
Source: CBC News (Politics)




Roger Jenkins has grown up eating and fishing salmon. Now, as a retiree, he refuses to fish this species of special concern. In this federal election, he’s looking for a political party that understands what’s at stake if the Atlantic salmon disappear for good.

Federal political leaders have nearly finished marching the campaign trail — but they have spent little time in Alberta along the way.

The fallout from last week’s leaders’ debates continues, with a filing in Federal Court from the Green Party saying the independent commission’s decision to exclude it from the debates was unfair and lacked transparency.

For the first time this campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Nova Scotia on Thursday — the second province he’s visited led by a Progressive Conservative premier conspicuously absent from the federal party’s events.

Calgary has never elected more than two Liberals at once. With Trudeau gone, party hoping for record-breaking success in Conservative heartland.

While Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s opponents accuse him of being dishonest about the details of his phone call with Donald Trump, one former Liberal cabinet minister says he remains the candidate most qualified to deal with the U.S. president.

Days before the April 28 vote, there was no photo or biographical information on the NDP website for more than 20 of its 78 candidates running in Quebec, in what two political scientists describe as another sign of distress for a party fighting to keep a presence in the province.