Erin O'Toole

The fifth and final week of the federal election campaign kicked off on Sunday, September 12, 2021, with the Liberals and New Democrats each questioning whether their opponent's plan to pay for the billions of campaign spending promises was based in reality.

At Thursday night’s debate, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was hit from all sides for setting ambitious climate goals and failing to deliver, and it’s an open question whether his defence will convince voters.

"If you want to become disillusioned with the state of Canadian politics, all you need to do is spend a few minutes watching a federal leaders’ debate. The format of the recent English language debate, which seemed needlessly chaotic and confrontational, didn’t help."

Federal party leaders jousted over climate change, health care, foreign policy, the economy and Indigenous reconciliation during Thursday's, September 9, 2021, English-language debate — their last, best chance to sway voters before the Sept. 20 election.

Five federal party leaders jousted over health and child care, the environment and Quebec identity politics in the first of two official election debates on Wednesday, September 8, 2021, evening as they sought to sway francophone voters before election day on Sept. 20, 2021.

Canada’s National Observer asked federal Liberal Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson about critical issues in the upcoming election, and how his party would respond to the climate crisis.

It's officially time to take Maxime Bernier seriously and start asking questions about what his rise means for the five other federal parties, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight, September 8, 2021, in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20, 2021.

The federal Conservative Party is distancing itself from the National Firearms Association to dispel attacks from the Liberals painting it as a party that strikes deals with gun lobbyists. It even amended party policy to say that, if elected, a Conservative government would keep with the Liberal gun restrictions and complete a review of those rules.

Monday's London stop was the latest Liberal tour event to be sidetracked by the arrival of such an “anti-vaxxer mob” but the first where the Liberal leader was physically assaulted.

The three main federal party leaders marked Labour Day with promises of better working conditions and more benefits for Canadian workers, along with additional supports for businesses.

When Jason Kenney promised Albertans the “best summer ever,” he probably didn’t imagine it would end like this, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Four party leaders went head to head in the first televised debate of the campaign on Thursday, September 2, 2021, night, trading barbs over the COVID-19 pandemic, health care and systemic racism in Quebec, a key battleground in Canada's 44th federal election.

Four leaders will face off tonight, September 2, 2021, in the first televised debate of the federal election campaign.

Justin Trudeau aimed on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, to distinguish the Liberals from Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with promises to enshrine abortion services in the Canada Health Act and toughen measures to ban an array of firearms.