Stephanie Levitz

Ottawa Bureau

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Stephanie Levitz covers federal politics in Ottawa. She previously spent more than a decade reporting on Parliament Hill for The Canadian Press. A regular political panelist on CTV, Levitz was part of a team that won a National Newspaper Award for coverage of the shooting on Parliament Hill in 2014. She also spent four years in CP’s Vancouver office, where she led coverage of missing women from the city’s downtown east side and twice travelled to report on Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan. She went to McGill University and is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism.

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Ottawa

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National Politics

Articles by Stephanie Levitz

Paul Bernardo is shown in police custody after being charged with first-degree murder in May 1993. He was designated a dangerous offender in 1995.

Provincial Politics

Paul Bernardo prison transfer ‘inexplicable,’ says public safety minister, as Doug Ford calls for Corrections boss to quit or be fired

David Johnston, special rapporteur on foreign interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 6, 2023.

Federal Politics

David Johnston denies a conflict of interest over links to Liberal and NDP advisers

Paul Bernardo is in police custody after being charged with first degree murder in May 1993. He was designated a dangerous offender in 1995.

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford says schoolgirl killer Paul Bernardo ‘should rot in a maximum-security prison,’ as surprise transfer undergoes review

Kings County District Attorney Eric Gonzalez holds a 3D-printed ghost gun during a statewide gun buyback event held by the office of the New York State Attorney General, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on April 29, 2023.

Federal Politics

Why the Liberals are suddenly talking about ‘ghost guns’ — and why Conservatives say it’s a cynical distraction

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre takes part in the National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa on May 30, 2023.

Federal Politics

Pierre Poilievre dares Jagmeet Singh to force an election over foreign interference

Federal Politics

‘We are being treated like trash’: Afghan-Canadians sue Ottawa, claim immigration rules are discriminatory

Leslyn Lewis takes part in the Conservative Party of Canada French-language leadership debate in Laval, Quebec on May 25, 2022.

Federal Politics

Articles by Stephanie Levitz

Paul Bernardo prison transfer ‘inexplicable,’ says public safety minister, as Doug Ford calls for Corrections boss to quit or be fired

David Johnston denies a conflict of interest over links to Liberal and NDP advisers

Doug Ford says schoolgirl killer Paul Bernardo ‘should rot in a maximum-security prison,’ as surprise transfer undergoes review

Why the Liberals are suddenly talking about ‘ghost guns’ — and why Conservatives say it’s a cynical distraction

Pierre Poilievre dares Jagmeet Singh to force an election over foreign interference

‘We are being treated like trash’: Afghan-Canadians sue Ottawa, claim immigration rules are discriminatory

Mélanie Joly’s office upset over Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis and preacher Charles McVety’s plan to host Israeli minister