Erin O'Toole is stressing the Conservative goal to balance the budget "without cuts" within 10 years. At a campaign event from the party's broadcast centre at an Ottawa hotel, the Tory leader said Canada effectively borrows more than $400 million each day, resulting in a $354-billion deficit last year amid emergency spending measures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau centred Tuesday's campaign messaging on the party's promise to improve access to mental health services nationwide, something his main opponents have also committed to do, citing the ongoing strain of the COVID-19 pandemic.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will crack down on 'big-money' house flippers by increasing the taxable amount of capital gains profits from 50 to 75 per cent.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald says leaving Canadian flags lowered continues to honour the lives of Indigenous children who died at residential schools.
The three main parties are now into their third week of making pitches to the public, and have released a series of advertisements trying to get their messages across. CTVNews.ca picked three similar 30-second ads released by the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP, and spoke with marketing strategists and experienced political advertisers about what the ads signal about the intended messages and strategies of each campaign.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole spent his 16th day on the election campaign talking about his plan to ban puppy mills and to crack down on unethical breeders, and defended the fact his party’s platform mentions neither racism nor systemic racism.
Leaders of the five major federal parties are preparing to face off in two official debates ahead of the Sept. 20 election.
Elections Canada has begun mailing out voter information cards to registered voters for the upcoming federal election.
The Liberals promised Monday to pour billions of dollars into housing and mental health for Indigenous communities if re-elected, a move they said would help address long-standing gaps in supports for both urban and rural communities.
The Conservative Party's candidate for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Troy Myers has agreed to withdraw his candidacy after the party learned of a 'serious allegation' against him.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is recommitting to a crackdown on artful tax dodgers with high net worth. At a campaign stop across the Rideau Canal from Parliament, Singh said he would zero in on tax evasion and close loopholes that benefit billionaires.
For the second federal election in a row, three women will face off for Nunavut's only seat in Parliament.
The federal Liberal campaign promise to make blind bidding illegal under the Criminal Code has drawn condemnation among some in the real estate industry. But others say the practice creates an unfair advantage for sellers and can help with growing unaffordability.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole has sought to make clear his support for universal health care, blasting the Liberals for 'American-style misleading politics' following the debacle over a video that Twitter flagged as ‘manipulated’ this week. But where exactly does O'Toole stand on private health care? Truth Tracker digs deeper.
A major part of the New Democrats’ campaign messaging is that Jagmeet Singh pushed the Liberal minority government to deliver more financial aid to more Canadians, more quickly. CTVNews.ca’s Truth Tracker looks at how much of a catalyst the NDP were in significantly improving pandemic benefits.
Green Leader Annamie Paul called for an 'emergency recall' of Parliament on Monday to address the growing crisis in Afghanistan, but constitutional experts say a reconvening of MPs is not possible.
Experts say the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled the growth of online communities that use conspiracy theories and deceptive information to bolster political movements, which may lead to a more divisive election campaign.
The Conservatives continue to run just ahead of the Liberals in ballot support, and have also all but erased the previous Liberal lead in projected seats, according to nightly tracking conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail.
The Conservatives have opened up an advantage as Liberal support declined over the past three days of the campaign, according to nightly tracking conducted by Nanos Research.
The Liberals are enjoying higher support among female voters while the Conservatives are the most popular party for male voters, according to Nanos Research.
The Liberals’ repeated attacks against the Conservatives concerning Canada’s public health-care system might be working, in the words of Nanos Research’s Nik Nanos, who says the party has been enjoying increasing support in recent days.
The Liberals and Conservatives are now running in a statistical dead heat, as Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole continues to gain momentum as a candidate among initially hesitant Canadians, according to nightly tracking conducted by Nanos Research for CTV News and the Globe and Mail.
This election campaign has been as unpredictable as it has been unusual, and the real test is about to take place, says former NDP leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca. Can the Conservatives stave off the full-bore Liberal onslaught in seat-rich Ontario?
We can change the tone of this election by having the empathy needed to understand that most candidates want what is best for our country, writes former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes in her exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
If Justin Trudeau's leadership wobble continues to worsen for another few weeks, the Conservatives may have the right to get giddy about governing, Don Martin writes in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
An unnecessary snap election in the context of little political trust is like rolling the dice on our future, writes Mi’kmaw lawyer Pamela Palmater in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
As the second week of the campaign begins, Liberals are asking: 'where’s Trudeau?' writes former NDP leader Tom Mulcair in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca He criticizes Trudeau for choosing to take most of the weekend off while Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole trudged ahead.
The Liberals so far have failed to address the issue of inequity during this campaign, and it's important to critically examine their rhetoric versus action on racism, writes former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes in her exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.
What are the major parties offering to those Canadians who are looking to buy homes? Chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid delves into housing platforms on CTVNews.ca.
It played out like clockwork: Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pronounced his support for abortion rights and the Liberals rushed to point out his party's record of doing the opposite.
Ontario's top doctor scrapped a planned COVID-19 update on Tuesday as the provincial government confirmed it is working on unveiling a COVID-19 vaccine certificate.
Canadians can expect to spend a bit more at the grocery store this fall, as prices on some products continue to climb due to the effects of COVID-19 and climate change on crops and livestock.
Ottawa is pinning its hopes on the Kabul airport soon reopening as thousands of people with links to Canada found themselves stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on Tuesday following the overnight withdrawal of all American soldiers from the country.
A court ruling has settled a multi-year spat between two families who lived next door to each other in one of Canada's wealthiest neighbourhoods.
A disgruntled customer at a Dairy Queen in Port Alberni, B.C., took out his frustration over being told to wear a mask by relieving himself in front of staff at the counter.
More than 1,000 people have died of illicit drug overdose so far in 2021, the latest numbers show. It's a toll that B.C.'s chief coroner says keeps her up at night.
Iranian prosecutors opened criminal cases against six guards at the country's notorious Evin prison, the judiciary reported on Tuesday, after footage showing the widespread abuse of detainees at the facility leaked out last week.
Authorities in Louisiana are investigating an apparent fatal alligator attack on a 71-year-old man as he walked in floodwaters following Hurricane Ida.
Faced with tough questions about leaving Afghanistan, including Americans left behind, U.S. President Joe Biden planned to address the nation Tuesday about the way forward after 20 years of war.
The United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members, some barely older than the war.
Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a highway collapsed after Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi.
Ukrainian troops have completed a daring rescue of two Afghan translators and their families, one who worked for the Canadian military and the other for the Globe and Mail, airlifting them safely to Kyiv.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are citing Health Minister Patty Hajdu's statements during a television interview in May in their fight to prove their client's removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign constituted improper political interference.
Ottawa is pinning its hopes on the Kabul airport soon reopening as thousands of people with links to Canada found themselves stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on Tuesday following the overnight withdrawal of all American soldiers from the country.
Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam will be providing an updated national picture on the trajectory of the COVID-19 fourth wave at a briefing next week, marking a change of plans for the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
Months after COVID-19 vaccinations became available to all eligible Albertans, many people are still refusing to get them and subsequently ending up in hospital.
More than 1,000 people have died of illicit drug overdose so far in 2021, the latest numbers show. It's a toll that B.C.'s chief coroner says keeps her up at night.
A national survey suggests the vast majority of Canadians planned to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when the country's rollout began, but intentions were lower among certain demographics, including residents of Alberta and racialized communities.
A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present ever -- a supply ship bearing ice cream and other treats.
When it comes to home cybersecurity, experts say tell CTVNews.ca that too many Canadians are overlooking their Wi-Fi routers, leaving their network vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Here are some tips on how to secure your home network.
Digital audits are crucial to guard against potential employers using your online footprint to not hire you, warns one social media expert, who says it's actually possible to game search engine algorithms to your advantage.
Mike Richards is out as executive producer of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune,' Sony, the company behind the two shows, announced Tuesday.
The leader of K-pop group BTS, known as RM, has caused a book which has been out of print for almost 20 years to skyrocket to the bestseller list in South Korea after he was photographed reading it.
After several days of testimony from women claiming they were groomed and sexually abused by R. Kelly, a man took the witness stand at Kelly's sex-trafficking trial in New York City on Monday to say the R&B star exploited him in the same way when he was a high school student.
Canadian National Railway Co.'s takeover bid for Kansas City Southern Railway has been thrown into doubt after a U.S. regulator denied its use of a voting trust structure.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' claims that she was abused by the company's chief operating officer, who at the time was her boyfriend, could complicate jury selection in her highly anticipated fraud trial, legal experts said.
Canada's economy had its worst quarterly stretch since the start of the pandemic, contracting at an annualized rate of 1.1 per cent between April and June and possibly dropping further in July.
China has forbidden under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week, a stringent social intervention that it said was needed to pull the plug on a growing addiction to what it once described as 'spiritual opium.'
As live music and theatre begin to return, a new study says that safety measures such as time limits, social distancing and putting a mask over wind instruments can go a long way in reducing airborne transmission of COVID-19.
A St. Marys, Ont., man has grown a sunflower that stands more than seven metres tall.
After a crash during training in 2017 in left her with life-threatening injuries, Kate O'Brien has won silver in track cycling at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.
Canada's Zachary Gingras won bronze in the T38 men's 400-metres at the Tokyo Paralympics Tuesday
Manchester United have completed the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus on a two-year deal, the Premier League side confirmed on Tuesday, as the Portuguese forward returns to the club where he won eight major trophies from 2003-2009.
After a hard-fought and divisive campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has managed to hold on to power, winning a minority government.
Despite falling short of their goal to unseat their incumbent Liberal rivals on Monday night, Andrew Scheer's Conservative Party actually came out with a win in the popular vote.
Hopes of a 'Singh surge' failed to materialize as the NDP dropped to its lowest seat count in more than a decade, but the party could still hold major voting power under the new Liberal minority government.
