa Insider
August 27th 2021

Afghanistan, pandemic are casting a shadow over the Liberal campaign

The crisis in Afghanistan — alongside the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — has thrown up an alarming backdrop to the federal election, which could overshadow campaign efforts by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau as his government's record comes under scrutiny.
Election 2021
By
  • Christopher Reynolds
  • News
  • Politics
August 27th 2021

Trudeau and Singh will campaign in Ontario; O'Toole visits two Atlantic provinces

The Liberal and NDP leaders are expected to be in Ontario for Day 13 of the federal election campaign, while the head of the Conservatives is to spend time in two Atlantic provinces.
Election 2021
By
  • The Canadian Press
  • News
  • Politics
August 27th 2021

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