Brexit: 10 Most Interesting Ads by the Vote Leave Campaign FactPointVideo 2026-09-24 | Brexit: 10 Most Interesting Ads by the Vote Leave Campaign
UK PM Rishi Sunak calls snap general election for July FactPointVideo 2024-05-23 | Standing in the rain outside 10 Downing Street on May 22, 2024, British Prime Minister Rishi Suak announces a general election will be held in the United Kingdom on July 4th.As Channel 4 News observes: "It's a massive gamble - the Prime Minister’s Conservative party is 20 points behind in the polls, every expert predicts a Labour victory and scores of Tory MPs are quitting their jobs, not even bothering to stand."
Fact-check: Who is paying for campus pro-Palestine protests? FactPointVideo 2024-05-14 | Some have claimed that outsiders are backing pro-Palestinian student protests at campuses across the U.S. and Canada. CBC’s Ben Makuch fact-checks those claims to find out what’s really happening.
Biden-Harris 2024 Presidential Election Ad: Prosecute FactPointVideo 2024-05-13 | After Donald Trump suggests that some States might chose to monitor women's pregnancies in order to prosecute them if they seek an abortion, the Biden for President Campaign releases this ad. It first runs in early May 2024.
Full: Why does Canada have the most unpopular leaders in history? FactPointVideo 2024-05-12 | The Angus Reid Institute has reviewed 50 years of polling data in Canada and determined that never have the leaders of the three major federal parties been been as unpopular as they are today. The Power Panel of CBC's Power & Politics program on May 9, 2024, debate why this has happened. On the panel for this discussion with host David Cochrane are Shachi Kurl, President of the Angus Reid Institute, James Moore, Public Policy Advisor at Edelman, Andrew Thomson, Chief of Government Relations for the University of Toronto, and Cameron Ahmad, former Head of Communications for Prime Minister Trudeau.
2024 Ontario PC Party ad: Getting it done for the people FactPointVideo 2024-05-04 | This ad by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party first aired in late March 2022 in good time for late season play in the National Hockey League, during which it was in heavy rotation during game broadcasts. It seeks to position party leader and Premier Doug Ford as a good guy who works hard for the people of Ontario and course-corrects if he mades mistakes.
Tom Mulcair rips House Speaker over Poilievre ejection FactPointVideo 2024-05-01 | During the April 30, 2024, edition of CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos, CTV political analyst and former federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus was "partisan" in tossing Pierre Poilievre out of the House for failing to withdraw a remark that Fergus deemed unparliamentary. In Question Period, Poilievre had called Justin Trudeau "wacko." Mulcair wants Speaker Fergus to resign.
Full: Colin Jost roasts Biden & Trump at 2024 W.H. Correspondents Dinner FactPointVideo 2024-04-28 | President Biden and former President Donald Trump are on the firing line during this set by Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost. It took place as part of the entertainment at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington, D.C, on April 27, 2024.
Is Trudeau setting up Dominic LeBlanc to be Liberal Leader? FactPointVideo 2024-04-20 | Is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paving the way for Dominic LeBlanc to become Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada? At least one member of the Power Panel on CTV's Power Play with Vassy Kapelos on April 18, 2024, thinks so.LeBlanc is currently Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Trudeau cabinet. He has been a close friend of Trudeau since they both were children. It's inconceivable that Dominic would authorize his campaign team to begin organizing for the PM's job without a go-ahead from Justin.
At Issue panel reacts to 2024 Trudeau budget FactPointVideo 2024-04-18 | CBC's At Issue panelists give their take on the Canadian government's 2024 budget on the day of its release, April 16. Leading the discussion as always is CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton. The panel features leading political journalists Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.
The Lincoln Project takes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. FactPointVideo 2024-04-16 | In an ad launched on April 12, 2024, The Lincoln Project slams the independent 2024 presidential candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calling RFK Jr. a "right-wing nut" and an "anti-vaccine extremist," the ad says: "If you are an anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr. in your guy."
Why isnt Trudeau worried about China meddling in Canadas elections? FactPointVideo 2024-04-15 | Mercedes Stephenson, host of The West Block on Global News, speaks with Steven Chase, The Globe and Mail’s senior parliamentary reporter, and Vina Nadjibulla, an international security specialist at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's testimony at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference. This episode was aired on April 14, 2024.
Biden responds to Trump abortion statement with this ad FactPointVideo 2024-04-13 | On April 8, 2024, Donald Trump issues a statement on abortion, praising his appointees on the Supreme Court who overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump goes on to say if he is elected again he would leave it up to state legislators to make make the rules on abortion. In response, the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign immediately releases this ad titled "Willow," showing how Trump's actions have already harmed women. It tells the story of a woman who almost died because she was denied an abortion. The tag line of the ad is "Trump did this."
Liberal ad ties Poilievre to U.S. conspiracy monger Alex Jones FactPointVideo 2024-04-13 | On April 11, 2024, the X account of the Liberal Party of Canada posts this video claiming that Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre "is ripping a page out of the far-right American hand book." Further, the LPC says, "No wonder conspiracy theorist Alex Jones endorsed him."
Canada & NATO at 75 years: Time to step up? FactPointVideo 2024-04-05 | Seventy-five years after helping found the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Canada is now openly chastised over its defence spending and commitment. CBC’s senior reporter on defence and security, Murray Brewster, examines how our country lost its edge in the alliance and what it would take to turn it around.
Alberta Premier Smith on climate: Well always have fires and floods FactPointVideo 2024-04-01 | In a March 31, 2024, interview by Vassy Kapelos on CTV Question Period, Premier Danielle Smith pretends not to know that failing to reduce green house gas emissions now means more serious climate impacts for her province in the future.
Latest Lincoln Project ad targeting Trump: Phantom of the MAGA FactPointVideo 2024-03-26 | On March 25, 2024, The Lincoln Project invites viewers to, "Join us for a musical tale about a grotesque man who abuses power, controls women, and in the end loses everything."
ON Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says no to provincial carbon tax FactPointVideo 2024-03-19 | Ontario Liberal Party Leader Bonnie Crombie announces on March 18, 2024, that "a carbon tax will not be part of my plan" in the 2026 provincial election.
Liberals clap back at Pierre Poilievre in new housing ad FactPointVideo 2024-03-18 | Federal Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser's video takes shots at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre over Poilievre's record when he was Housing Minister in the Harper government. Fraser questions whether Poilievre even cares about housing, closing with the slogan, "Pierre Doesn't Care." This new social media ad launched on March 16, 2024.
ArriveCAN app scandal: Liberals get to wear this FactPointVideo 2024-03-18 | The ArriveCAN app was first introduced in 2020 by the Canadian government. It was initially intended to allow travellers coming into the country during the COVID-19 pandemic to save time by making "your customs and immigration declaration using Advance Declaration in the ArriveCAN app before you fly into one of Canada’s participating airports." The app's introduction was much delayed and costs ballooned. In a 2024 report, the Auditor General of Canada estimated that the project cost in the order of $60 million and that taxpayers had "paid too much." A House of Commons committee has been investigating the scandal.On March 14, 2024, the At Issue panel on the CBC flagship newscast The Nation weighed-in on the topic. The panel's consensus was that while the federal Liberal government would have to "wear" the political consequences of the scandal, the greater problem is the systemic nature of poor (and perhaps corrupt) procurement practices within the Public Service of Canada.
Mike Pence says why hes not voting for Trump in 2024 FactPointVideo 2024-03-17 | On March 15, 2024, Donald Trump's Vice President, Mike Pence, tells Fox News Channel viewers why he cannot in good conscience vote for Trump for President in November 2024, and will not endorse him.
7 Premiers line up against Trudeau April 1 carbon tax increase FactPointVideo 2024-03-14 | On March 13, 2024, Global National reports on Prime Minister Trudeau's meeting with Alberta Premier Smith, and the growing number of provincial premiers opposed to the federal government's plan to raise the carbon tax by 23 percent on April 1, 2024.
Defence Minister says Canadian Forces in Death Spiral FactPointVideo 2024-03-13 | This is an edited version of a longer report first aired by Global News on March 10, 2024. In the report, "The West Block" host, Mercedes Stephenson, speaks with Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair and former Chief of the Defence Staff, Tom Lawson. Both men agree that the Canadian Forces are seriously short of recruits, but Blair would prefer to blame this "death spiral" on the military, not the Trudeau government.
Launch video: Naheed Nenshi joins race to be Alberta NDP Leader FactPointVideo 2024-03-11 | On March 11, 2024, Naheed Nenshi, a former three-term mayor of Calgary, posted this video to his social media pages announcing his bid for the leadership of the Alberta New Democratic Party to replace Rachel Notley who is stepping down.
Biden-Harris 2024 election ad: For You FactPointVideo 2024-03-10 | This Biden-Harris 2024 election ad ("For You") was first aired on March 9, 2024.Transcript:Biden: Look, I'm not a young guy. That's no secret. But here's the deal: I understand how to get things done for the American people. I led the country through the covid crisis. Today we have the strongesteconomy in the world. I passed the law that lowers prescription drug prices. Caps Insulin at $35 a month for seniors. For four years, Donald Trump tried to pass an infrastructure law and he failed. I got it done. Now we're rebuilding America.I passed the biggest law in history to combat climate change because ourfuture depends on it. Donald Trump took away the freedom of women to choose. I'm determined to make Roe vs Wade the law of the land again.Donald Trump believes the job of the president is to take care of DonaldTrump. I believe the job of the president is to fight for you, the American people.And that's what I'm doing. I'm Joe Biden and I approve this message. [Off camera voice] Can we do one more take? Biden: Look, I'm very young, energetic and handsome. What the hell am I doing this for! [Off camera laughter]
Conservative surge continues in Nanos polling FactPointVideo 2024-03-10 | Appearing on CTV News Channel on March 9, 2024, Nik Nanos, Chairman of Nanos Research, says his firm's latest polling shows Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives now have a 20-point advantage in ballot support over Justin Trudeau's Liberals, with the New Democrats close to overtaking the Liberals. Also concerning for the Liberal government is that 2 out of 3 Canadians think the next generation will have a lower standard of living than Canadians have today.
Highlights of President Bidens 2024 State of the Union Address FactPointVideo 2024-03-09 | Key moments from the March 7, 2024, State of the Union Address by President Joe Biden.
Lincoln Project ad: Stop Trump or this could be the #LastElection FactPointVideo 2024-03-08 | This March 6, 2024, anti-Trump ad from The Lincoln Project builds on the idea that all elections can be important but only one can decide whether or not the presidential election of 2024 will be the last held in the United States of America.
Elizabeth Warren for Senate 2024 launch video FactPointVideo 2024-03-06 | Democrat Elizabeth Warren is running to retain her seat in the United States Senate, representing the people of the state of Massachusetts. She was first elected to the position in 2012, defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown. She ran again in 2018, handily defeating Republican nominee Geoff Diehl. In 2024, Warren is seeking a third term. Warren was a progressive candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party primaries to choose a nominee for President of the United States.
Nanos poll: Would Poilievre be better PM in dealing with Trump? FactPointVideo 2024-02-26 | On February 24, 2024, CTV News Channel interviews pollster Nik Nanos on who Canadians think would be the best prime minister to negotiate with Donald Trump should Trump become President of the United States, Justin Trudeau or Pierre Poilievre?
Trump wants to be President forever: Lincoln Project FactPointVideo 2024-02-25 | On February 23, 2024, The Lincoln Project publishes this on-line ad targeting Donald Trump. The ad - "Trump and the End of Democracy" - features Steve Bannon telling 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) attendees that "MAGA will govern for 50 years." It also shows Trump not only observing that Chinese Premier Xi Jinping is now President for life but also going on to say that "maybe that is a good idea" for Trump himself. The opening act is far-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec promising that the insurrectionists who attacked The US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will finish the job and "overthrow" democracy.
Conservatives 19 points up on Trudeau Liberals: Abacus Data FactPointVideo 2024-02-13 | On February 12, 2024, CPAC’s Michael Serapio discusses Abacus Data's latest polling numbers with its Chairman and CEO, David Coletto.
Trump to Putin: Do whatever you want! FactPointVideo 2024-02-12 | CityNews presenter Caryn Ceolin reports on February 11, 2024, that Donald Trump has told a rally of his supporters that if elected he would "encourage [Russia] to do whatever the Hell they want" to NATO countries who haven't 'paid their bills.' As usual, Trump misrepresents the obligation NATO countries have to one another. NATO isn't a pay-to-play organization. Each member country has an obligation to protect the others under Article 5 of The North Atlantic Treaty: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all...." Ironically, the United States is the only country to have invoked Article, doing so after the September 11 terror attack against that country in 2001.
New Lincoln Project ads warn of second Trump presidency FactPointVideo 2024-02-11 | Two of the latest ads from The Lincoln Project remind voters of the chaos and cruelly of the first Donald Trump presidency and warn of the consequences of returning Trump to the White House. These ads were first aired in February 2024.
Biden rejects special counsels claims regarding his memory FactPointVideo 2024-02-09 | At a rare late-day news conference at the White House on February 8, 2024, President Joe Biden responds to the report of special counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's handling of government documents after he left office as Vice President in January of 2017. Biden notes the report's conclusion that no criminal charges are warranted in the case. The President rejects the report's observation by Hur (a Republican) that characterize Biden as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”
BC NDP Cabinet loses Minister over Israel-Palestine remarks FactPointVideo 2024-02-06 | On February 5, 2024, British Columbia Premier David Eby announces that Selina Robinson is leaving her post as Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. Robinson's departure from Cabinet follows offensive and untrue remarks she made about Israel and Palestine during an online panel discussion hosted by B'nai Brith Canada "with our Jewish public officials." Amongst other comments during the discussion, she said: "We know that it is 18-to-34-year-olds that have no idea about the Holocaust, they don’t even think that it happened. They don’t even understand that Israel was offered to the Jews who were misplaced, displaced, so they have no connection to how it started.“They don’t understand that it was a crappy piece of land with nothing on it – you know, there were several hundred thousand people but other than that, it didn’t produce an economy. It couldn’t grow things; it didn’t have anything on it...."Robinson subsequently apologized for her remarks.
New anti-Conservative online ad by Canadas NDP FactPointVideo 2024-02-01 | On January 30, 2024, Canada's New Democratic Party posts online an anti-Conservative ad featuring images of federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Watch: Liberal MP says its time to review Trudeaus leadership FactPointVideo 2024-01-25 | Ken McDonald, the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Avalon riding in Newfoundland, tells CBC/Radio-Canada that there's almost a hatred for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Atlantic Canada and calls for a leadership review.
Nikki Haley speaks after strong showing in New Hampshire FactPointVideo 2024-01-24 | Highlights of remarks by Nikki Haley following her strong finish in the New Hampshire Republican primary for president on January 23, 2024.
Confused Trump thinks Nikki Haley is Nancy Pelosi FactPointVideo 2024-01-23 | During an election rally in New Hampshire on January 19, 2024, Donald Trump tells his usual lies and then adds a new one. He says Nikki Haley was responsible for security on January 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol. Haley, Trump's final competitor in the race to become the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nominee, never sat in Congress and has never held any position in which she was responsible for Capitol security. If, as is likely, the addled Trump has confused Haley for former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he's wrong there, too. The Speaker of the House is not in charge of Capitol security. That’s the responsibility of the Capitol Police Board, which oversees the US Capitol Police and approves requests for National Guard assistance.
Nikki Haley reacts as Ron DeSantis quits presidential race FactPointVideo 2024-01-22 | On January 21, 2024, Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is interviewed by CNN's Dana Bash following the announcement that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ended his run for the GOP 2024 presidential nomination and is endorsing Donald Trump. The race is now down to Haley and Trump or, as Nikki puts it, "one lady and one fellow." Haley says the American people don't want to see a Biden-Trump rematch. They want a new generation of leadership.
Chris Christie quits race for GOP presidential nomination 2024 FactPointVideo 2024-01-11 | In Windham, New Hampshire, on January 10, 2024, Chris Christie tells a town hall meeting that he is dropping out of the primary contest for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, 2024.
Joe Biden details Trumps threat to democracy FactPointVideo 2024-01-07 | In a speech in Pennsylvania near Valley Forge, President Joe Biden gives his first election campaign of the year on January 5, 2024. In his remarks, he details the threat Donald Trump would pose to American democracy should Trump win the presidency in 2024. The speech has been edited for length.
Biden-Harris campaign airs first ad of 2024 presidential election FactPointVideo 2024-01-06 | On January 4, 2024, the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team launches its first ad of the Democratic Party's campaign for the 2024 presidential election to be held on November 5th. The ad entitled "Cause" is approved by Joe Biden and paid for by Democratic National Committee.
Full 2023 year-end interview with Justin Trudeau: Rosemary Barton CBC FactPointVideo 2023-12-26 | On December 25, 2023, CBC News airs its full 2023 year-end interview with Justin Trudeau by Rosemary Barton. Subjects covered: Interest/mortgage rates; housing supply; food inflation; Pierre Poilievre's effectiveness as a communicator; carve-out from the carbon tax for home-heating oil; foreign interference in Canada by China; Canada-India relations; Israel war on Gaza; two-state solution for Israel & Palestine; possibility of a second Trump presidency; will Trudeau step down as PM?; separation from Sophie; reasons Canadians should have optimism for the future.
Panel reacts as Colorado SC takes Trump off 2024 primary ballot FactPointVideo 2023-12-20 | On December 19, 2023, CNN's Wolf Blitzer discusses with his political panel the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Donald Trump from the state's 2024 primary ballot. The Court decision is that Trump is an ineligible presidential candidate under the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment ban on insurrectionists running for office.
At Issue: Canadas vote at the UN for a ceasefire in Gaza FactPointVideo 2023-12-16 | On CBC's "The National" on December 14, 2023, the At Issue panel debates the wisdom of Canada joining 152 other countries in a symbolic vote for a "humanitarian ceasefire" in the Israel-Gaza war. The non-binding vote occurred at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on December 12, 2023. Breakdown of the vote is as follows: In favour: 153; Against: 10; Abstain: 23.
Recap of 4th GOP Presidential Primary Debate of 2023 FactPointVideo 2023-12-09 | PBS NewsHour provides a brief recap of the fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate. Held on December 6, 2023, at the University of Alabama, the debate featured Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis. For the fourth time, Donald Trump refused to debate.
How long can Netanyahu hang on as PM of Israel? FactPointVideo 2023-12-07 | This news item from Global News on December 4, 2023, examines the political future of the current (and longest-tenured) prime minister of the state of Israel, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu. Although considered corrupt by many Israelis, Bibi was able to form a governing coalition of his Likud party with right-wing parties after the 2022 election. He subsequently launched a plan of so-called "judicial reform" which is widely seen as a Trump-like attempt to avoid possible time in prison. This plan led to massive citizen protests across Israel prior to the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Netanyahu's failure to anticipate and ward off this attack, combined with his handling of the war on Gaza (including the hostage situation), has caused many observers to forecast his ouster as Prime Minister after the war is over, and suggest that he may prolong the war in an effort to stay in power.
Nanos Poll: Trudeau Liberals fall again, now tied with NDP FactPointVideo 2023-12-03 | On December 3, 2023, political strategists Scott Reid, Kathleen Monk, and Kory Teneycke discuss new polling from Nanos Research with CTV Question Period's Vassy Kapelos. The polling shows the federal Conservatives still leading with 41 percent, but the NDP has now moved into a tie at 22 percent with the Liberals. How much further down can Justin Trudeau drag the Liberals?
Bonnie Crombie elected Leader of Ontario Liberal Party FactPointVideo 2023-12-03 | CHCH News reports that Bonnie Crombie has officially been declared the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party after a third round of balloting on December 2, 2023. She defeated candidates Nate Erskine-Smith, Yasir Naqvi, and Ted Hsu.Crombie has been the Mayor of Mississauga since December 1, 2014. She previously served as the MP for Mississauga—Streetsville from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2014, she held the position of councillor for Ward 5 on Mississauga City Council.
