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."
Canada Votes 2011
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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Canada Votes 2011
Nash ready to campaign in Parliament for Toronto
On Monday night, as Peggy Nash celebrated her to return to Parliament as MP...
Canada Votes 2011
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.
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Chow returns to Ottawa with NDP ‘surge’
As Jack Layton took the stage at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, early Tuesday...
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Ignatieff accepts defeat and its ‘hard lessons’
Speaking to teary supporters shortly before midnight, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff conceded defeat to...
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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.
Canada Votes 2011
May en route to landmark federal Green seat
Leading in the vote count in her B.C. riding, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May...
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Harper Conservatives leading in early vote counting
At 10 o'clock this evening, most major media outlets in Canada have declared a...
Canada Votes 2011
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.
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Young candidates join the race to prove themselves
Katarina Zoricic believes that being a good political candidate has nothing to do with...
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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.
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‘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.
Canada Votes 2011
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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