Category Archives: CP Election
Untested legal options could give feds ways to intervene on Bill 21
OTTAWA - National party leaders' reluctance to intervene in a court challenge to Quebec's controversial Bill 21 may have left the erroneous impression that there's nothing the federal g...
Sep 22, 2019
Trump's surprise over blackface incidents highlights global response to Trudeau
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau pushed aside Friday global mockery of his decisions years ago to dress in blackface, saying he's focused on apologizing to Canadians - including his rival, NDP Leader Jagm...
Sep 22, 2019
Trudeau, Scheer hit the road again for second full week of federal campaign
OTTAWA - After a day off the campaign trail Saturday, Justin Trudeau and Andrew Scheer are on the road again today. Trudeau is promising a new policy announcement in the middle of a residential subdiv...
Sep 22, 2019
Scheer's same-sex marriage comments return to the fore amid Trudeau scandal
SAINT-HYACINTHE, Que. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's own past comments returned to the fore Thursday as his main rival for the country's top political office admitted to repeatedly donning raci...
Sep 21, 2019
'Really sad:' B.C. Liberal candidate's campaign sign vandalized with blackface
KELOWNA, B.C. - A Liberal candidate in British Columbia says some of his campaign signs have been vandalized with black colouring on his face. Stephen Fuhr, who is running for re-election in...
Sep 21, 2019
Residents in Trudeau's Montreal riding unfazed by blackface scandal
MONTREAL - Residents of Justin Trudeau's home riding rallied behind the Liberal leader on Thursday as he struggled to deal with the fallout from old photos showing him in skin-darkening...
Sep 21, 2019
Indigenous candidates 'hurt,' 'frustrated' by Trudeau blackface photos
Indigenous candidates and community leaders expressed shock, pain and frustration Thursday after multiple photographs surfaced of Justin Trudeau made up in brownface and blackface.Several federal elec...
Sep 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Trudeau apologizes again as blackface photos upend Liberal campaign
WINNIPEG - Rather than starting his day with another promise, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau began Day 9 of the federal election having difficult conversations with his candidates, local community...
Sep 21, 2019
Baby on board: Scheer's campaign is a family affair
TORONTO - Not yet two months old, Georgia Hubick is already a frequent flyer. Georgia is travelling with her mother, Kenzie Potter, on the Conservative campaign tour. In just seven days, Geo...
Sep 21, 2019 (The Canadian Press)
Singh tries to keep NDP on message amid anger over Trudeau's 'blackface' images
HAMILTON - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sought to keep his campaign on message Thursday as images of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in racist makeup threatened to overshadow an event where he ...
Sep 21, 2019
