Peter Zimonjic

Fissure among Conservatives undermining Poilievre's pitch he's a national unifier: experts

'There is a fairly profound divide within the Conservative movement': University of Calgary's Lisa Young. Long-simmering tensions within the Conservative movement are bursting out into the federal election, experts say — undercutting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's efforts to present himself as a unifier who can take on U.S. President Donald Trump. Those tensions materialized again after ex-Reform Party leader Preston...

Phil Hahn

Liberals have 11-point lead over Conservatives; Carney opens up 22-point advantage over Poilievre as preferred PM

The federal Liberals now have an 11-point advantage over the Conservatives on Day 14 of the federal election campaign, while Mark Carney has opened up a 22-point lead over Pierre Poilievre when it comes to Canadians’ preferences for prime minister.A three-day rolling sample by Nanos Research ending April 4 has the Liberals at 46 per cent over the Conservatives at 35 per cent.

Mark Gollom

Why Anaida Poilievre has taken on an 'outsized role' in her husband's campaign

At a recent campaign event in North York, Ont., Pierre Poilievre had just left the podium after answering a media question about an underfunded francophone school when his wife Anaida approached him. The Conservative leader promptly returned to the podium, saying that his wife had just reminded him to make the point that Liberal Leader Mark Carney does not have...

Mark Ramzy

Mark Carney’s French skills not good enough for a prime minister, say a third of Francophone Canadians

More than a third of Francophones in Canada think Mark Carney’s French is not good enough to be prime minister, suggests a new poll by Abacus Data shared exclusively with the Star. The new poll comes as the high-stakes federal leaders debates inch closer, and as Carney’s French-speaking skills remain a topic of discussion throughout the election campaign where all...

Many of the Conservatives’ crime policies would be unconstitutional, experts say

Pierre Poilievre has pledged to end what he calls the “hug-a-thug” criminal justice policies of the Liberal government — policies he claims have turned the streets of Canadian cities into “war zones.” At his campaign rallies, the Conservative leader tells his supporters about prolific repeat offenders being treated with kid gloves. “Right now, if you steal 100 cars, you get...

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Nik Nanos

LPC 45.9, CPC 34.9, NDP 9.2, BQ 5.2, GP 2.9, PPC 1.4

The CTV-Globe and Mail/Nanos nightly federal election tracking conducted by Nanos Research surveys 1,200 Canadians aged 18 years and over three days (400 interviews each day). Respondents are all randomly recruited through a dual-frame (cell- and land-line) RDD sample using live agents. Three quarters of the sample are administered the questionnaire by telephone and one quarter is administered the same...

Canadian Federal Election Daily Tracker Poll, Day 13

The analysis in this report is based on results of a survey conducted from Wednesday, April 2nd to Friday, April 4th, 2025, among a sample of 1625 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in Canada. The survey was conducted using text message invite to complete an online survey. The survey is intended to represent the voting population in...

Frank Graves

Liberals Maintain Strong and Stable Lead

In our latest five-day roll-up, the Liberals are at 49.0 points and the party holds a 15-point lead over the Conservatives, who remain steady at 33.1 per cent in our latest three-day roll-up. Our parallel online poll using our probability-based panel, Probit, shows similar results (47.1 per cent to 32.7 per cent). The NDP, meanwhile, is at between 6.9 and 10.2 per cent nationally.

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Election News

Phil Hahn

Liberals have 11-point lead over Conservatives; Carney opens up 22-point advantage over Poilievre as preferred PM

Simon Houpt

How the Conservative and Liberal federal election campaigns are treating the media

On Wednesday morning, as Pierre Poilievre wrapped up the press conference portion of a Bay Street breakfast event, a clamour erupted at the back of the room. To those watching on TV, it sounded as if protesters had begun heckling the Conservative Leader. In fact, it was a handful of reporters, apparently frustrated by the campaign’s tight control of access...

Many of the Conservatives’ crime policies would be unconstitutional, experts say

Mark Ramzy

Mark Carney’s French skills not good enough for a prime minister, say a third of Francophone Canadians

Owen Guo

High-stakes battlegrounds: the eight ridings that could shape the 2025 federal election

With the federal election campaign in full swing, party leaders are crisscrossing the country to court voters. Where they campaign—and how well they connect with voters in battleground ridings—could prove pivotal in a 37-day race like no other. Canadians will vote in the shadow of an escalating trade war. In a stunning turnaround, the Liberal Party is polling ahead of...

Mark Gollom

Why Anaida Poilievre has taken on an 'outsized role' in her husband's campaign

Campaign Analysis

Peter Mansbridge, Chantal Hébert, Rob Russo

Good Talk -- Reality Sinks In ... This is Going to Hurt

As the week ends thousands of Canadians are out of work because of the Donald Trump tariffs. Thousands more could be soon. But that's not all as grocery prices and a lot more will soon start going up as well. The trade war is on. The question now is how will it impact the federal election campaign as it approaches...

Tom Mulcair

A Laurentian mayor may be a harbinger of a Liberal breakthrough in rural Quebec

The Bloc Québécois had expected to easily win a new riding in the Laurentians North of Montreal. The ‘Carney effect’ is being felt even in those parts of the province where the Liberals haven’t won a seat in years. Tim Watchorn is the mayor of the beautiful Laurentian village of Morin Heights. This is my neck of the woods and...

Rick Bell

Carney says he's for Alberta — the crap detector alarm goes off

'I resile to no one in terms of my understanding of the West,' says Liberal Leader Mark Carney, leading people to rush for the closest dictionary.

David Coletto

Trump has Canadian voters tuned in. But on election day, who will turn out?

Political Pulse Panel

What's the state of the race at the end of election Week 2? | Power & Politics

The CBC's Olivia Stefanovich, Evan Dyer and David Thurton report from the road with the main parties as Week 2 of the campaign draws down. Our panel of party insiders also discusses how parties are positioning themselves and attacking each other.

Colin Horgan

Why Canada Fell Out of Love with Justin Trudeau

He promised sunny ways but left behind a divided country. THE MORNING AFTER leading the Liberal Party to a stunning come-from-behind majority in 2015, Justin Trudeau, prime minister–in–waiting, showed up at a Montreal Metro station. He was there to greet surprised commuters and, in many cases, share his gratitude for the victory. A cynic might have dismissed it as staged...

Policy Announcements

Mark Carney’s Liberals to protect Canada’s national identity by strengthening CBC/Radio-Canada

Montreal, QC – Today, Mark Carney announced a new Liberal plan to protect our Canadian identity by strengthening CBC/Radio-Canada. In this time of crisis, protecting our identity is a critical part of keeping Canada strong.

Poilievre To Cut Red Tape by 25%, Bring in Two-for-One Law

Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to eliminate 25 percent of all red tape within his first two years as Prime Minister. This will significantly ease the administrative burden on taxpayers and businesses, waking up our economy from the red tape-induced slumber it has been in after a Lost Liberal Decade. Poilievre will introduce a ‘two-for-one’ law mandating...

Poilievre Pledges Tougher Sentencing for Intimate Partner Violence

Today, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to address the epidemic of intimate partner violence. Poilievre will keep abusers off the street and behind bars to protect the most vulnerable Canadians.

NDP Unveils Plan to Stop Corporate Tax Dodgers Like Carney’s Brookfield

Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to stop billionaires and big corporations like Mark Carney’s Brookfield from dodging taxes through offshore havens—because when they don’t pay their fair share, everyday Canadians are left paying the price through cuts to health care and the public services families rely on.

Mark Gollom

Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC

Liberal government would make the broadcaster's funding statutory. Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster. "When we compare ourselves to the U.K., France or Germany, we see that our public broadcaster is underfunded," Carney said...

Poilievre To Axe GST on Canadian-Made Cars, Create ‘Keep Canadians Working Fund’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that he will take the GST off the sale of new Canadian-made cars, after Trump announced unjustified tariffs on Canada’s auto sector. This will boost the sale of new Canadian-made cars, supporting our auto industry and protecting workers’ jobs. Poilievre will also create the ‘Keep Canadians Working Fund,’ a targeted, temporary loan and credit...

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Tom Mulcair

A Laurentian mayor may be a harbinger of a Liberal breakthrough in rural Quebec

Rick Bell

Carney says he's for Alberta — the crap detector alarm goes off

'I resile to no one in terms of my understanding of the West,' says Liberal Leader Mark Carney, leading people to rush for the closest dictionary.

David Coletto

A new ballot question: How should Canada define its relationship with the U.S.?

In these disorienting days, Canadian leaders are responding in real time to a deeply uncertain world. On the day the president of the United States launched a global trade war, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith chose to look on the bright side. The United States, she wrote, had decided to "uphold the majority of the free trade agreement … between our...

Konrad Yakabuski

Pierre Poilievre spurned Brian Mulroney’s advice, and is paying the price

Justin Ling

Who Has the Best Housing Plan?

I hope everyone had a pleasant Liberation Day. I’m coming to you from overcast Kingston, Ontario, where Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning. All party leaders have spent the past 24 hours scrambling to respond to Donald Trump’s quixotic tariff announcement — which, conspicuously, left out Canada and Mexico. While we still face a litany of sector-specific tariffs, everyone is...

Lisa Van Dusen

Canada’s Bigger-Boat Election

In the 1975 Spielberg summer blockbuster Jaws, a line that had become a running on-set joke about the stinginess of producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown in failing to supply a boat big enough to assist the film’s shooting barge made its way into the final cut, becoming one of the most quoted, and misquoted, lines in movie history. “You’re...

Allan Gregg

Pierre Poilievre has a problem with women. Mark Carney has a problem with men

It is nearly impossible to win a federal election unless you are able to attract two key constituencies of “swing voters” — blue collar workers and new Canadians.This formula has been the key to the Liberals’ success and the Conservatives’ failure in the last three federal elections and has reshaped how all parties campaign.

James Moore

5 reasons Canada should keep calm and carry on amid Trump tariff chaos

In late June 1939, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Information produced three posters to boost domestic morale and focus the public anxiety about the war around them and the anticipated coming invasion.One poster read “Freedom is In Peril / Defend It With All Your Might.” A second poster read “Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory.”

Jim Balsillie

Mark Carney will not make Canada more prosperous

Michael Harris

On the Trail of Pierre the ‘Ripper’

Historian and journalist Mark Bourrie writes, “This book is about how Canada made its own version of Donald Trump, albeit with fewer guns and less rioting, but with lots of trucks and lies.” Around the world extreme right-wing leaders are coming to power, authoritarians who offer “easy and simple answers to complicated questions.” Aggressive people see an opportunity, and COVID...

Nik Nanos

Is there a Carney multiplier effect?

Liberal fortunes today are clearly in the hands of their leader Mark Carney - For every one point ballot box advantage today is a two point advantage on the preferred PM tracking.

Andrew Coyne

Trump’s tariffs are what he says they are: weapons of blunt-force, wrong-headed protectionism

Andrew MacDougall

If Trump shuts up now, Conservatives have a shot at regaining edge

Pity poor Pierre Poilievre.You study your whole life for an exam only to find out at the last minute that the subject has changed and that your fellow student, your rival for class president from next door, is a subject matter expert. Talk about rotten luck.

Robyn Urback

Pierre Poilievre has a women problem

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre caused a bit of a stir online this week when he gave a shoutout to the enfeebled ovaries (and low-motile sperm) of this great nation when addressing millennials’ struggle to enter the housing market. “We will not forget,” he said, during a campaign stop in New Brunswick, “that young 36-year-old couple whose biological clock is running...

Stephen Maher

Poilievre riding convoy into electoral brick wall

When the truckers’ convoy rolled into Ottawa in a cacophonous cloud of diesel smoke in January 2022, Canada’s Conservative Party was led by Erin O’Toole, a mild-mannered centrist who had been trying to keep his party moderate enough to appeal to voters in Ontario suburbs. The arrival of thousands of horn-honking anti-vaccine protesters scrambled the opinion environment in the Conservative...

Susan Delacourt

Donald Trump gives Mark Carney another chance to wear his prime minister hat

Canada didn’t emerge totally unscathed from Donald Trump’s shock-and-awe day of sweeping tariffs this week, but the general agreement in this country is that it could have been a lot worse.

Tristin Hopper

Why Canadian women are suddenly breaking for the Liberals

If only women voted, Mark Carney would be on track for the biggest landslide in Canadian history

Stephen Maher

Pierre Poilievre’s plans for the CBC are politically savvy and make no sense

At a rally Tuesday in Hamilton, Pierre Poilievre joked about the great day when a U-Haul rolls up Front Street “with a wonderful family in it to move into their wonderful new home in the headquarters of the CBC.” The next day in Montmagny, down the Saint Lawrence from Quebec City, he promised that he would “préserver les services de”...

Nik Nanos

Carney’s Ford-like Playbook Drives Liberal Advantage in Polls

The latest national tracking survey shows a lift in support for the Liberal Party, now leading with 46% of voter backing. The Conservatives follow at 37%, while the New Democrats trail at a tracking low of 9%, dipping from 11% in earlier tracking. Over the initial five days of data collection, the Liberals have experienced a notable rise, climbing from...

Linda McQuaig

Poilievre’s agenda is radically different than Carney’s and it’s frightening

A deeply flawed argument has slipped into the national election conversation.It goes like this: there isn’t much policy difference between front-runners Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, so it really comes down to who can best handle Donald Trump.

Shannon Proudfoot

Donald Trump’s tariff game show live from the Rose Garden

Has anyone considered just getting him another game show? Think about it: guaranteed audience; breathless anticipation of the next plot twist; a stage on which he can play the smiting hand of God or magnanimous benefactor, depending on his whim; a teaser campaign in the week before the big reveal; even a team in charge of set dressing and extras...

Campbell Clark

Trump’s tariff bomb ignites global trade war. For now, the fallout on Canada is not what was expected

David Coletto

"Liberation Day" largely spares Canada, but will it change public opinion?

Yesterday’s announcement from U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada would be excluded from his sweeping new round of reciprocal tariffs appears, at first glance, to be a welcome reprieve for Canadian industry. But the reality is more complicated. While we’ve dodged the latest bullet, previously announced tariffs—particularly on autos, steel, and aluminum—remain a threat. Politically, the question becomes: does this...

Preston Manning

Mark Carney poses a threat to national unity

Because of the vastness of Canada’s territory, the differing interests of its various regions, the abundance of competing economic and social interests, and the weakened state of democratic instruments for reconciling conflicting interests, national unity will be a perpetual challenge for whomever we choose to form our national government.

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Simon Houpt

How the Conservative and Liberal federal election campaigns are treating the media

Peter Mansbridge, Chantal Hébert, Rob Russo

Good Talk -- Reality Sinks In ... This is Going to Hurt

Owen Guo

High-stakes battlegrounds: the eight ridings that could shape the 2025 federal election

Demand rises for removal of North Island-Powell River candidate

Calls for the Conservative Party of Canada to remove Aaron Gunn as its candidate in the North Island-Powell River riding are coming from First Nations, national party leaders and two other candidates running locally.On April 3, First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) issued a media release about previous comments made by Gunn on social media.

Chris Fox

GM increasing production at U.S. plant that makes same vehicle as Oshawa facility

General Motors says that it plans to hire an unspecified number of temporary employees at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant in the wake of a U.S. tariff on imported vehicles that took effect this week. The assembly plant in Fort Wayne manufactures the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. The Silverado is currently the only vehicle produced at...

Harry North

Conservatives oust another Quebec candidate after he accuses Polytechnique survivor of exploiting tragedy

Hours after appearing at a campaign event Friday on protecting women from violence, a Conservative candidate in Quebec was dropped by the party after social media posts surfaced of him attacking Polytechnique massacre survivor and Liberal candidate Nathalie Provost. Simon Payette, who was running in the riding of Berthier–Maskinongé, had criticized Provost’s gun-control advocacy in a series of posts, as...

Luke LeBrun

Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers

Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media. One of Pierre Poilievre’s high-profile Conservative candidates was a member of a secret group chat used by Freedom Convoy leaders and their lawyers to coordinate messages on social media with right-wing alternative media personalities and far-right social media influencers.

Andrew Kurjata

B.C. premier urges support for federal NDP as former leader Tom Mulcair calls party 'an afterthought'

Polls project NDP losing majority of its seats in B.C. as Liberals and Conservatives eat into support. British Columbia's New Democrat premier, David Eby, is urging voters to cast their ballots for NDP candidates in the upcoming federal election. The message comes as the party slumps in the polls, and former federal New Democrat leader Tom Mulcair calls the party...

Irem Koca

Conservatives target labour vote as NDP support wanes, but union leader says there’s ‘no substance’ behind catchy slogans

The Conservatives have been courting what one strategist calls a “politically homeless” faction among unionized workers, with policy pledges and messaging to gain NDP voters as economic anxiety threatens to reshape Canada’s labour landscape.

Catharine Tunney

Carney calls Preston Manning's Western independence comments 'dramatic'

Reform founder wrote Carney will be 'the last prime minister of a united Canada' if Liberals wins. Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he governs for all of Canada and called prominent conservative Preston Manning's comments on Western independence "dramatic" during a campaign stop in Montreal on Friday. In a recent op-ed for the Globe and Mail, the Reform Party founder...

Mark Gollom

Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC

Craig Wong

Canadian economy lost 33,000 jobs in March, biggest loss since 2022

The economy shed 33,000 jobs in March, the biggest loss since January 2022, while the unemployment rate ticked higher, Statistics Canada said Friday.The agency said the unemployment rate for March rose to 6.7 per cent compared with 6.6 per cent in February.

Rahim Mohamed

Liberals drop Edmonton candidate who praised Hamas, Hezbollah in video

Loyola said in the 2009 video taken at an anti-NATO protest that Hamas and Hezbollah, both listed terrorist organizations in Canada, should be lionized, not condemned

Phil Hahn

Liberals have 10-point lead over Conservatives; Carney opens up 20-point advantage over Poilievre as preferred PM

The federal Liberals now have a 10-point advantage over the Conservatives on Day 13 of the federal election campaign, while Mark Carney has opened up a 20-point lead over Pierre Poilievre when it comes to Canadians’ preferences for prime minister. A three-day rolling sample by Nanos Research ending April 3 has the Liberals at 46 per cent over the Conservatives...

Stuart Thomson

Inside Mark Carney's weirdly dreary campaign, where the dullness is the point

Even in a warehouse full of battery-powered buses, Carney’s speech proved to be the furthest thing from electric. Liberal Leader Mark Carney strolled into an election campaign event on Monday past a ghostly figure. In a hallway near the main entrance of a Toronto-area trades college, a newspaper front page is framed on the wall. It features a photo of...

Isaac Phan Nay

Poilievre’s Bid to Woo the Union Vote Is Hitting Snags

Researchers say tariffs and a new Liberal leader have undermined Conservative efforts. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped up to a podium at a campaign stop in Saint John, New Brunswick, Monday wearing a western-style blue shirt, pumped his fist in the air and asked, “Who’s ready to get building?”

Kenn Oliver

Anaida Poilievre says she’s ‘not just a prop’ for her husband and the Tories

In the early days of the federal election, almost everywhere Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre has appeared, so too has his wife Anaida. Whether embracing on a Newfoundland wharf, serving beer or ice cream to patrons at local establishments, or sharing a kiss on campaign rally stages in front of thousands, Ana, as her husband and most contemporaries...

Janyce McGregor

Western NDP candidates focus on their ground game — and keeping their seats

When Premier Wab Kinew met federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh at the legislature in Winnipeg on Tuesday night, the cameras captured a Manitoba-friendly greeting, but not a public endorsement for Singh's national campaign. That doesn't mean, however, that Kinew's party doesn't support Singh's team. When CBC News asked Elmwood–Transcona candidate Leila Dance at Singh's event the next morning whether she's...

Samantha Pope

Auto companies plan to stay in Canada, Anand says

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariff on global auto imports takes effect, Canada’s industry minister says she has received assurances auto companies in this country won’t move their business elsewhere. Speaking to CTV News chief political correspondent Vassy Kapelos in an interview on CTV’s Power Play Thursday, Anita Anand says she spoke to auto companies, and “every...

Neil Moss

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

Canadians breathed a sigh of relief as the country was spared from United States President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariff announcement, but it is cold comfort with auto tariffs being enacted as the list of American levies imposed on Canada continues to grow.

Andrew Kurjata

B.C. premier wants to bring in more U.S. immigrants, denounces talk of western separatism

B.C. Premier David Eby says he wants to be able to bring in more immigrants from the United States to help bolster the local economy.He made the comment while speaking to reporters Thursday, when he was asked a question about S&P and Moody's downgrading British Columbia's credit rating on April 2, citing the province's ballooning deficit.

Jackie McKay

First Nations leaders in B.C. call for Conservatives to drop candidate Aaron Gunn

'I find it extremely troubling that a candidate for any party could make such blatantly racist comments.'A former vice-president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) wants the Conservative Party to drop its candidate in his riding over posts on social media that show "denial of residential school impacts."

David Baxter

'Freedom Convoy' organizers Lich, Barber found guilty of mischief

"Freedom Convoy" organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy mass protest in Ottawa. Lich and Barber were key figures and organizers of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" protest that saw hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people occupy downtown Ottawa, saying they would stay until COVID-9 public health...

Catharine Tunney

Poilievre disagrees with conservative dean Preston Manning that a Carney win will fuel Western secession

Former Reform leader wrote that a Liberal vote is 'a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it.' Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity and downplayed former Reform leader Preston Manning's argument that a vote for Mark Carney's Liberals is a vote for Western secession during a campaign stop Thursday.

Anita Balakrishnan

Germany steps up as ally in fight against U.S. auto tariffs

Across the world from the trade barbs issued in the White House rose garden, Canada’s auto industry is striking deals in Germany’s biergartens.

Politician's Pen

Stéphanie Plante

Ovechkin’s NHL Legacy: A Hockey Milestone Overshadowed by Sportswashing and Ties to Putin

Terry Beech

The State of Service Report

Our government created the Citizens’ Services portfolio in 2023 to champion service delivery excellence and to improve government efficiency. This State of Service report was drafted to communicate how we are accomplishing this mandate and to update Canadians on some of our biggest programs, including the Passport Program, the Canadian Dental Care Plan, Employment Insurance, Benefits Delivery Modernization and the...

US Poli

The Associated Press

'Hands Off!' protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk plan to rally across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.

Heather Hollingsworth And Jamie Stengle (kansas City, Mo.), The Associated Press

Retirees keep their eyes on the economy as Trump's tariffs roil financial markets

When retired school counselor Don Herneisen meets up with friends each week for breakfast at a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, the conversation often turns to the economy. With financial markets in turmoil as President Donald Trump unveiled his latest tariffs this week, the popularity of that topic is unlikely to change anytime soon.

The Associated Press

Trump's tariffs slam world markets in the biggest blow since the pandemic hit in 2020

Asian shares slid further Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs sent shudders through financial markets at a level of shock unseen since the COVID-19 pummeled world markets in 2020.

Chris Megerian, The Associated Press

Trump says Musk will probably leave in 'a few months'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that Elon Musk would likely leave his administration in "a few months," the clearest sign that his most powerful and disruptive adviser will be wrapping up his work inside the government.

International

Michael Kunzelman And Ben Finley, The Associated Press

The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison, while a U.S. government attorney was at a loss to explain what happened.

The Associated Press

China retaliates as Trump's tariffs affect world markets

Shares slid further in Europe and Asia and U.S. futures also fell Friday as investors counted the potential costs of U.S. President Donald Trump's latest set of tariffs, even as China retaliated by announcing it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from seeking public office for embezzlement

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen strode out of a French court as the chief judge on Monday barred her from seeking public office after she was found guilty of embezzling EU funds. The judge hasn’t yet said how long Le Pen will be ineligible for running for public office -- a decision that could derail the far-right leader’s career...

Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise

A state of emergency has been declared in six regions and states in Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake whose epicenter was near the country’s second largest city. State-run MRTV television said the military-run government’s proclamation includes the capital Naypyitaw and Mandalay, after the earthquake and a strong aftershock hit midday. Myanmar is in the midst of a civil war...

Damian J. Troise, The Associated Press

Shares of GM and other automakers slump following Trump tariffs, with Tesla the exception

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of major automakers slumped following President Donald Trump's announcement that he will place 25% tariffs on auto imports.

Think Tank

Vina Nadjibulla, Suvolaxmi Dutta Choudhury

Resetting Canada-India Relations: Navigating Security, Trade, and Strategic Opportunities in a Shifting Global Order

Canada-India relations sharply deteriorated in September 2023 when former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau linked the murder of Canadian Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar to Indian state agents. The crisis deepened in October 2024 when Ottawa accused Indian diplomats of being complicit in criminal activities, including intimidation, extortion, and murder. New Delhi rejected these claims, labelling Canada a “safe haven” for...

Ross McKitrick

Canada at a Crossroads – Volume 3: Dollars and sense: The case for cutting income taxes

Canada is at a crossroads. The issues confronting Canada in 2025 go beyond mere setbacks and can more accurately be called crises. Unless they are resolved quickly, we face a deep and potentially permanent loss of our national standard of living and quality of life. We hereby introduce the “Canada at the Crossroads” series of reports from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute...

Diana Fu, Emile Dirks

How Can Canada Tackle Foreign Interference Without a U.S. Ally?

Within three months of taking office, U.S. President Donald Trump has given his greatest adversary, Beijing, what it always desired—the dismantling of U.S.-based civil society groups that supported human rights in China. With a stroke of his presidential pen, Donald Trump froze funding for Radio Free Asia, Voice of America, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Woodrow Wilson International...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Dean Beeby

Mark Carney's $100 apology

The 10 men who have governed the Bank of Canada since its inception in 1934 have been taciturn types, studiously avoiding the mud-holes of public controversy. Central banks trade in trust, and must project immutability and stability.That’s why it was so unusual in 2012 to hear Mark Carney, then governor of the Bank, apologize to Canadians for screwing up.

Dean Beeby

How the rich captured a Canadian prime minister: Part II

Peter Larkin launched King’s fund with $25,000 of his own cash, deposited Sept. 22, 1925 at the Old Colony Trust Co.’s main branch in Boston, the same firm used by Salada Tea for its U.S. operations. Likely he reasoned that a foreign account would reduce the risk of discovery.

David McLaughlin

Day 1 - They're off!

Now that the election is called, time to riff from that part of my bio that says “campaign manager” and offer up regular assessments and analysis on what I think is going on. Check this space regularly for my campaign updates. You can judge my content for its value and biases on its own. But for the record, let me...

Podcasts

Is Canadian unity on the ballot this election?

An elder statesman to many Conservatives is warning the country: a Liberal victory could fuel western secession. What’s the appetite for that message? Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning joins The House to explain why Canadian unity is on the ballot. Next, as union leaders say more pain from U.S. tariffs is likely around the corner, NDP candidate for Hamilton...

Hot Room explainer: The ‘third party’ advertisers filling up your screens

Canada Proud? Protecting Canada? Hill Times reporter Stuart Benson joins the podcast to talk about the so-called "third party" groups behind political ads posted on trucks and spamming your screens.

Canada’s response to Trump’s global tariff assault

At Issue this week: Canada dodges Trump’s latest wave of global tariffs, but with some sectors already reeling, can it be considered a win? How the U.S. president’s moves are shifting the federal election campaign. And controversial candidates get booted off the ballot. Rosemary Barton hosts Chantal Hébert, Andrew Coyne and Althia Raj.

Election! Fallout from Trump’s trade bomb

Canada may have dodged the worst of Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs, but it didn’t emerge unscathed. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that he is going ahead with a 25 per cent tariff on "all foreign-made" automobiles – a devastating blow for the Canadian auto sector, plunging it into uncertainty. Aaron Wherry, a senior writer with the CBC’s parliamentary bureau, joins...