The Conservatives are using the final week of the election campaign to run advertisements where older men are telling other older men to vote for the party — a closing argument that would have been unthinkable only months ago, political advertising experts say.

Elections Canada is debunking posts some have seen on social media claiming voters have to use a pencil to mark their ballot.

Canadian security officials say they have spotted a foreign repression operation targeting a federal Conservative candidate opposed to Chinese government policies.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday the party will release its costed platform Tuesday, giving voters a sense of what a government led by him would do and where it would cut to pay for it all.

Elections Canada says one of its employees will no longer be working at any polling stations while it investigates allegations they were attempting to influence voters to cast their ballot for the Conservatives at an advanced polling station in Vaughan last weekend.