Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a Wednesday morning courtesy call to the governor general and told reporters Parliament will resume "shortly". Full Story
The most sought-after political interview in Canada right now is not with a party leader but instead with a newly minted NDP MP who's been nicknamed "Vegas." Full Story
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau says he might follow in his famous father's footsteps and run for the party leadership, but he told QMI Agency that his children are more important than his career ambitions. Full Story
The newly-elected Tory MP who dropped Michael Ignatieff at the polls was initially branded a "sacrificial lamb" for taking on the high-profile Liberal opponent in the battle for Etobicoke Lakeshore. Full Story
With the Liberal caucus in the House of Commons reduced to less than half its previous size in the May 2 election, at least one Grit is reviving the idea of a merger or some sort of other co-operation with the NDP. Full Story
Pushed off the political cliff by voters, more than 100 defeated MPs will still get a soft financial landing. Full Story
The destruction of the Bloc Quebecois has hurt the province's sovereignty movement, but observers can't agree on whether the party's collapse is a nail in the movement's coffin. Full Story
Ontario Liberals are not worried about facing the electorate in October's provincial election even though voters gave their federal cousins a thrashing, says Premier Dalton McGuinty. Full Story
After an election that will go down in the record books for the New Democrats, Jack Layton says he is more interested in "proposition than opposition." Full Story
With only six Conservative MPs elected in Quebec on May 2, picking ministers from Quebec will be a tough job for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whenever he gets around to shuffling his cabinet. Full Story
After five years of instability, Canadians gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper a resounding mandate to bring stability back to the hallowed halls of Parliament Hill and chart a fresh course for the country's future. Full Story
A beaming Prime Minister Stephen Harper said there are no surprises waiting behind the curtain of his historic majority government. Full Story
Markets are expected to embrace Canada's new majority Conservative government and the status quo it brings to economic and environmental portfolios, economists said Tuesday. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff announced Tuesday he will resign as leader of the Liberal Party after shepherding Canada's once natural governing party to a historic loss. Full Story
Helena Guergis, who was thrown out of the Conservative caucus in 2010 and forced to sit as an Independent following allegations of wild parties, fraud schemes, and cocaine use with her husband, former cabinet minister Rahim Jaffer, has now been kicked out of her riding by voters, too. Full Story
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is a Member of Parliament. Full Story
He asked for it, and he got it. Full Story
A weary and defeated Liberal leader took the stage in a downtown Toronto ballroom Monday night and took ownership of the worst defeat in the party’s history. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe quit Monday after an NDP wave virtually wiped his sovereigntist party off the map and cost him his own seat in east-end Montreal. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has the Conservative majority in Parliament he asked for at almost every campaign stop. Now what? Full Story
How did we get here? Full Story
For a few brief minutes Monday night, CBC violated Canadian electoral law by posting election results before the media blackout had been lifted. Full Story
It’s third time lucky for Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. Full Story
The social media world has changed immensely since the last federal election in 2008. Full Story
Across the country, voters received bogus telephone calls on election day telling them to go to the wrong polling stations - some up to an hour away from their homes - only to find they don’t exist. Full Story
With a historic campaign and election behind him, NDP Leader Jack Layton will take the orange crush all the way to his new home at Stornaway. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff squeezed out the last few handshakes in this federal election campaign early Monday in his Toronto riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was mobbed by children here Monday after he and his wife Laureen cast their ballots at a local Catholic school polling station. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton cast his ballot Monday morning shortly after polls opened in Toronto. Full Story
Polls are opening Monday across the country so Canadians can cast their ballots in the 41st federal election. Full Story
The Sun News Network team is ready and waiting as Canadians cast their ballots on Monday. Full Story
After a campaign marked by dramatic change, Canadians go to the polls Monday to choose a government for the fourth time in seven years. Full Story
With 15% of the country's seats - many of them in play - the Toronto area is an important battle ground for the three major parties as voters head to the polls Monday. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton made a mad rush down Highway 401 Sunday in a final bid to become prime minister. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said he is using the last day of the election campaign to try and turn the polling data predicting an orange NDP wave flooding Quebec into “lies.” Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is leaving his political future up to the Canadian electorate and the Liberal party. Full Story
A protester interrupted a whistlestop in London, Ont., by accusing Conservative Leader Stephen Harper of being a liar. Full Story
The Ontario Provincial Police are launching a criminal breach of trust investigation into how Toronto Police notes were leaked, following a QMI Agency story involving NDP Leader Jack Layton. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper admitted Saturday that Canadians would probably rather drink a beer with NDP Leader Jack Layton. Full Story
Jack Layton tried to do damage control Saturday after a Toronto Sun story sent shock waves through his surging campaign a day before. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is trying to topple a turncoat in Atlantic Canada. Saturday night, Harper attended a rally here with about 650 party supporters in the riding of Kings-Hants. Full Story
If Saturday is any indication, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will criss-cross the country this weekend blasting the NDP as an irresponsible, dangerous experiment that will cripple the economy and wreak havoc on Canada's unity. Full Story
Being caught by cops at massage parlour suspected of being a bawdy house probably won't turn NDP voters against Jack Layton, says a political science professor. Full Story
The Velvet Touch Massage parlour — where NDP Leader Jack Layton was found during a 1996 police visit — was suspected to be a bawdy house since it opened, Toronto Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti alleged. Full Story
The NDP's sudden popularity in Quebec is threatening to sweep away many seats from the Bloc Quebecois, including the one belonging to Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe, who has held his riding since 1990. Full Story
If Saturday morning is any indication, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will criss-cross the country this weekend blasting the NDP as an irresponsible, dangerous experiment that will cripple the economy and wreak havoc on the unity of Canada. Full Story
New polling numbers suggest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's effort to build a majority Conservative government will come up a few bricks short on May 2. Full Story
For the Liberals, the final stand is playing out in 13 battleground ridings in southwestern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area. Full Story
The NDP's sudden rise in popularity has caught many market watchers off guard, with economists now scrambling to assess the potential impact of an underdog victory on the stock and currency markets. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper has defined the election as a choice between a Conservative or an NDP government. Full Story
Jack Layton's prediction of trying to pressure the Bank of Canada to lower interest rates is "amateur hour," Finance Minister Jim Flaherty warned Friday. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe had to fend off friendly fire Friday morning after Bloc members openly called for separatists to vote NDP on election day May 2. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton says government shouldn't intervene in the Bank of Canada's decisions. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton has taken his party's momentum out west in the final days on the campaign trail. Full Story
For the sake of Toronto, vote Conservative, Mayor Rob Ford said Friday. In an interview with QMI Agency, Ford said he decided to wade into the federal campaign just days before the election because the Liberals would jeopardize the city's transportation plan and NDP Leader Jack Layton's "tax and spend mentality" could "paralyze the city." Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff used a series of mixed sports metaphors Friday to make his case that the Liberals are neither down nor out. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton returned to a Conservative heartland Thursday to find more than 1,200 supporters in Saskatoon and a bottle of Orange Crush. Full Story
When NDP Leader Jack Layton left Toronto City Hall for greener federal pastures in the spring of 2003, I bid good riddance (to bad rubbish). Full Story
Ontario's doctors want more attention paid to health care in this federal election campaign, the president of the Ontario Medical Association said Thursday. Full Story
Jack Layton said Thursday if he's elected prime minister, he'll introduce a new ombudsman and tougher competition laws to crack down on oil companies, which he says are "gouging" Canadians at the pumps. Full Story
A U.S.-based union's financial contributions to the New Democrats in Canada have raised some questions for the party's federal branch. Full Story
With the clock quickly ticking down to election day, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is making his final plea to Quebec voters. Full Story
At a campaign stop Thursday in this border city, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper warned the NDP's protectionist policies would wreck the economy. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has spoken volumes on how Conservative Leader Stephen Harper doesn't respect democracy. Full Story
Jack Layton visited the Northwest Territories Thursday to endorse the NDP incumbent in the Western Arctic riding. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is doing a final swing through Quebec as polls suggest the province has turned its back on his party. Full Story
Former prime minister Jean Chretien did his best Wednesday to sell Canadians on what appears to be the fading dream of a Liberal resurgence. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is stepping up his attack on the NDP, blasting the party's $69 billion in spending promises and reminding voters of Bob Rae's NDP government in Ontario. Full Story
The New Democrats returned to Conservative country Wednesday to build on a beachhead of support in Edmonton. Full Story
Long-time community activist Charles Roach has investments, a successful law firm that employs 14 people and pays thousands of dollars in taxes, but he still can't vote Monday. Full Story
A top Conservative adviser has left the Tory campaign after QMI Agency identified him as the source of "planted information" attacking Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. Full Story
Stephen Harper has been called many things during the campaign — a five-week sprint that began when his government fell after being found in contempt of Parliament. Full Story
As the NDP continues to surge in the polls, Jack Layton is being grilled with tougher policy questions and the party is clamping down on communications. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff admitted Wednesday he smoked marijuana when he was younger. Full Story
Usually an election call means all bets are off for politicos wanting to take a Vegas vacation. Full Story
The upstart left-leaning New Democrats hit new heights in polls Wednesday, making Canada’s May 2 election impossible to predict and sending a rumble of discontent through Canadian financial markets. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton returned to Manitoba Wednesday, where people are coping with devastating floods. Full Story
Planted info on Ignatieff “should concern Canadians” says Sun CEO Full Story
Mention the Senate to most Canadians and you're likely to see a frown. Full Story
The only thing that's clear about Canadian public opinion on heroin injection sites is that it's sharply divided. Full Story
A new poll says Jack Layton could teach Michael Ignatieff a thing or two about how to win the hearts and minds of Canadians. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has - for the first time this election campaign - addressed the devastating polls suggesting support for the once formidable Liberal party is badly eroding. Full Story
Elections Canada estimates more than two million Canadians cast a ballot at advance polls on the Easter weekend — a 34.5% increase compared to advance polls during the last federal election. Full Story
Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau conceded Tuesday that his party's campaign has failed to connect with Canadians and said the stunning surge of the NDP is a sign of protest. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff both expressed disappointment Tuesday when asked about the security failure that allowed the Taliban to spring 480 Afghan inmates from a Kandahar prison earlier this week. Full Story
A Sikh businessman in B.C. who was acquitted of first-degree murder in the Air India bombing trial is backing at least two Liberal candidates in Vancouver. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says he’s “optimistic” about his party’s chances in Quebec, despite recent polls that suggests the Tories are dipping here in the wake of the surging NDP. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was deep in Bloc Quebecois territory Tuesday wrangling with the separatists over the town of Asbestos. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton said on Tuesday if he’s elected prime minister — and if “winning conditions” exist in Quebec — he would open up the Constitution to include la belle province. Full Story
A former Paul Bernardo admirer and dangerous offender has been booted from the campaign team of a Toronto Conservative candidate Full Story
Veteran Liberal MP Joe Volpe has reportedly fired one of his campaign workers for removing Green Party literature and replacing it with Liberal literature. Full Story
Several federal Liberal candidates in Ontario say residents in their riding have received crank calls from people who claim to represent their campaign team. Full Story
Is Michael Ignatieff abusing your hard-earned dollars to fund the Liberal election machine? The answer may lie in a trail of food crumbs to taxpayer-funded offices in downtown Ottawa. Full Story
Nepean-Carlton NDP candidate Ric Dagenais is pretty sure the eggs chucked at his campaign office had nothing to do with the Easter spirit. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff wants to see more taxpayer-funded heroin injection sites across Canada. Full Story
Who does Michael Ignatieff think he is? Dr. Phil? Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper vowed Monday a Tory majority would begin the long and slow process of reforming Canada’s Senate. Full Story
The Liberals are on the defensive Monday as polls indicate their campaign is failing. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper turned the tables on the surging NDP Monday and went on the attack in the New Democrats’ ridings in Ontario. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton was peppered with questions Monday about his party's cap and trade plan, which is designed to set hard limits for Canada's biggest polluters. Full Story
Jack Layton plans to work overtime during the final week of the campaign to spray NDP orange across Canada. Full Story
With a week to go before the election, Jacques Parizeau, the former Parti Quebecois premier, tried to lend a hand Monday to Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, whose campaign is losing support to the NDP. Full Story
Liberal MP Bob Rae joked Sunday that he has "a lot of thoughts" on Prime Minister Stephen Harper, but he doesn't for one second believe Harper slashed his car's tire this weekend. Full Story
A Burnaby, B.C., reverend on Sunday asked God to build a “wall of protection” around Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. Full Story
A file containing thousands of potential voters' names, addresses and phone numbers has ended up in the wrong hands, due to a misdirected e-mail from the campaign of the federal Conservative candidate for Winnipeg South Centre. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff brushed off the chorus of boos he got at a junior hockey game in a Mississauga, Ont., swing riding Saturday night. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff have been neck and neck in the polls and they came face to face Sunday afternoon at a parade to celebrate the birth of Sikhism. Full Story
P.E.I. MP and former cabinet minister Wayne Easter is the latest in a string of Liberal MPs who have gotten into trouble over their housing expense claims. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff took to the airwaves Sunday to sell his party, his platform and himself to Canadians. Full Story
Jack Layton came under attack Saturday with snipers firing wildly as the NDP leader breached the riding of Gilles Duceppe for some hand-to-hand combat. Full Story
Toronto police are looking for vandals who have been damaging vehicles of people displaying Liberal election signs on their front lawns. Full Story
It only takes one tweet to derail a political party’s efforts. Analysts say this is why political wars are still being fought in back rooms instead of on the front lines of social media. Full Story
The Conservative campaign got a boost here Saturday from the brother of Pakistan's slain minister of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff kicked off the final sprint in this election campaign Saturday in enemy territory and went in with guns blazing. Full Story
While he may not be going to church Easter Sunday because he’s “on the road,” Conservative Leader Stephen Harper kicked off the final leg of the election campaign promoting his party’s promise to create an Office of Religious Freedom. Full Story
An Ottawa NDP candidate's attempt to be funny has landed him in hot water with members of the Jewish community. Full Story
Some early-bird voters did not have a Good Friday. Scores of Etobicoke-Lakeshore residents in the east of the city became frustrated by delays at one of the two advance poll sites in the riding. Full Story
The NDP wants the latest Tory attack ad to be pulled off the airwaves, saying it is full of fabrications. Full Story
There's an orange bull's eye on Jack Layton's back as the NDP leader heads into the home stretch of a federal election campaign, where polls put his party in striking distance of forming the official opposition. Full Story
With more than one million Canadians expected to cast their votes this weekend at advanced polls, the final leg of this election campaign begins with the NDP surging and the Conservatives maintaining their commanding lead. Full Story
Prime Minister Leader Stephen Harper reportedly gave clear support for the first time to independent candidate Andre Arthur, who is running in a hotly contested riding near Quebec City. Full Story
Suburban and rural Quebecers have had a 20-year love affair with the separatist Bloc Quebecois, but a QMI-Leger Marketing poll indicates many are considering a fling with Jack Layton's New Democrats. Full Story
A Conservative government won’t re-open the debate over abortion, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Full Story
Planned Parenthood denies it has been defunded by the Conservative government. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff is counting on an Easter resurrection for his Liberal election campaign. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper came to the defence Thursday of one of his top aides over allegations he was offered compensation to recommend a specific candidate to head up the Montreal Port Authority. Full Story
Olivia Chow went sleeveless Thursday on Sun News Network to support female anchors at the new national station after they were called “skanks” by critics. Full Story
Jack-mania is sweeping Quebec and creeping into other parts of Canada with new polls showing the Jack Layton-led NDP has made an historic breakthrough in the province to surpass the separatist Bloc as the No. 1 choice for Quebecers. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff would be fined under a new NDP proposal for his record-setting absenteeism in Parliament, QMI Agency has learned. Full Story
The former top aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper who is now the subject of an inquiry for trying to use his political connections to make his prostitute-turned-fiance rich was on a short ethical leash during his final month of PMO employment, new records released by the government late Wednesday show. Full Story
Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla says she has been tailed by supporters of rivals and subjected to other forms of harassment as she seeks re-election in the Brampton-Springdale riding. Full Story
After taking an attack ad back into the shop for repairs, the Liberals have re-launched their attempts to slam the Conservatives on the issue of health care. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was accused by political rivals Wednesday of being an "absentee MP" in the Etobicoke-Lakeshore riding he has held for six years. Full Story
The Liberal Party called Wednesday for a legal investigation into Tory G8 spending. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is dismissing allegations of interference against one of his top aides. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff denies he helped prepare the United States military for the 2003 Iraq invasion, despite eight-year-old praise from American military officials he worked with. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says he doesn’t believe the opposition parties would work with him if he were to win another minority government. Full Story
Jack Layton didn’t sling mud Wednesday, but he waded through piles of it to stump the NDP’s food and farm platform in a riding held by a three-term Conservative incumbent. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff took heat from the premier of Saskatchewan on Wednesday for comments he made about forming government even if his party doesn't win the election. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is travelling through Bloc Quebecois territory hoping to sell the Tories as the federalist option. Full Story
As a politician in Canada, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has said that he was on the sidelines of the Iraq war, but new information reveals he was on the front lines of pre-invasion planning when he worked in the U.S. Full Story
An Ottawa woman claims she was paid under the table, in cash, to clean the prime minister's house. Full Story
Even if the Liberals don't come in first place after the May 2 election, it doesn't mean they can't form a government. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is keeping his lips zipped on his political future if he fails to win his coveted majority. Full Story
NDP hopeful Francoise Boivin came back swinging at her accusers Tuesday, after an article in Le Devoir suggested the Gatineau, Que., candidate broke the rules and was booted as a Liberal MP. Full Story
Elizabeth May wears the colour, but few Canadians apparently see her as a green hero. Full Story
Religion received a lot of attention on the Liberal campaign stopover in Manitoba, but there was little done to help out local candidates. Full Story
Party leaders need to look past the 2014 renegotiation of the Health Accord and further into the 21st century, stakeholders say. Full Story
To hear Jack Layton, Prime Minister Stephen Harper deserves an employee-of-the-month plaque for lowering world-wide unemployment by flooding the global workforce with Canadian jobs. Full Story
A rocky road continues for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff Tuesday, as his bumpy campaign rolls into a riding hit with charges of stealing signs from the Tory camp. Full Story
Conservatives are in Thunder Bay, Ont., trying to colour the northern Ontario town Tory blue instead of NDP orange. Full Story
A Liberal worker accused of ripping off a Tory opponent's signs will face a court nine days after the federal election, police said. Full Story
The federal Liberal campaign has been thrown for a loop because of one of its attack ads. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton dove into separatist waters Monday, accusing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe of stoking sovereigntist fears. Full Story
A report claiming success for a program that allows heroin addicts to legally shoot up under supervision has put Canada's drug policy front and centre in the federal election. Full Story
Private health care delivery became an election issue Monday but only the New Democrats said they would stand up to the Quebec government on the issue. Full Story
The federal Conservatives appear to be successfully winning the support of Canadians born outside of Canada, a key objective the party has had since the merger of the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties nearly a decade ago. Full Story
As support for Canada's public health care system becomes a federal election issue, Michael Ignatieff is taking a gentle approach to the growth of private health care delivery in Quebec. Full Story
Liberal MP Justin Trudeau descended on the Toronto area Monday in a bid keep the riding of Brampton-Springdale in Grit hands. Full Story
Connie Quinn Valliant feels Jack Layton's pain - literally. Full Story
Quebec politics has become another tool in Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's bid to form a majority government. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper got a visit from Northwest Territories Premier Floyd Roland at his Sunday night rally here. Full Story
The good news for Jack Layton: In Quebec and in every province west of Ontario, the NDP is the second most-popular party among decided voters. Full Story
For most of his long career as an academic and journalist, Michael Ignatieff has lived and worked outside of Canada. Full Story
Stephen Harper's Conservatives continue to enjoy a commanding lead among decided voters but Jack Layton's NDP is surging and, in many parts of the country, has eclipsed Michael Ignatieff's Liberals as the second most popular party, according to a new poll done exclusively for QMI Agency. Full Story
Tory Leader Stephen Harper is in Yellowknife stumping for his local candidate in what is turning out to be a tight three-way northern race. Full Story
National polls have been kind to NDP Leader Jack Layton as he heads into the final two weeks of the campaign, but those same polls can turn on you in a flash. Full Story
There's nothing stealthy about Michael Ignatieff's new attack on the Conservatives over the issue of the F-35 fighter jets, says the Liberal leader. Full Story
After visiting a Chinese bakery and buying two cakes for journalists following his campaign, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff pushed his health care platform. Full Story
Delegates at the Parti Quebecois convention on Saturday gave the strongest approval rating in the party's history to their leader, Pauline Marois, who they hope will become the next provincial premier and the pioneering head of an independent Quebec. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is making a tough stance on human smuggling one of the main planks of his British Columbia campaign in bid to woo the region’s key immigrant vote. Full Story
The NDP is making political hay with voter anger over the HST debate in British Columbia and it's putting Conservative Leader Stephen Harper on the defensive. Full Story
A group of about three dozen anti-war demonstrators greeted the Conservative campaign Saturday, chanting and jeering outside a rally in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. Full Story
What was supposed to be a debate about policy and not personalities, grandstanding or spectacle was flipped on its head Saturday morning, as Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MP Cheryl Gallant stormed out of a live radio broadcast, saying she wouldn't participate in a debate in which one candidate is prevented from taking part. Full Story
Questions are hovering over Elections Canada’s voter registry following the recent distribution of information cards to untold numbers of those ineligible to even cast a ballot. Full Story
The Conservatives are back in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia to fend off an NDP campaign gaining momentum in the province. Full Story
A frustrated Michael Ignatieff is pushing voters to "rise up" against the Conservatives. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton gave the Rock a good kick Saturday, hoping for a crack wide enough to steal a seat from the Liberals. Full Story
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin made an impassioned campaign stop in Calgary Friday where he derided the current Conservative government's fiscal record. Full Story
The Conservative campaign is kicking off the weekend in British Columbia. Full Story
If the Liberals make a break-through in the federal election, northern Ontario is the place where it will happen. Full Story
Elections Canada will let stand the 700 votes cast in a special ballot set up for University of Guelph students last Wednesday even though the initiative was not pre-approved and the local Conservative campaign complained it had no scrutineer present. Full Story
Most Canadians want a strong leader with many years of political experience to be the next prime minister. Barring that, they’ll take Rick Mercer. Full Story
Tory Leader Stephen Harper reiterated his support Friday for Canada's involvement in Libya, but said any further commitments would be put on hold until after the federal election. Full Story
An emotional Helena Guergis blasted Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday for conducting a "destructive campaign" to ruin her reputation. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff says he’s confident there’s still time for him to connect with voters and make them understand why they need a change of government. Full Story
While NDP Leader Jack Layton took to the stage at the East Coast Music Awards on Friday, a lone liberal foot soldier stole the show. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is headed to the city’s suburbs for a Friday morning announcement about elder abuse. Full Story
Straight off his appearance in the French-language leaders' debate, Michael Ignatieff is looking to make a French connection. Full Story
The secret Afghan detainee documents will be kept hidden from the public until after the election, according to the judges who are vetting them. Full Story
Jack Layton says he wants Canadians to swim with him, take the plunge into the NDP pool and make him captain of the dive team May 2. Full Story
Barack Obama had Joe the Plumber. Canada has Madame Paille. Full Story
As the federal political leaders headed back out on the hustings Thursday following the debate intermission, both Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper were tripped up by ethnic controversies. Full Story
A Green candidate in Surrey, B.C., has resigned over an offensive Facebook post about rape. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff has begun the second half of the federal election campaign with a partial retreat from some of his comments from Wednesday night’s debate. Full Story
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper pledged Thursday to bring an economic boost to Quebec’s rural regions by moving a federal agency. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton is riding two strong debate performances into Quebec on Thursday where he hopes to woo soft nationalists with a new-found populism that¹s chipping away at Bloc and Liberal support. Full Story
Quebecers say Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe won Wednesday night’s French-language leaders’ debate while Conservative Leader Stephen Harper finished fourth, according to a Leger Marketing poll prepared exclusively for QMI Agency. Full Story
The Grits made a flood-related gaffe Wednesday. Full Story
Some worried voters hope shipping their vote elsewhere will give their voice some clout. Full Story
NDP candidate Jim Koppens is tanning on a Caribbean beach as his rivals spend 10-hour days knocking on doors and erecting election signs in this Toronto-area riding. Full Story
A controversial ruling on medical marijuana from an Ontario Superior Court judge has lit up a new federal election issue. Full Story
The three national party leaders jockeyed to be Quebec’s next federalist champion Wednesday night while the Bloc Quebecois’ Gilles Duceppe worked to knock them off their stride. Full Story
A fringe party candidate was arrested Wednesday morning after a Hydro-Quebec official was pied in the face during public hearings into a controversial nuclear power plant. Full Story
Two people in Montreal are scratching their heads after Elections Canada sent them voter cards with the names of people who died years ago. Full Story
After Jack Layton scrambled Michael Ignatieff's eggs during Tuesday's debate, the NDP leader celebrated over breakfast in Ottawa. Full Story
It was Stephen Harper's debate to lose -- and he did not. Full Story
Trust a politician with your money or your life? Full Story
"Vote Compass" — the controversial CBC online tool for determining which political party shares your views — gives the appearance of stronger support for the Liberals even though most people who participated plan to vote Conservative. Full Story
Stephen Harper's Conservatives have gained a massive 21-point lead over Michael Ignatieff's Liberals, according to a new COMPAS Research poll obtained exclusively by QMI Agency. Full Story
If you are going to paraphrase a mass-murdering leader of Communist China during a political debate, you might want to make sure you aren’t in the middle of praising human rights and democracy. Full Story
Opposition leaders barely laid a mitt on Prime Minister Stephen Harper during Tuesday’s all-important, vote-turning English debate — a political gabfest that probably had some viewers reaching for the remote. Full Story
Liberals and conservatives have different brains, says a new study. Full Story
An "abduction-murder" law with a mandatory life sentence and no chance of parole would reduce the number of tragic cases where children are kidnapped and killed, a criminal defence lawyer said Tuesday. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff plans to speak later this week with Awish Aslam, the local university student who was booted from a recent Conservative rally, possibly because she has a Facebook picture with the Liberal leader. Full Story
Premier Dalton McGuinty says it's taken too long for the federal leaders to make health care an election issue. Full Story
The English-language leaders' debate Full Story
Officials in Auditor General Sheila Fraser’s office are conducting a department-by-department search to try to find those who leaked drafts of a controversial report about the government’s spending on the G8 Summit. Full Story
Party leaders weren't claiming victory after the English-language debate Tuesday but said they did manage to get their message across to Canadian voters. Full Story
Senior campaign officials say Jack Layton logged time at the gym Tuesday morning, pumping iron to get ready for the mid-election faceoff. Full Story
First he said he didn’t, now he admits he did. Full Story
Taxpayers shouldn’t pay for Conservative senators to hit the hustings, a New Democrat MP says. Full Story
The NDP is highlighting a historic first — 40% of its candidates in this election are women. Full Story
The following is the text from a draft report written by the Office of the Auditor General that looks at the government's record on spending on infrastructure programs associated with the 2010 G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ont. This draft report was provided to QMI Agency by a source who has agreed only to be described as a supporter of the Conservative government. Full Story
Who will win Best in Show in Tuesday’s federal leaders’ debate is anybody’s guess, and if we can use the metaphorical example of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, party chiefs will strut and primp and bark to capture the attention of judges — you the voter. Full Story
RCMP are releasing little information about a man removed from a Conservative Party rally at the Hotel Chicoutimi in Saguenay, Que., on Sunday. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will consider reopening prison farms if his party forms the next government. Full Story
The Conservatives found themselves between a rock and a hard place Monday. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff brought the Grit campaign to Eastern Ontario Monday on the eve of the televised debates and garnered the support of a rock star. Full Story
Disgraced Liberal candidate Andre Forbes, who allegedly called natives “featherheads” and “lazy” years ago while heading a white rights group, isn’t going away quietly. Full Story
Michael Ignatieff has some 'splainin' to do. As the Liberal leader scoots across the country asking for your vote, it seems he has forgotten where he has voted in the past. Full Story
A security threat failed to hamper the last campaign stop Prime Minister Stephen Harper made before he enters a day of intense debate preparation. Full Story
Concern that hockey fever in Quebec would overshadow Thursday night’s French-language leaders’ debate prompted the consortium of broadcasters that’s organizing the verbal sparring match to bump it to Wednesday night. Full Story
Never mind the $11-billion budget hole the Liberals say the Conservatives have in their platform. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes to milk a few votes out of rural Quebec as he campaigns on the issue of subsidies and protections for Canada's farming sector. Full Story
The NDP’s platform focuses on five key commitments: hiring more doctors and nurses, strengthening pensions, creating jobs, measures to help the family budget, and cleaning up the federal government. Full Story
Two long-time friends, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Toronto Councillor Doug Ford, were on the hustings Saturday for Conservative Joe Oliver who is taking a second shot at the federal riding of Eglinton-Lawrence. Full Story
Green Leader Elizabeth May won't be taking part in the leaders' debates this week, but she will get the chance to present her views on an independent broadcaster. Full Story
Even with a slight case of brain freeze for mistakenly sending former prime minister Jean Chretien to the afterlife, NDP Leader Jack Layton ended Week Two of the election campaign with fewer bruises than the frontrunners. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes his Tory battle cry into one of the strongest separatist regions of Quebec on Sunday. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff blasted the Tory platform Saturday, saying the numbers don't add up and a Conservative government would "slash and burn" the public service to pay for their promised tax cuts. Full Story
Jack Layton has returned to a birthplace of his party and to a battlefield where the NDP were neck and neck with the Conservatives in the last election. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff wrapped up the second week of the campaign electioneering for candidates looking to take back once-Grit ridings in this voter-rich region. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has headed home, or at least to his working-class riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives want to create an Office of Religious Freedom. Full Story
A current federal Liberal hopeful and retired Alberta provincial judge faced disciplinary action in 1999 over fears he'd lost his objectivity. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says he will reverse some of the tough-on-crime legislation he voted for as a way to save money, including a move that would let criminals out of prison earlier. Full Story
Canada's escalating role in Libya is barely registering on the political radar amid concerns the NATO-led mission is faltering at the same time nearly 600 members of the Canadian Forces are now deployed in the region. Full Story
Jack Layton wants to focus on shipbuilding investments instead of F-35s purchases, and table a 'defence white paper' to pinpoint domestic and foreign policy priorities. Full Story
If a federal Conservative government makes good on the savings it expects to get from a massive program review, it will slay the deficit dragon a year earlier than projected in its last budget. Full Story
No matter who wins the federal election, health care transfer payments to the provinces are likely safe from being slashed. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Prime Minister Stephen Harper continue their battle for the Greater Toronto Area today. Full Story
The Liberals are keeping as a candidate a former Alberta judge who was forced to say sorry Thursday for controversial remarks he made on a radio show last week about sexual assault and jail time. Full Story
When is an election poll not an election poll? When it's a seating projection, that's when. Full Story
The Liberal and Conservative national campaign tours converged here -- literally blocks apart -- in a bid to stake their claim on the populous Southern Ontario steel town. Full Story
If the Conservatives form a government on May 2, they promise that within 100 days of their re-election, they’ll introduce a massive new justice bill that includes its whole law-and-order agenda. Full Story
Canada's Green Party leader wants to fly like an eagle. Full Story
Jack Layton says the NDP will continue to stand behind a controversial safe injection site in Vancouver, which the federal government is fighting to shut down in Canada's top court. Full Story
Stephen Harper is setting himself as a defender of Canada's public health care system as he faces NDP accusations that he plans to starve the system of cash. Full Story
Quebecers appear to be eyeing a new federalist option in the NDP, according to a poll published Thursday. Full Story
Cartoonist Lynn Johnston says an apology is the superglue of life; it can repair just about anything. Prime Minister Stephen Harper can only hope she’s right. Full Story
It’s not quite the equivalent of a tax haven in the Cayman Islands, but the Conservatives are promising to eventually double the amount you are allowed to contribute to your tax-free savings account (TFSA). Full Story
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff was in such a hurry to distance himself from his party’s now-disgraced candidate in Manicouagan, Andre Forbes, that he let the media tell him he was fired. Full Story
As rogue Liberal candidates and their "utterly unacceptable" comments about First Nations people and sexual assaults capture the headlines, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff tried to change the channel to seniors Thursday morning, touting his party's promises to make life easier for aging Canadians. Full Story
The prime minister has wiped out any doubt about how high the stakes are for the Conservatives in the Toronto area. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton says the future of health care in Canada hinges on the outcome of the federal election. Full Story
Yvon Dandurand can't vote for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff because he lives in Franklin, Vermont, one of many U.S. towns just a stone's throw away from the Canadian border. Full Story
Former veterans' ombudsman Pat Strogan is joining forces with the small but insistent Progressive Canadian Party. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will get the chance to tussle mano-a-mano in next week's the televised leaders' debates. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped into one of the most racially diverse communities of Canada on Wednesday and pushed for a law against human smuggling opposition parties have called unconstitutional. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton charged through the backwoods of British Columbia on Wednesday to target vacant Tory ridings and tap into anger over the harmonized sales tax. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's smooth campaign to date was broadsided Wednesday after he fired one of his Quebec candidates for calling aboriginals "featherheads" and "lazy." Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff took his fight deep into Bloc Quebecois territory Wednesday, selling himself as the only leader who can unseat Stephen Harper. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper starts Wednesday back in the Toronto area - his third visit to the region in less than two weeks. Full Story
A London teen stole the spotlight of Canada's federal election campaign Tuesday, her claims of being turfed from a local Stephen Harper rally over a Facebook photo sparking high-profile political sparring. Full Story
Jack Layton wants to switch up what's on the political menu in Winnipeg-North. Full Story
Elections Canada is targeting young people even though they're too young to vote. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is picking a fight with Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is trying to frame the election as a two-horse race between him and Stephen Harper. Full Story
The latest economic headlines couldn't be better for the Tories if Stephen Harper had written them himself. Full Story
An American analyst warns the costs of the new F-35 fighter jets are double what the federal government is estimating. Full Story
Opposition leaders took turns pricking the protective bubble around Prime Minister Stephen Harper's election campaign Tuesday. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper rode into a small town Quebec fire hall aboard a fire truck with lights flashing on Tuesday, kicking off a day of campaigning along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Full Story
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has lost her legal bid to join the televised leaders' debates after a federal court judge turned down the party's bid for a speedy hearing. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff firmed up his promise Tuesday to offer a loan guarantee to the province to help develop the massive Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project on the Lower Churchill in Labrador. Full Story
The premier of Saskatchewan is concerned about the Liberal environmental plan turning into the second coming of a carbon tax. Full Story
For the first time in the 2011 federal election campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is training his rhetorical firepower directly on the Liberal platform Michael Ignatieff released Sunday. Full Story
Jack Layton rallied the troops Monday in an Ontario riding where a former candidate sent shockwaves down the NDP lines and forced the party to scramble. Full Story
Liberal campaign promises to reduce carbon emissions are more a plot to plunder Alberta's riches than they are greenhouse gas-cutting measures, Premier Ed Stelmach's office charged Monday. Full Story
The Stephen Harper government is forcing Ontarians to subsidize electricity rates in other provinces, Premier Dalton McGuinty says. Full Story
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an apology Monday to a local teen who claims she was turfed from a Tory rally here over her Facebook picture with Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. Full Story
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has pledged to rain cash on the CBC. Full Story
University of Guelph students are trying to encourage other young voters to cast a ballot in the May 2 federal election. Full Story
Jason Kenney says Chinese-Canadians are being ignored by the Liberals, who refuse to support a so-called Lucky Moose law. Full Story
Stephen Harper accused his top mandarins of keeping him in the dark about new details involving the shady past of a former confidant who worked for the prime minister and had a front-row seat to classified information. Full Story
A Liberal government wouldn't revisit any of the tough-on-crime legislation passed under the Tories, incumbent Liberal Mark Holland said Monday. Full Story
The NDP is banking on musicians in Broken Social Scene to help strike the right chord with voters. Full Story
The Bloc Quebecois says Quebec should get out of multiculturalism. It wants the province to have its own "interculturalist" model instead. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a message for rural voters: The other parties just don’t get you. Full Story
After one week of campaigning, the country's voters appear lined up almost exactly as they did on voting day in 2008, a vote that produced a minority Conservative government led by Stephen Harper. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton kicked off the second week of the federal election campaign by promising to gradually double Canada and Quebec pension plans. Full Story
A Liberal government will get you a job by sending you back to school, and they'll jack the corporate tax rate to pay for it, according to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff. Full Story
Barry Devolin, the Tory incumbent in Ontario's Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, is refusing to talk to the local newspaper during the federal election campaign as his Liberal competition is the managing editor. Full Story
Stephen Harper will promise Monday to kill the long-gun registry if he's re-elected, QMI Agency has learned. Full Story
It’s official, a Liberal government would jack the corporate tax rate and cap tax breaks for the rich to pay for $8.1 billion in new spending programs over the next two years. Full Story
More than $8 billion in new Liberal spending promises over two years will pay for goodies for nearly every Canadian. Full Story
A Toronto-based polling firm is trying to make sure the public knows they have nothing to do with CBC’s beleaguered online voting tool. Full Story
After criticizing Prime Minister Stephen Harper's campaign promise to provide a loan guarantee for Newfoundland's hydro project, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe challenged Harper on Sunday to do the same for the Davie naval dockyard near Quebec City. Full Story
Jack Layton tried to sweeten the NDP vote at a sugar shack in the Outaouais Sunday, where he ironically highlighted the need for better health care in the region. Full Story
On the sidelines of the Conservative re-election campaign, Sen. Jacques Demers is taking aim at head shots in the NHL. Full Story
Stephen Harper skipped the leg warmers for the announcement, but the prime minister has promised to muscle-up the popular children’s fitness tax credit, once the budget is balanced. Full Story
More than 100 election signs were spraypainted by vandals with symbols depicting crosshairs of a gun over his face, homophobic comments and course language. Full Story
To many of his constituents, Michael Ignatieff is a stranger in his own riding. Full Story
Admitting Calgary is a Tory stronghold, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said he doesn't take local support for granted. Full Story
After spending the weekend huddling with strategists, party leaders reflected on the first eight days of a campaign that has yet to stir a yawning electorate. Full Story
They're all over the newspapers, radio and TV. But do pre-election polls play that important of a role in our democratic process? Do they have affect on the actual vote? Full Story
When NDP Leader Jack Layton makes his way to political rallies, including one held outside of Halifax on Saturday, he¹s usually accompanied by the song "Believe in me" by Canadian rock band Sloan. The ditty has become his anthem, both personally and politically. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe on Saturday asked voters in a riding just outside Quebec City to choose his candidate over Independent incumbent Andre Arthur, whom he accused of caring more about “selling street sweepers and driving school buses” than working in Parliament. Full Story
Two senior Conservative cabinet ministers say Michael Ignatieff’s first week of campaign promises would raise taxes by more than $6 billion and add almost $4 billion to annual federal spending. Full Story
QMI Agency, along with Leger Marketing, have run an exclusive national poll to search for signs of humanity -- including the friend-worthiness -- of the leaders of the federal parties. Full Story
He flew into London, refusing to commit to a life-saving loan for a London aircraft maker trying to expand into jets. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is off to a lacklustre start in his federal campaign, Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan says. Full Story
When it comes to women in politics, Afghanistan is doing better than Canada. Full Story
Stephen Harper's Conservatives promised Friday to hand $2.2 billion to Quebec as compensation for the province's move to harmonize the federal and provincial sales taxes. Full Story
The soil may be red here, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to paint this small island province Conservative blue. Full Story
Spoiling for a rhetorical rumble with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff issued an open letter to try to revive the idea of a one-on-one debate with his Conservative opponent. Full Story
The cash cow known as voter subsidies would be milked for the last time under a majority Conservative government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday -- a promise that sent his opposition checking their lines of credit. Full Story
A Bloc Quebecois MP has apologized for a racial comment he made about his NDP rival’s candidacy. Full Story
Quebec Premier Jean Charest emerged from his self-imposed silence on election matters Friday to blast Prime Minister Stephen Harper's multibillion-dollar loan guarantee for a hydro development in Newfoundland and Labrador. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's first week on the campaign trail had two themes: hope and billions of dollars. Full Story
The New Brunswick licence plate reads, “Be...in this place,” and Prime Minister Stephen Harper took that message to heart. Full Story
Conservative incumbent Cheryl Gallant has apologized to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff for posting a tweet that compared him to Libya’s brutal dictator, Moammar Gadhafi. Full Story
The long-gun registry is firing up debate in the riding of Sudbury, Ont., where an area MP decided to vote in favour of keeping the contentious program. Full Story
A Liberal government won't be a big government but it will be an open government, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says. Full Story
On a campaign swing through this southwestern Ontario city Thursday, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff wouldn't commit to giving Diamond Aircraft a $35-million federal loan but said he'd move its request to the top of his desk as prime minister. Full Story
The CBC keeps things in the family. The state broadcaster built an online voting tool that's under fire for having a Liberal bias. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of backing out of his own challenge for a one-on-one debate between the two leaders, a duel which now looks unlikely to happen. Full Story
A re-elected Conservative government would guarantee a loan of up to $4.2 billion for the massive Lower Churchill hydro-electric project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced here Thursday. Full Story
As political leaders stump their way across Canada in the federal election, a new national survey shows many of the voters they are meeting don't actually like them much. Full Story
A corporate tax hike won’t cover Liberal campaign promises, two economists warn. Full Story
Give or take a few loonies -- no, not the candidates on the election trail -- federal political parties found out Thursday how much they can legally spend to try to win your vote. Full Story
The three dates for advance polls this election fall on Easter weekend. Full Story
The NDP has moved quickly to replace a local candidate who quit to support the Liberals. Full Story
The two front-runners for the keys to 24 Sussex Dr. treaded cautiously Thursday on Canada's role in Libya following reports the Americans have begun covert operations that could lead to arming rebels fighting to oust bloody dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton launched his Quebec campaign Thursday by announcing his plan to scrap fossil fuel subsidies and invest in clean energy. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced a proposal Thursday for a $500-million early learning fund, which would ramp up to $1 billion annually by year four. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised Thursday to finish free trade agreements with the European Union early next year and with India in 2013, if re-elected to government. Full Story
Conservative MP Jason Kenney was parachuted into Vancouver from his Calgary riding to watch the Cricket World Cup Wednesday morning with nearly 100 Indo-Canadians. Full Story
Phone lines lit up in the control rooms of talk radio stations across the country on Wednesday as Canadians reacted to news that CBC's vote picker tilted to the Grits. Full Story
CBC isn't the only government-owned or financed broadcaster in the world to be accused of a left-wing bias. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff are ready to go mano-a-mano in a federal election debate. Full Story
Want to know Jack? There's an app for that. Text "NDP" to 101010 to hear a message from Jack Layton, get a few details on campaign promises, donate, sign up for updates and get a link to the Jack Layton iPhone app, from which you can follow the campaign. Full Story
CBC is not taking any blame for claims that its online voter tool is rigged in favour of the Liberals. Full Story
Call it a version of the Dosey Doe as political parties swapped partners Wednesday on Day 5 of an election campaign where defections topped billion-dollar announcements. Full Story
Ignatieff’s resonance with Canadians is as a dull, boring, effete, elitist, fuzzy, professorial academic dweeb who, if he ever heard the word “sex” would think it was a mispronunciation of “six.” Full Story
The Conservatives and NDP are into an unlikely bidding war on business policy. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants -- and likely needs -- Quebec to be a big part of the majority government he's hoping for. Full Story
In a move that has reignited talk of a coalition, an NDP candidate in this southern Ontario city has surprised everyone, including his own party, by withdrawing from the election race and throwing his support behind his Liberal rival. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has proposed three new measures to boost Canadian pensions. Full Story
Jack Layton stopped in the cradle of Canadian manufacturing Wednesday morning to announce the NDP’s plan to cut the small business tax rate by two percentage points and introduce a job creation tax credit. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is beefy, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is rather hot and spicy and the NDP's Jack Layton is well-seasoned. Full Story
Two Conservative senators have resigned to run in the federal election. Full Story
A former Conservative staffer being investigated by the Mounties is no longer doing volunteer work for an Edmonton candidate running in a high-profile constituency, says an official. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 10-year-old Maria Aragon of Lady Gaga fame jammed here Tuesday during a campaign photo-op. Full Story
Sun News Network, the upstart all-news and talk television network, said Tuesday it had teamed up with one of Canada's bright new market research firms, Abacus Data Inc., to provide it with polls on everything from voting intentions to attitudes about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision not to attend the royal wedding. Full Story
Conservative candidate Maxime Bernier's smiling face is all over the web during this federal campaign, but it's nowhere to be seen on lamp posts, billboards and buildings in his riding northeast of Quebec City. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton's promise to cap credit card interest rates at prime plus 5% is not possible or desirable, a consumer watchdog said Tuesday. Full Story
A new poll says most Canadians think Prime Minister Stephen Harper should shelve his re-election campaign and get himself to Westminster Abbey next month for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which many believe will be the social event of the decade. Full Story
It took a few days, but the sedatives sort of kicked in on Day 4 of the federal election campaign Tuesday as party leaders got down to the business of wooing voters with pocket book issues. Full Story
Days into the federal election campaign, the city is already seeing a battle for the ages. Full Story
If the Tories get re-elected, small businesses would get a break on employment insurance payments this year so they could hire more people and keep the staff they have. Full Story
Jack Layton announced Tuesday he will cap credit card interest rates at 5% plus prime and roll back transaction fees if elected prime minister. Full Story
Dubai-based newspaper Gulf News has stepped into Canada’s federal election and taken a swipe at Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Full Story
The Conservatives are in the symbolic heart of Canadian socialism Tuesday looking to unseat veteran Grit Ralph Goodale, and beat back a string of New Democrats looking to make a breakthrough in the province. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff announced a $1.45-billion annual investment in post-secondary student assistance on Tuesday. Full Story
The Conservatives spread themselves across the Rocky Mountains Monday in a bid to reclaim seats here and on the West Coast lost in squeakers in elections past. Full Story
The coalition bonfire showed signs of burning out Monday as party leaders began shifting their focus to less volatile matters until Stephen Harper reignited the embers with a blow torch. Full Story
A new poll out Monday finds that after a tumultuous week in federal politics, party preferences have hardly changed among most Canadians though Canadians are now more determined than ever to vote for the party they’ve already picked. Full Story
The Liberals kicked off their Toronto tour by waging war on the Conservative spending record and lashing out at their Tory rivals. Full Story
Jack Layton says he's a warrior -- a Moose Jaw Warrior, that is. Full Story
Parents with kids under the age of 18 will be able to split their incomes for tax purposes if the Tories are re-elected to government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced here Monday. Full Story
Former Montreal Alouettes president Larry Smith says he has resigned his Senate seat to run for the Conservatives in the May 2 election. Full Story
The Roman Catholic Church is stepping in where Canadian politicians fear to tread. It released a voter’s guide for Catholics that makes it clear respect for life and dignity tops its list of concerns during this campaign. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff tried to be as clear as he could on Sunday. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe has launched his campaign with strong words against Stephen Harper and the Conservative government, calling the Tory leader a "habitual liar" who operates a system of entrenched deceit. Full Story
The coalition elephant roared on Day 2 of the election campaign Sunday, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper stoking fears of a post-election alliance while his challengers accused him of lying and leading a sleazy and corrupt government. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff tried to perk up support for a star Grit candidate with a quick visit to a popular espresso bar in Montreal Sunday morning. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew across the country Sunday and dove deep into enemy territory on day two of the campaign, rallying crowds in both Brampton, Ont. and Burnaby, B.C. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is pitching his party as the only viable alternative to the Conservatives and the only party in touch with Quebec values, as well as the one that chooses the politics of hope over the politics of fear. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton kicked off his British Columbia campaign Sunday by highlighting what he sees as the horror of the harmonized sales tax. Full Story
With the latest Tory budget shelved after Friday's vote of non-confidence, finance minister Jim Flaherty said Saturday the same document could be presented again if the Conservatives are victorious. Full Story
The NDP is hitting the Alberta airwaves and a bed of Conservative support with hopes of tapping into a pocket of progressive voters. Full Story
In his first stump speech of the 2011 campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper laid it on thick for Quebecers in the centre of the Tories’ stronghold in La Belle Province. Full Story
Kicking off his campaign to become the country’s prime minister, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff quoted Bob Dylan, chided Prime Minister Stephen Harper for being in contempt of Parliament, and promised he would improve daycare availability across the country. Full Story
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe called Prime Minister Stephen Harper a "liar" Saturday morning during his first speech of the election campaign. Full Story
NDP Leader Jack Layton says he’s a repairman ready to fix a stack of problems in Parliament. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the 2011 election campaign with a withering attack on the concept of a coalition government he claims Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is intent on forming with the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois. Full Story
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has "categorically" ruled out forming a coalition government with the separatists. Full Story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the Liberals of duplicity Saturday while Harper himself was branded a liar by Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe. Full Story
When Liberal incumbent David McGuinty knocks on Gabe Thirlwall's door, he just might get the finger. Full Story
The longest serving speaker in Canadian history sailed off into the sunset Friday, leaving in his wake a country mansion, a cozy sleeping nook in Centre Block, a car and driver, a private wine cellar, a $1 million budget and a menu of other lavish perks only lottery winners could afford. Full Story
As the Liberals gas up the bus and get ready to hit the road, they're also polishing up their party platform and campaign tactics for the long weeks ahead. Full Story
NDP leader Jack Layton offered to pull a Full Monty on Friday to show his health won't be an issue when he kicks off his campaign. Full Story
Minutes after his government lost a confidence vote and was branded in contempt of Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper came out swinging against the opposition "coalition." Full Story
After more than five years as the leader of minority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally lost the confidence of the House of Commons on Friday and will ask Gov. Gen. David Johnston Saturday morning to dissolve Parliament for a general election widely expected to be held on May 2. Full Story
Jean-Guy Dagenais, head of the Quebec provincial police union, will run for the Tories in St-Hyacinthe-Bagot riding east of Montreal, QMI Agency has learned. Full Story
The country's 41st general election campaign will get underway Saturday with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party holding a commanding lead over his rivals, according to a new poll released late Thursday. Full Story
As Canada heads for its fourth election in seven years a critic of political subsidies is telling Canadians: If you don't want so many elections, stop giving tax dollars to the parties. Full Story
Convicted Senator Raymond Lavigne may have resigned from the upper chamber, but Parliament Hill is still buzzing about his precedent-setting departure. Full Story
Ontario's finance minister the federal budget was "not designed to get passed." Full Story
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's sixth federal budget is filled with new spending items, but all three opposition parties say they oppose the budget, setting the stage for a federal election. Full Story
While Canadian fighter bombers looked for targets to strafe in Libya on Tuesday, opposition parties took aim at Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a series of ethical breaches that could lead to a vote of non-confidence at the end of the week. Full Story
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will table a budget Tuesday that directly addresses some key NDP demands, including more money for senior citizens, setting up the possibility that the NDP could save the Harper government from losing a series of non-confidence votes this week. Full Story