Federal Elections

• Conservatives edge ahead of Liberals in voter support, breaking gridlock: poll

  If a federal election were to take place tomorrow, the Liberals would get 32 per cent of votes behind the Conservatives who would get 37 per cent, a new Ipsos poll shows.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2023
  
• ANALYSIS: Why the Ontario election is one that all of Canada should watch

  The choices Doug Ford, Andrea Horwath and Steven Del Duca make this spring could influence Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and the shape of the Conservative leadership race.

  Politics

  May 3, 2022
  
• Advertisement
• Hamilton teen a part of Ontario court challenge to lower federal voting age

  A 16-year-old Hamiltonian says today's youth understand and consume a lot more forms of information than previous generations.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2021
• Advertisement
• Young Canadians sue federal government in call to lower voting age

  In a lawsuit filed in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, several young Canadians argue that denying citizens under 18 the right to vote in federal elections is unconstitutional.

  Politics

  Dec 1, 2021
• Voters could see longer wait at polls amid COVID-19, staff shortage: Elections Canada

  Elections Canada said that they had reached just over 80 per cent of the total recruitment needed to staff polling stations across the country.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2021
• Montrealers protest to protect land north of airport from development

  Concerned residents want to prevent any kind of development of the space that sits just north of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport.

  Canada

  Sep 12, 2021
• Elizabeth May stepped down as leader of the Green Party. Who will take her place?

  Deputy leader Jo-Ann Roberts, who is taking on the role of interim party leader, told Global News that her task now is to expand the vision and reach of the Green party through the race to replace May.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2019
• Meet Jaime Battiste: Nova Scotia’s first Mi’kmaq member of Parliament

  The 40-year-old legal expert and Indigenous activist, elected as a Liberal in Cape Breton, seems poised to make a name for himself in federal politics.

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2019
• Advertisement
• New federal Green member looks to learn from May, not replace her

  Jenica Atwin pulled out a historic win Monday, capturing the riding of Fredericton and becoming the first Green MP elected east of British Columbia.

  Politics

  Oct 22, 2019
• Advertisement
• Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland’s signs vandalized in midtown Toronto neighbourhood

  In the area of Dupont and Christie streets, signs bearing the Liberal candidate's face have been vandalized with black spray paint.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2019