Stephanie Levitz
Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Conservative campaigns weave tangled webs of allegations
With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support.
MacKay, O'Toole neck and neck as Tory leadership race resumes
Conservative leadership candidates Peter MacKay and Erin O'Toole wasted little time on Thursday, April 30, 2020, leaping back into full campaign — and attack — mode after new fundraising numbers highlighted their potential neck-and-neck status as the contest got back underway.
Tory MP Sloan ducks call to apologize for challenging Tam's loyalty
Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan held to his leadership campaign slogan of being "Conservative without apology" and refused on Wednesday, April 29, 2020, to heed the demands of his fellow MPs to apologize for remarks questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer.
Scheer refuses to address MP's controversial criticism of health officer
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused on Thursday, April 23, 2020, to address controversial comments by a member of his caucus who is also seeking to replace him as leader.
Chief public health officer's decisions must be scrutinized: Scheer
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer refused Thursday to express confidence in Canada's chief public health officer, arguing the need to question her decisions around the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the reasons Parliament must resume.
COVID-19 will bring challenges for Canada's food system: Bibeau
Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19, the federal agriculture minister said on Wednesday, April 15, 2020.
Trudeau and Scheer answer questions about family trips
Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer fended off criticism on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, that they're asking Canadians to do more to stop the spread of COVID-19 than they're willing to do themselves.
Farmers, food processors required to quarantine foreign workers
Employers bringing thousands of agricultural labourers into Canada in the coming weeks will be required to quarantine them before they can work, and the federal government is promising to offset some of the costs.
House of Commons back Saturday to vote on $73-billion wage subsidy bill
Parliament will be recalled on Saturday, April 11, 2020, to vote on the Trudeau government's $73-billion emergency wage subsidy program to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll through the COVID-19 crisis.
Feds fast-track citizenship for prof doing COVID-19 research
The federal government fast-tracked the Canadian citizenship process for a University of Manitoba professor, citing the "urgent need" to facilitate his planned research on COVID-19.