Canada Votes 2021

The crisis in Afghanistan, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, will dominate the campaign agendas of the party leaders.

'Ontario Politics This Week' features Lindsay Maskell, a Liberal Strategist and former advisor to Dalton McGuinty and Andrew Brander, Senior Consultant with Crestview Strategy and former advisor to the Ford government.

"Our engagement with Afghanistan is not done," said the Prime Minister.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he would help ease affordability anxiety by forcing mobile phone companies to cut consumer rates.

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In the last federal election, it was a struggle to get Canadians aged 18 to 24 to the polls, with just over half of the more than two million eligible voters actually marking an “X.

Canada is one of a dozen allied countries taking part in the evacuation of people facing Taliban reprisals from Kabul's chaotic airport, which American-led forces have secured for the time being.

Trudeau says the Liberals would provide tax and student loan incentives for health professionals who set up shop in rural or remote communities.

Officials say the Afghans on Thursday's flight are bound for other countries, while the 106 on Friday's are destined for settlement in Canada.

Erin O'Toole was in British Columbia while Jagmeet Singh was in Toronto with Jack Layton's son Mike. Justin Trudeau was on the East Coast, with stops scheduled in both New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.