Liberals promise to build national pharmacare program — but offer few details | CBC News
He took sharp aim at Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his cuts to health care programs, billing himself as the best leader to stand tough against Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s provincial cousin through those negotiations.
“So the question becomes for Canadians, ‘Who do you want negotiating with Doug Ford when it comes to your health?’” he said.
Alberta budget Oct. 24: Kenney says tough choices needed to fight deficit | CBC News
Kenney
dismissed a question on whether federal Conservative Leader Andrew
Scheer asked him to present the budget after the election, on the
assumption that any controversial spending cuts by Alberta conservatives
could rebound on their federal counterparts.
But it seems economists disagree.
According to Scheer, the Conservatives would cut taxes on income
under $47,630 from 15% to 13.75%, something he says will help families
that are “barely getting by.”
However, economists note that the biggest benefits of Scheer’s tax
giveaway would be families that earn over $250,000, while working
families would receive relatively insignificant savings.
It has raised questions as to whether Scheer, in this election campaign, is deliberately avoiding Ford, who has seen his popularity drop since his own election in June 2018.
Scheer Wants You to Think Abortion Access Would Be Protected If He Wins. It Wouldn’t | The Tyee
The Conservative party leader has walked — or stumbled — along a tightrope on the issue. He’s trying to convince anti-abortion religious conservatives who helped him win the party leadership that he’s on their side, while assuring mainstream voters he’d never allow new laws restricting abortion.
It’s a contradiction that even baffles Conservative insiders.