SNC-Lavalin scandal

International Trade Minister Mary Ng apologized on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, after the federal ethics commissioner concluded she broke the rules by awarding a contract to a friend — opening the door for the Opposition Conservatives to point out that it's not the first time a Liberal cabinet minister has faced such rulings.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre refused to apologize on Thursday, October 6, 2022, and tried to turn the tables on his Liberal critics after it was revealed tags had been embedded in his YouTube videos designed to reach out to those in the "male supremacy" movement.

Federal party leaders have scattered across the country as the election campaign starts to ramp up in earnest.

Justin Trudeau began his bid for re-election on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, by framing the next 40 days as a time for Canadians to make a choice: whether they want more of his sunny ways or a return to the gloomier days he says are characteristic of life under a Conservative government.

In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances.