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Election 2021: Your last-minute guide to where the parties stand on climate action
Climate change will almost certainly be top of mind in the upcoming election after a summer of intense heat waves has left apartment dwellers roasting with no relief and wildfires are sweeping through Ontario and B.C.’s rural communities.
Canadian diplomats out of Afghanistan, Trudeau says, as fears mount for interpreters
All Canadian diplomats have left Afghanistan, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, raising fresh questions and concerns about the government’s promise to help hundreds of former interpreters and their families still stuck in the country.
Economy takes the lead in Canada's 2021 federal election
The federal parties took the first full day of campaigning to lay planks in their plans to revive the country's economy after months of pain from the COVID-19 pandemic, and options for covering the costs.
Trudeau went into election with healthy lead, survey suggests
New survey results suggest Justin Trudeau's Liberals were clinging to a five-point lead on the eve of the federal election campaign.
Election 2021 is here — and young people are paying attention
The younger voters in Canada’s Sept. 20 election have particular needs they want addressed, not least a livable wage on an inhabitable planet, but the broader COVID-19 spending debate may eclipse them.
Canada closes embassy in Afghanistan as Taliban forces advance on Kabul
Canadians working to evacuate allies from Afghanistan described chaos, fear and disappointment on Sunday, August 15, 2021, as Canada shut down its embassy in Kabul and suspended diplomatic relations amid a Taliban advance in the capital.
Trudeau to visit Rideau Hall today — likely to trigger election
A federal election campaign became all but imminent on Saturday, August 14, 2021, as the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed plans to visit the Governor General in hopes of triggering a national vote.
Canada purchasing 40 million Moderna COVID-19 doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will buy another 40 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine over the next two years.
Trudeau in 'Relentless'
Evidence that a federal election is on the horizon continued to mount on Saturday, August 14, 2021, as the Liberal party unveiled a series of campaign-style advertisements a day before the widely anticipated vote is expected to be called.
Canada's leaders gird for battle
The lines of attack have been traced for months, but now federal parties' battle plans are poised to go into effect with an election campaign set to kick off on Sunday, August 15, 2021.
Judge says Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case is "unusual"
The B.C. Supreme Court judge presiding over the high-profile extradition hearing for the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei challenged a government lawyer who claimed on Thursday, August 12, 2021, that Meng Wanzhou's case is not unique.
Canada to donate 10M unused Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to poor countries
Canada is donating all 10 million doses of the single-dose vaccine that it purchased from Johnson & Johnson but won't use to low and middle-income countries.
Singh campaigns on affordability in days leading to election
New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh unfurled a blueprint for the NDP campaign platform on Thursday, August 12, 2021, doubling down on affordability and economic populism as federal opposition leaders criss-cross the country ahead of an election race expected to kick off Sunday.