Special report
Election 2021
News and views related to the 44th Canadian general election, scheduled for Sept. 20, 2021.
Allegations of flagrant overspending, mishandling Afghanistan dominate campaign trail
Liberals face questions about overspending and Afghanistan on the campaign trail
Climate change has already done irreversible damage. Don’t make it worse
What should we demand from our leaders and political parties during the federal election? Support for the Paris Agreement on climate change and the upcoming international meeting on climate change in Glasgow and followup meetings, writes Joel Burcat.
Federal party leaders fan out across the country
The main party leaders are fanned out across the country as the federal election campaign enters its seventh day.
Election 2021 ends first week
The federal election campaign finished off its first week with two leaders planning events while Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has no scheduled public appearances on Saturday, August 21, 2021
NDP leader’s visit to unmarked graves focuses campaign on Indigenous hardships
Jagmeet Singh made the campaign's first stop in an Indigenous community with a visit to the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, which announced in June a preliminary finding of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school.
Annamie Paul talks net-zero plans, but critics push for more details on climate
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul stressed the importance of Canada quickly reaching net-zero emissions at a press conference Friday, but critics say they want to see more details from the climate-focused party.
Campaigns will be in Winnipeg as leaders of two largest parties plan events
The federal election campaign moves to Winnipeg on Friday, where leaders of the two largest parties will hold events.
Trudeau’s most dangerous challenger
Jagmeet Singh’s NDP is particularly popular among younger voters, the same demographic that helped propel the Trudeau Liberals to their first majority in 2015, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
O'Toole slams Trudeau and Singh as inflation numbers shift focus of campaign
Justin Trudeau's political opponents took aim at him on the campaign trail on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, over the cost of living, facing broadsides from Conservatives for the decade-high pace of price growth and the NDP for high housing prices.
Voters deserve a commitment to strong environmental health protections
Canada's cornerstone environmental protection law hasn't been updated since 1999, and modern-day exposures, including those in some workplaces, are inadequately addressed under the legislation in its current form, write Atanu Sarkar and Jane McArthur of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
What Nova Scotia’s election does (and doesn’t) mean for Justin Trudeau
The Nova Scotia PCs have more in common with the 2015 Trudeau Liberals than the 2021 O’Toole Conservatives, given they won their election by outflanking their provincial competitors to the left on everything from climate change to health-care spending, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
Nova Scotia election proved voters looking past the pandemic
Nova Scotia’s Progressive Conservative win over the Liberals on Tuesday night has officially toppled any notion that incumbents can coast to re-election.
We need this election to be all about climate
While I didn’t want this election, I think we need it, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Election 2021: Your last-minute guide to where the parties stand on climate action
Climate change will almost certainly be top of mind in the upcoming election after a summer of intense heat waves has left apartment dwellers roasting with no relief and wildfires are sweeping through Ontario and B.C.’s rural communities.