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Canada Votes 2011

      Rae ponders Liberal leadership after riding win

      “The leadership is part of the renewal process, which I think everyone has to consider what’s in the best interest of the party and the country," Rae said, "and I want to reflect on that before making any decisions."

      Layton basks in glow of election results

      “We think of all those people that came before us, the millions of men and women who believed so passionately in a more fair society, and they refused to give up, often in the face of overwhelming odds," Layton said. "We stand on the shoulders of these people today.”
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      On Monday night, as Peggy Nash celebrated her to return to Parliament as MP...

      Ignatieff vows to stay as long as party wants

      Despite a national defeat, Michael Ignatieff says he wants to go on as leader of the Liberals as long as the party wants him. On Monday Ignatieff’s party placed third, behind the Conservatives and the NDP.

      Chow returns to Ottawa with NDP ‘surge’

      As Jack Layton took the stage at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, early Tuesday...

      Ignatieff accepts defeat and its ‘hard lessons’

      Speaking to teary supporters shortly before midnight, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff conceded defeat to...

      Duceppe steps down in resounding Bloc defeat

      Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe says he will step down as the leader of his party. The party will meet Tuesday to decide what steps it will take after the longtime leader of the separatist party in the House of Commons lost his seat to the NDP and witnessed his party reduced to three seats in Parliament. At dissolution, the Bloc held 47 seats.

      May en route to landmark federal Green seat

      Leading in the vote count in her B.C. riding, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May...

      Harper Conservatives leading in early vote counting

      At 10 o'clock this evening, most major media outlets in Canada have declared a...

      In East York, Liberal incumbents tossed; Tories, NDP gain

      Nationally, the Conservatives gained enough seats to form a majority government, and locally, they took Liberal stronghold Don Valley West in a high-pitched squeaker... with a 639 vote plurality, out of 53,506 cast. Meanwhile, the New Democrats have surged into the role of official Opposition, and leader Jack Layton hit a home run in his home riding of Toronto-Danforth. Next door in Beaches-East York, the Liberal MP for the last 18 years has been defeated by an NDP newcomer.

      Young candidates join the race to prove themselves

      Katarina Zoricic believes that being a good political candidate has nothing to do with...

      Families need more help with childcare, Scarborough Liberal candidate argues

      One $100 cheque a month for childcare isn’t enough for families, according to Scarborough Southwest Liberal candidate Michelle Simson.

      ‘Time has come’ for Rouge national park

      Scarborough's backyard, just a quick drive from Toronto's skyscrapers, could soon be Canada’s first true urban national park. The Conservative Party, if re-elected, would establish a new national park in the Rouge Valley, according to its campaign platform.

      Tory candidate denies ties to Tamil Tigers

      Scarborough Southwest’s federal Conservative candidate Gavan Paranchothy has denied any connection to the Tamil Tigers. The organization was listed as a terrorist group by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government in 2006.

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