Layton News

Hurricane Irene is expected to pound into the U.S. East Coast throughout the weekend. Prominent Canadian political leader Jack Layton dies from cancer. Why does PETA want to start a porn site? These are the top stories making headlines.

Today, Canadians will head to the polls to vote in a race between two parties many thought would not go head-to-head this year: the New Democrats is six points behind the leading Conservative Party, according to a recent Nanos Research poll.

Canada's federal NDP leader Jack Layton appears to be softening his pre-writ rhetoric and adopting a more conciliatory tone.

On the heels of Jack Layton’s call for a “Buy Canadian” approach last week, comes a ringing endorsement from two of the biggest unions in Canada representing half a million workers.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton is proposing that Canada adopt a Buy Canada strategy in response to the Buy America strategy .

In one of the most shameful gambits of Canadian political posturing, an alliance of Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois are shaking down the House of Commons to snatch power. They are doing this on a false pretext and have no credible provocation.

Snatching disaster from recent embarrassing failure, Dion, Deceppe and Layton today pretended righteous indignation at the Harper Government’s failure to provide ample bailout money to the Canadian economy.

Canadian party leaders face off in their first and only English debate. DigitalJournal.com has live coverage of the debate, so check out what the five candidates have to say about Canadian issues. Share your thoughts in the live blog.

We're happy to announce live coverage of the English-language Canadian federal leaders debate, this Thursday Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. EDT. We've teamed up with citizen journalists to offer play-by-play commentary, insight, opinion and debate. Join us!

The deplorable decision to exclude Elizabeth May, the Green Party leader, from the Canadian Election television debates is callow, crass and cowardly. TV Execs are hiding behind the political leaders of the Cons, NDP and the Bloc.