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Headshots of four men, including one who is Sikh and wearing a turban.

Sometimes political leaders get it wrong — repeatedly. The CBC News fact-checking team looks at some of the inaccurate claims that leaders have made more than once in this campaign.


A sign hangs on a supermarket shelf that reads "helping you support Canadian".

Crystal MacCormac wants to support Canadian businesses and producers, but she’s shopping on a budget. She wants a leader who will to address the rising cost of living for voters like her.


Four men on stage in suits.

Four party leaders shared the stage for the final time Thursday night before Canadians head to the polls. Here are six key moments and exchanges from Thursday night.


Three men debate at podiums

Major party leaders meet in Montreal for the English-language leaders’ debate with less than two weeks until Canada votes. And event organizers are forced to cancel the post-debate news conferences over security concerns.


Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives to take part in the English-language federal leaders

With polls showing Liberal Leader Mark Carney is the front-runner in this federal election, the other three main party leaders on stage for Thursday’s English-language debate spent much of the contest trying to tear him down. 


Four men on stage in suits and ties.

Two federal leaders were asked if they would impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations that don’t want it during Wednesday’s French debate. Indigenous rights lawyers say any answer other than no would “be contrary to the Constitution.”


A former politician speaks at a news conference.

Former Cornwall mayor and federal cabinet minister Ed Lumley has died at the age of 85.


A vehicle approaches a building at the end of a road.

During the first leaders’ debate on Wednesday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney praised nuclear energy and named two companies in the sector with which he did business during his tenure at Brookfield Asset Management.


Reporters look to a man standing in front of a microphone as he answers questions during a press conference.

Rebel News and other right-wing media outlets dominated the question-and-answer sessions with federal party leaders after Wednesday’s French-language leaders’ debate — though not all of them got answers to their questions.


Pierre Poilievre speaking at a microphone.

Any feasible path to victory in the federal election for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party runs through the Greater Toronto Area, a region dominated by the Liberals since 2015.