Liberals

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.

The Trudeau-Ford détente and Ford’s extraordinary decision to bar his ministers from even interacting with O’Toole’s candidates could impact the election’s dynamics in seat-rich Ontario.

Canadian carbon pricing is complicated, and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole’s carbon pricing plan would only further complicate it, writes lawyer Marc Z. Goldgrub.

Demonizing landlords and foreign buyers make for easy politics, and promising to help new homebuyers is an obvious winner, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is particularly popular among younger voters, the same demographic that helped propel the Trudeau Liberals to their first majority in 2015, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

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.

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.

New survey results suggest Justin Trudeau's Liberals were clinging to a five-point lead on the eve of the federal election campaign.

The asbestos lobby uses the same tactic as the Alberta oil industry — vilifying its opponents as enemies secretly working for foreign interests who wish to destroy the livelihoods of local communities, writes former director of the BC Human Rights Commission Kathleen Ruff.

A majority of Canadians believe wealth inequality should be tackled by increasing taxes on the wealthy and large corporations and even said it could influence their vote, according to a new poll.

The federal Liberals remain ahead as a new poll suggests Canada's political parties are holding relatively steady in terms of voter support only weeks before a possible election call.

Ahead of a likely federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped into Newfoundland and Labrador on Wednesday with a multibillion-dollar bailout package designed to beat down the soaring costs of the contentious Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project and avert a feared bankruptcy.

National conventions, which focus on policy positions and executive elections, will suck up time and resources as Paul tries to ramp up volunteer recruitment, fundraising and election readiness.

Mark Carney says he's made commitments to help in the global fight against climate change and he can't walk away from them just a few months before a crucial United Nations conference.