Alex Cosh is the news editor of The Maple.
Justin Trudeau’s $610 million early election call has left Canada's federal political landscape in much the same shape as it was when the writs dropped on August 15.
We put together a guide on how to vote, the key issues that emerged during the election campaign and other issues that were overlooked or ignored by politicians and corporate media.
“What it really reveals is the utter lack of control that Kenney has over his caucus.”
“It’s most likely to be a tax shelter for a very, very small pool of Canadians who have very high incomes under the age of 40.”
“Dead names can be a really tricky thing for trans people. Essentially, after a legal name change, you really just want to leave that behind. So, having to repeatedly tell people, it's not an easy process emotionally.”
“We need to be going well beyond what the IPCC has said what the global average should be, which is 45 per cent (reduction in emissions). Civil society groups have said that 60 per cent is a good fair share.”
O’Toole’s defence of increasing for-profit involvement in the public healthcare system relies on similar talking points made by provincial Conservative politicians in Alberta and Ontario in recent years.
We examined comments the party leaders made on abortion, the climate emergency, Indigenous people, policing, housing, child care and pharmacare.
Last night, federal party leaders Justin Trudeau (Liberal), Erin O’Toole (Conservative), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Francois Blanchet (Bloc) and Annamie Paul (Green) took part in the second French language leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Quebec.