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Analysis
Tonight's TVA debate could shake up the electoral map in Quebec
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Éric Grenier
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Q&A
'It's terrifying': Calgary mayor calls for national groundswell against Quebec's religious symbols law
David Bell
Canada -Calgary ||
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Jagmeet Singh challenges man who urged him to 'cut off' his turban
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Analysis
For Trudeau and Scheer, tonight's French debate offers opportunity — and risks
Justin Trudeau steps on stage tonight for his first leaders' debate of the 2019 election — and a date with voters who may end up playing an outsized role in deciding whether he stays in power.
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Chris Hall
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Analysis
Scheer says British Columbia's carbon tax hasn't worked. Expert studies say it has
A significant piece of the federal election debate in 2019 rests on what the government of British Columbia did on July 1, 2008 — and how you understand what happened after that.
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Aaron Wherry
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Conservatives say Trudeau event broke Toronto's political campaign rules
Conservative candidate Peter Kent is asking the City of Toronto’s integrity commissioner to investigate whether an event for volunteers in Nathan Phillips Square on Sunday night broke rules that forbid political or partisan activities on Toronto city property during an election period.
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Kathleen Harris
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POLL TRACKER
Conservatives hold lead, Liberals have small seat advantage
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Quebec has 'failed in its duty to you,' Premier François Legault tells Indigenous Peoples
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Benjamin Shingler
Canada -Montreal |
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Where the party leaders are on Day 22 of the federal election campaign
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CANADA VOTES
Andrew Scheer met 5 undecided Canadian voters. Here's what happened
Politics ||
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Liberals broke their promise. But where do other parties stand on electoral reform?
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Haydn Watters
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Updated
Ontario education workers to resume talks with province, school boards on Friday
Canada -Toronto ||
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Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories
Canada -North ||
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CBC Explains
What voters need to know about deficits and the debt
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Mark Gollom
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Fact Check
Andrew Scheer's claim about foreign aid deemed false
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Jonathon Gatehouse
Politics ||
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Canada -Montreal ||
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At Trudeau event, Toronto-area mayors say Liberal firearms policy doesn't go far enough
John Paul Tasker
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NDP would allow new parents to receive full EI benefit over shortened leave, Singh says
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Video
Power & Politics Oct. 1: Calgary votes to condemn Quebec's secularism law
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Religious symbols: Here is what users of Vote Compass think
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Scheer promises to slash foreign aid spending by 25 per cent
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Analysis
Amid global unrest, Canada's political parties say little about security, defence
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Murray Brewster
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'The personal touch': Why lawn signs survive in the digital age
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Wallis Snowdon
Canada -Edmonton ||
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Analysis
The Bloc Québécois has been cruising to a comeback, but now faces big debate test
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Jonathan Montpetit
Canada -Montreal ||
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Liberal promise to wipe out citizenship fees would cost $100M a year
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Kathleen Harris
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Singh confronts opioid crisis during B.C. campaign, stops short of promising safe supply
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Ashley Burke
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