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Andrew Scheer's mid-campaign identity crisis
When a politician enters the top tier of federal politics without being a particularly well-known public figure, he's obliged to define himself before his opponents do it for him. Did Andrew Scheer miss his moment?
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Liberals' 2 campaign planes and their carbon offsets draw Scheer's ire
Maybe it's questionable optics for Justin Trudeau's campaign to be using two planes during this federal campaign when other campaigns are making do with one (or none). But it's also true that better optics aren't going to save the planet.
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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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Promising back-to-back deficits isn't political suicide in Canada anymore
There was a time, not too long ago, when any federal party leader promising back-to-back deficits could expect scorn and mockery. But Canadian federal politics has changed since the Chrétien-Martin years.
Liberals to boost spending and extend deficits while taxing luxury goods and internet giants
Justin Trudeau's Liberals launched their full campaign platform on Sunday with promises of new support for post-secondary students and graduates, paid for, in part, by new taxes on internet giants and luxury goods.
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Worried about climate change? You've got a tough decision to make
Climate change is shaping up to be a key issue in the current federal election campaign — maybe even the one that decides who wins all the marbles next month. But that doesn't make the choice facing concerned Canadians any easier.
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Which party would have the clout in a minority Parliament?
Current polls point toward the 2019 election delivering a minority government. How would that work? Which party would be in a position to dictate terms? And how far would Trudeau or Scheer go to secure the votes of NDP, Green or Bloc MPs?
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So what does Singh really think about pipelines? It's complicated
The federal New Democrats have been scoring points off the Liberals by reminding Canadians that, for all of his lofty talk of fighting climate change, Justin Trudeau's government bought a pipeline. But Jagmeet Singh's own policy approach to pipelines isn't exactly easy to follow.
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Why Andrew Scheer's campaign platform sounds so ... familiar
Andrew Scheer's pitch to Canadians in 2019 reads an awful lot like the proposals his old boss Stephen Harper used to great effect in past elections. But if the Conservative leader is campaigning to keep his party's base intact, will that be enough to put him over the top?
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Champion of diversity or high-profile hypocrite? Who is Justin Trudeau, anyway?
In the wake of Justin Trudeau's blackface scandal, a lot of people have been asking the question: "Who is this guy, really?" But the Liberal leader's public and private personas amount to a bundle of paradoxes.
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Trudeau has reckoned with the past before, but now it is his own history he must address
Justin Trudeau has embraced the idea that the government of Canada should acknowledge and apologize for its wrongs. But it is something else entirely when the wrongs you are accounting for are your own.
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Brownface photo challenges Trudeau to prove who he really is
"Who is the real Mr. Trudeau?" That is the question NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pointedly asked after Time Magazine broke the news that it had a photo of Justin Trudeau in brownface in 2001, when he was a 29-year-old teacher.
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Fighting climate change is not like fighting a war. It's harder
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has been using the language of war and the example of Winston Churchill to motivate Canadians to support efforts to cut Canada's carbon emissions. But her martial metaphors may be underplaying the difficulty involved in fighting climate change.
Maxime Bernier invited to participate in official commission debates
The federal Leaders' Debates Commission announced Monday that People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier will be invited to participate in the commission's two televised debates next month.
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Why Justin Trudeau can't afford to write off Alberta
No part of the country looks more daunting to the federal Liberals now than Alberta. And yet, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is spending a considerable amount of time campaigning here, for reasons that have a lot to do with climate change and a little to do with his father's political legacy.