The Conservatives, NDP and Greens return to their national tours today, September 13, 2019, after an evening spent sparring in Toronto, while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau picks up his campaign in Quebec.

“Hold hostage.” That one particular phrase from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer about Indigenous rights sparked an intense, minutes-long altercation between the three federal political leaders who showed up for the first debate of the 2019 election campaign.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau headed on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, to what he calls his "second home" in British Columbia for his first event of the 2019 election campaign — a province full of both opportunity and peril for the governing party.

An election campaign sure to feature plenty of pocketbook promises got underway amid deeper questions of ethics and values on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, as federal leaders challenged Canadians to consider the kind of country they want to vote for 40 days from now.

The Canadian political landscape looks vastly different from the sunny ways that brought Justin Trudeau to power. In case you forgot them, here are the highlights of the last four years.

“We gave out the largest and most expansive waiver of cabinet confidence in Canada’s history,” Trudeau said, then stopped. For several seconds, no one spoke.

Trudeau promised “sunny ways” following the last election in 2015. While many believe his government has delivered on core promises, it has also faced scandals such as the SNC-Lavalin affair.

With the potential of their signature issue to be a prime ballot-box question in the Oct. 21 federal election, the Green Party of Canada is facing increased scrutiny.

The Liberals and Conservatives both claimed record-breaking second quarter totals ahead of the fall federal election.

Federal officials overseeing anti-disinformation efforts will address the public only as a last resort.

In one breath, the leader of the People's Party of Canada said "there is no climate change urgency in this country," promised to deliver "politics based on fact" and assured observers his party would deliver "a concrete environment plan."

Seventy-five years ago, on June 15, Tommy Douglas was elected the premier of Saskatchewan, where he led a movement that gave us medicare and, ever since, being Canadian means doctor visits, hospital care — without having to worry about how to pay for it..." federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said. "We can take it further."

Four young Canadians are tracking the commitments of federal political parties on the climate crisis as campaigns rev up for the fall election.

The pair made separate but synchronized announcements in their ridings — Wilson-Raybould at a small community centre in Vancouver and Philpott at a farm market outside Toronto. Both urged the need for Canadian politics to have people beholden to no central authority. 

Canada is seeing an electorate that is “sick of the political classes” and is now putting climate change at the top of its priority list, said Shachi Kurl, executive director of the Angus Reid Institute. Paul Manly won the federal Vancouver Island riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith for the Greens, capturing 37.3 per cent of the vote, 12 points ahead of the closest competition.