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132 Articles

Five Conservative leadership candidates face off at Ottawa debate tonight

Five out of the six candidates vying for Tory leadership will appear on stage tonight for a debate before a room of conservative faithful.
News, Politics | May 5th 2022
Candice Bergen,

Bloc tries and fails to raise abortion rights in Commons, Tories told to stay quiet

A push from the Bloc Québécois for the House of Commons to confirm the right to an abortion failed Tuesday, as Conservative MPs were warned against commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that has thrown the issue back into the domestic spotlight.
News, Politics | May 4th 2022

The role of COVID in this Conservative party leadership race

“The whole concept of talking about freedom is definitely a direct result of the pandemic," said Chris Chapin, a managing principal at the Upstream Strategy Group, who worked on past leadership campaigns for Ontario Progressive Conservative candidates.
News, Politics | May 2nd 2022

Conservative MP Scott Aitchison enters federal leadership race

The Conservative Party of Canada is now up to six contenders who are officially in the running for Erin O'Toole's former job.
News, Politics | April 29th 2022
Jean Charest,

Jean Charest promises to axe carbon price and current emissions target

Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest is promising to repeal the Liberal government's consumer carbon price and eliminate the federal portion of the HST on low-carbon purchases.
News, Politics | April 26th 2022

Ottawa feared more rail blockades before B.C. pipeline arrests last fall

Federal officials feared a repeat of the 2020 rail blockades one month before RCMP enforced an injunction last fall against protests that cut off access to a pipeline construction site in northern British Columbia.
News, Politics | April 21st 2022

Conservative race deadline looms

At least eight candidates have crossed the first threshold to having their names appear on the final ballot of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race.
News, Politics | April 20th 2022
Patrick Brown,

Patrick Brown's pitch to Conservative voters

An apology to the Tamil community, improving cricket infrastructure, and putting a visa office in Kathmandu are just some of the promises Patrick Brown has made in hopes of becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
News, Politics | April 18th 2022

Now Pierre Poilievre draws huge crowds

With 10 days left for candidates to enter the Conservative party leadership race — and 20 before $300,000 worth in fees are due — what's capturing the attention of those watching as of late are the crowds.
News, Politics | April 9th 2022
federal budget, media lockup,

Budget 2022 commits $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing

Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools.
News, Politics | April 8th 2022
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