Robert Fife

Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign

A prominent Canadian conservative think tank has invited the top tariff power broker from Donald Trump’s first cabinet to a conference in Ottawa this week that includes a who’s who of premiers, former politicians and Conservative strategists. Former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, who supports dramatically higher tariffs and dismisses concerns about tanking the global economy, will be the keynote...

John Paul Tasker

Carney lays out plan to help economy along amid Trump-induced market chaos

Liberal leader says U.S. recession is likely after Trump tariffs prompt a 'financial crisis.' Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday he has a plan to prop up the Canadian economy as the U.S. careens toward a recession resulting from President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff actions, creating what Carney called a "financial crisis" that has the potential to undo the international...

Darren Major

Longest ballot protest targets Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding

Group said it also intended to overload ballot in Carney's riding, but ran out of time. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be facing more opponents than ever in his eighth federal campaign, thanks to dozens of protest candidates running in his riding. Nearly 80 candidates registered to run in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton, where Poilievre has been the MP...

Steven Chase

Election threats watchdog detects Beijing effort to influence Chinese Canadians on Carney

A federal election-threats watchdog has uncovered an information operation from Beijing trying to shape opinion about Liberal Leader Mark Carney among Chinese Canadians. One example of messaging being circulated concerning Mr. Carney says “the United States is facing a tough prime minister from Canada.” The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force announced Monday this effort is taking...

Abbas Rana

Poilievre needs to ‘bomb the bridge’ of Carney’s credibility to win one of Canada’s ‘most consequential’ elections, say political players

As one of the “most consequential” election campaigns enters its third week, the Liberals are leading in the polls, and if the Conservatives hope to win, they will need to seriously undermine Mark Carney’s credibility—much like Brian Mulroney’s Tories did to John Turner’s Liberals in the 1988 campaign.

ElectionWatch 2025

Polling Trendlines

Latest Results

MQO & Global Public Affairs | 2025 Canada Federal Election Polling

MQO Research is conducting public opinion polling about the 2025 Canadian federal election. This research is commissioned by Global Public Affairs (check out their ongoing insights about the election here).

Pollara - data collected between April 1 - 6

This 6, amongst adult Canadians who are elgibile likely voters in the 2025 federal election. A total of N=2,132 respondents were surveyed, using a multi-mode methodology incorporating online panel, live-interviewer telephone (CATI), and automated telephone (IVR). A probability sample of this size carries a margin of error of + 2.1%, 19 times out of 20. Our data is weighted by...

Liberal lead holds, while Liberal vote commitment intensifies

It was a chaotic week across the globe and in Canada as U.S. President Donald Trump announced universal tariffs on nearly every nation in the world. And while “uncertainty” seems to be the defining word of the year, certainty does appear to be growing among Liberal voters who have yet to definitively commit to their preferred choice in the ongoing...

Seat Projections

Canada's Campaign Watchers

Second Wave Analysis (Update):

Dealing with Trump/Tariffs: Two out of three feel Mark Carney (64%) has the best approach for dealing with Donald Trump, while 19% believe Pierre Poilievre does. Most felt that Pierre Poilievre has done well enough (56%) in his response to the US tariff. Read More

Previous Analysis:

Wave 1, Wave 2

Who Our Watchers Are:

Adam Taylor Adrian Jean Alex Maheu Ali Salam Aliya Mohammed Andrew Casey Andrew MacDougall Andy Gibbons Axel Rioux Ben Parsons Brad Lavigne Brendan McGuinty Brian Clow Brianna Ames Bruce Winchester Bruce Anderson Cameron MacKeen Cara Salci Carlene Variyan Caroline Séguin Chad Bowie Chad Walsh Chisholm Pothier Chris Day Chris McCluskey Christine Burke Dan Mader Dave Forestell Dave Prisco David McArthur Dennis Matthews Dennis Prouse Derek Nighbor Dil Puar Dimitri Soudas Don Stickney Elder Marques Elly Alboim Eric Johnson Fraser Macdonald Fred DeLorey Gabe Garfinkel Gabrielle Berard Greg MacNeil Greg McEachern Hardave Birk Jaime Watt Jamie Kippen Janet Fryday Dorey Jason Kenney Jeremy Broadhurst Jim Anderson Joanne Macrae Jordan Deagle Kate Harrison Kathleen Monk Katie Telford Ken Boessenkool Kevin Bosch Lanny Cardow Laryssa Waler Laura Kurkimaki Laura Pennell Lawrence Cannon Lisa MacLeod Lisa Raitt Marc-Olivier Fortin Marcia Smith Max Dea Megan Leslie Melanie Richer Melissa Cotton Mike Solberg Mollie Anderson Monte Solberg Morgan Swan Nancy Jamieson Patrick Rogers Perry Tsergas Phil Cartwright Rebecca Rogers Richard Mahoney Rick Anderson Rob Silver Roxanna Benoit Ryan Dunn Sabrina Grover Scott Feschuk Scott Reid Sean Speer Sheamus Murphy Stephen Carter Tasha Kheiriddin Tausha Michaud Tim Powers Tyler Banham Vandana Fatima Kattar Will Stewart Yaroslav Baran Zain Velji Zita Astravas

Election News

Robert Fife

Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign

Stephanie Taylor

Former prime minister Stephen Harper to introduce Pierre Poilievre at Edmonton rally on Monday

It's the first time Harper has hit the campaign trail since the 2015 election, when he was prime minister

Darren Major

Longest ballot protest targets Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding

John Paul Tasker

Carney lays out plan to help economy along amid Trump-induced market chaos

Steven Chase

Election threats watchdog detects Beijing effort to influence Chinese Canadians on Carney

Martin Patriquin

Mark Carney’s views on Quebec’s language law could stir an angry, silent minority

Mark Carney was at a campaign in Vaughan, Ont., when he casually upended over half a century of received wisdom when it comes to stumping for votes in neighbouring Quebec. “Do we have rights in Canada, or not? A right is a right is a right,” he said in response to a question about his views on language legislation in...

Campaign Analysis

Susan Delacourt

Western secessionists play into Donald Trump’s hands when they embrace his sore loser approach to elections

Mark Carney calls it “dramatic.” Former Reform party leader Preston Manning says it’s just the plain truth.Whatever way you look at this flurry of talk about Western secession if the Liberals win the federal election on April 28, it has injected another dose of existential rhetoric into a campaign already laden with do-or-die propositions.

Justin Ling

Pierre Poilievre Wants to Slash Canadian Foreign Aid

“We will cut back on foreign aid to dictators, terrorists, and global bureaucracy,” Poilievre told some 4,000-odd supporters in Kingston last week, “to bring our money home.” He repeated that notion again in Trois-Rivières on Friday: “I will be cutting waste, bureaucracy, consultants, foreign aid and other unnecessary expenses,” he declared. Poilievre appeared on Radio-Canada this week for a lengthy...

Michael Harris

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump

Even if Trump is using tariffs to negotiate better deals with trading partners, that process could take up the rest of his presidency. After all, he has levied punitive tariffs against scores of countries. If these countries want to negotiate an exemption or a carveout, they will have to stand in a very long line to get to the president.

Richard Warnica

Pierre Poilievre is a much better politician than Mark Carney. The Conservatives might lose anyway

It can be easy to forget, following the news, that Mark Carney, the leader of the Liberal party and the odds-on favourite to win the 2025 federal election, has never done this before. He has never won a local council race. He didn’t serve on his school board. He isn’t a sitting MP. Carney’s resume outside of politics is unimpeachable...

Campbell Clark

Poilievre the preacher aims to keep the converted fired up for election day

It was the end of a long day, but Pierre Poilievre had more energy in the evening than in the morning. “Wow, what a wonderful crowd,” the Conservative Leader said in Oshawa, Ont., as he quickly stepped onto a two-foot-high platform in an airplane hangar and went into his slogans. “Who’s ready to axe some taxes?” he said at the...

Matt Gurney

We, the media, haven’t done enough to explain how devastating foreign interference can be for individual Canadians

The bizarre end—for now, anyway—of the political career of outgoing Liberal MP Paul Chiang got a lot of attention last week, and you can see why. It was newsy. It was germane to two major political questions: which party is better placed to tackle foreign interference, and also, Mark Carney’s surefootedness as a new and largely untested political leader. In...

Policy Announcements

Singh: NDP Will Build 3 Million Homes by 2030—and Make Housing Affordable Again

TORONTO — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan today to build 3 million homes by 2030—doubling the current pace—by speeding up construction, protecting existing rentals, and training the workers needed to deliver it.

Mark Carney’s Liberals to protect Canada’s Nature, Biodiversity, and Water

Canada’s natural heritage is under threat from climate change and unsustainable development practices. It is also under a more immediate threat: President Trump wants Canada’s land, water, and resources. He wants to weaken us so America can own us – but we won’t let that happen. Our approach will draw on the wisdom of Indigenous traditions, the power of modern...

Poilievre Will Bring in ‘One and Done’ Approvals, Accelerate Ten Specific Resource Projects

Terrace, BC – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced that he will create a new ‘One and Done’ rule for resource projects: a one-stop shop, with one simple application and one environmental review. Poilievre also announced that he will rapidly approve 10 projects that have been stuck for years in the slow federal approval process. That will include Phase II of...

NDP Will Stop American Billionaire-Backed Buyouts that Leave Canadian Workers Behind

As iconic Canadian companies like Hudson’s Bay are dismantled and sold off by foreign private equity firms, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that an NDP government will bring in tough new rules to stop billionaire-backed investors from buying up Canadian businesses just to strip them for parts and abandon workers. “Hudson’s Bay has been part of Canada since before Canada...

Mark Carney’s Liberals to deliver urgent support to protect Canadian retirees in this global crisis

President Trump’s tariffs are rupturing the global economy. In the face of this crisis, Canadians are concerned about what this instability means for their savings, their jobs, and their businesses. As in previous economic crises, we must act quickly with purpose and force to ensure Canadian families have the support they need. A Mark Carney-led Liberal government will fight, protect...

NDP to end landlord money grabs and bring in national rent control

Today, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to fight soaring rents and protect renters, starting by implementing national rent control—a policy that will stop predatory corporate landlords that profiteer off people’s homes with unfair and unreasonable rent increases. "No one should lose their home because their landlord wants to double the rent,” said Singh. “New Democrats will take a...

Opinion More View More

Susan Delacourt

Western secessionists play into Donald Trump’s hands when they embrace his sore loser approach to elections

Justin Ling

Pierre Poilievre Wants to Slash Canadian Foreign Aid

Michael Harris

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump

Richard Warnica

Pierre Poilievre is a much better politician than Mark Carney. The Conservatives might lose anyway

Campbell Clark

Poilievre the preacher aims to keep the converted fired up for election day

Jeremy Kinsman

Meltdown: The World Scrambles to Cope with Trump’s Torrent of Chaos

On April 2, or what Donald Trump declared “Liberation Day” (The Economist called it “Ruination Day”), leaders and citizens across the interconnected world paused for an hour to watch an American president launch a global trade war. Abusing yet again the power of the captive audience that comes with the office, Trump unleashed the most destructive set of measures of...

Éric Blais

Canada’s ad campaign in the U.S. is too tame — here is my plan to attack Trump

If you’ve ever driven from Toronto to Florida, you’ve likely encountered the visual cacophony of billboards along America’s Interstate Highways. These range from posters for injury lawyers and gentlemen’s clubs to fast food outlets and reminders that Jesus loves you. Upon reaching Florida, one might chuckle at an AC repair ad proclaiming, “Your wife is hot.” But lately, these roadsides...

Matt Gurney

We, the media, haven’t done enough to explain how devastating foreign interference can be for individual Canadians

David Coletto

One Country, Three Elections: This Election Isn't About Trump for Everyone

My nephew Julian is eight. He doesn’t watch the news, doesn’t read newspapers, and hasn’t even heard of Peter Mansbridge. But two months ago, he marched into the kitchen and told my sister, with full conviction, “Carbon Tax Carney. If Carney wins, Canada loses.” Word for word. The line from a Conservative ad he saw on YouTube. He has no...

Rose LeMay

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

The 2025 election leaders’ debates are set for April 16-17, and speech writers are furiously writing and rewriting blurbs in anticipation. The election is necessarily focused on “the Tangerine’s” tantrums in the south, and the impacts on this country. But we can do better than run a one-issue election. Here are a set of questions that could spark some depth...

Matt Gurney, Susan Delacourt

Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are being forced to learn on the job — and it shows

Matt Gurney: I want to ask you a specific question about the campaign — a few different parts of it, really. But I want to lead with a broader question, just as a vibe check. Does this feel like an election yet? I have to say, it doesn’t to me. It’s my job to follow this stuff. I do! But...

Susan Delacourt

It’s dangerous to frame Canada’s election around what Donald Trump wants

In a normal election campaign, the ballot-box question would revolve around what voters want.But Canada is not in a normal campaign, and a lot of time is being spent in this one focused on what Donald Trump might want.

Jaime Watt

There is only one way for Canada to deal with Donald Trump

A few weeks ago, I argued that the strongest political opposition to Donald Trump resided right here in Canada.Turns out, that’s an increasingly dangerous place to be.

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.

Lorrie Goldstein

Only Poilievre and Conservatives unequivocally condemn antisemitism

It's ironic that the strongest defenders of Canada's Jewish community are the Conservatives, who the Liberals often accuse of conspiring with neo-Nazis and white supremacists

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...

Aaron Wherry

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...

News More View More

Stephanie Taylor

Former prime minister Stephen Harper to introduce Pierre Poilievre at Edmonton rally on Monday

It's the first time Harper has hit the campaign trail since the 2015 election, when he was prime minister

Martin Patriquin

Mark Carney’s views on Quebec’s language law could stir an angry, silent minority

Ontario offers $11 billion in relief to businesses stung by U.S. tariffs

The Ontario government says it will provide about $11 billion in relief and support for businesses stung by U.S. tariffs.Premier Doug Ford says the measures will help workers and businesses deal with U.S. President Donald Trump's "attacks on Ontario's economy."

Phil Hahn

Liberals’ lead over Conservatives narrows further as ‘more of a horse race emerges’: Nanos tracking

The federal Liberals’ advantage over the Conservatives has narrowed to five points on Day 16 of the federal election campaign.A three-day rolling sample by Nanos Research ending April 6 has the Liberals at 43 per cent over the Conservatives who are at 38 per cent nationally.

Peter Armstrong

More market turmoil

The hard part about conflict is finding an exit ramp once it starts. It's as true for schoolyard fist fights as it is for global trade wars. As the global order the world spent 70 years building up started to unravel last week, I found myself wondering what the path to de-escalation will look like. Stephen Gordon, an economics professor...

Liberal Leader Carney pokes at Alberta Premier Smith at first Western campaign stop

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is starting off his Western Canada campaign stops by drawing a contrast with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Carney arrived late Sunday in Victoria, his first stop in Western Canada, where he is expected to spend a significant amount of the third week of the federal campaign. He told supporters at a community hall in Victoria that...

Shaurya Kshatri

Former Conservative B.C. candidate says party removed him over past podcast comments

Real estate agent Lourence Singh says he was told his remarks about China didn't align with party's principles A former Conservative candidate in the Metro Vancouver riding of New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville says he was removed from the party's slate because of comments he made about the Chinese government in a podcast four years ago. Lourence Singh, a real estate agent who...

Brett Forester

Carney's firm Brookfield has been accused of breaching Indigenous rights in 4 countries

Allegations in Brazil, Canada, Colombia and U.S. involve dams, wind farm, other operations. Under Mark Carney's leadership, global investment firm Brookfield was accused of breaching Indigenous rights or harming the environment in at least four countries, CBC Indigenous has found. Carney, who is running for prime minister as Liberal leader, spent more than four years as vice chair and then...

Samantha Schwientek

Pierre Poilievre's record on Indigenous rights concerns advocates

In an election ad, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to a bust of John A. Macdonald about the importance of developing national projects like the Canadian Pacific Railway."What do you think, prime minister? Could you get the railway built today?" Poilievre asks the bust.

Judy Trinh

Will Mark Carney’s early missteps cost him crucial votes?

As Mark Carney enters week three of his campaign to be prime minister, the festering issues of foreign interference and corporate tax havens have exposed vulnerabilities in the Liberal Party and its leader, as he swings through British Columbia. Last Sunday, Carney stepped off his newly branded Liberal plane with his wife, Diana Fox Carney, at his side. She would...

Lauren Scott

Tariffs on Canadian goods having a 'devastating effect,' U.S. farmers say

'We've become such enemies just because of this one man': South Dakota Farmers Union president. American farmers say U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods are having a "devastating effect" on the local agriculture sector south of the border. On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs for dozens of countries. Canada and Mexico were notably spared in this round...

Christopher Reynolds, Christopher Reynolds

'Hands off': Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump

MONTREAL -- Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty.

Stephen Jeffery

Pharma, tech giants complained of Canada’s drug pricing system, digital service tax to U.S. trade rep

The board that oversees medicine pricing in Canada and levies on big social media and online service platforms appear in submissions to the U.S. Trade Representatives review of 'unfair' foreign trading practices.

Ruth Ellen Brosseau eyes return to Parliament, will run for NDP in Quebec riding

Ruth Ellen Brosseau is attempting a political comeback in Quebec, 14 years after she won a surprise victory as a federal New Democrat and became the face of the Orange Wave that made the NDP the Official Opposition. On Sunday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in a social media post that Brosseau was declaring her candidacy in Berthier-Maskinongé, the riding...

Benjamin Lopez Steven

Former Liberal justice minister endorses Bloc Québécois's Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe

Irwin Cotler calls Brunelle-Duceppe an outstanding MP on social media. Former Liberal justice minister and internationally renowned human rights expert Irwin Cotler says Bloc Québécois candidate Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe deserves support this election, regardless of his political affiliation. In a social media post endorsing the incumbent MP on Friday, Cotler said that Brunelle-Duceppe has been "an outstanding member of Parliament, a...

Sean Boynton

Liberals widen lead to double digits over Tories in Canada election: poll

The Liberals have widened their lead over the Conservatives to double digits among voters as the federal election campaign enters its third week, a new poll shows.The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Sunday shows 46 per cent of Canadians surveyed would cast their ballots for the Liberals, up two points from last week.

Alex Binkley

Liberals promise tariff protection to ag sector

David Thurton

NDP's Singh drops 'I'm running for prime minister' messaging two weeks into the campaign

As Jagmeet Singh heads into his third week of campaigning, the NDP leader is dropping his assertive messaging that he is running to be prime minister.Singh is no longer explicitly repeating the line at news conferences.On Wednesday and Friday, CBC News asked Singh if he was still running for the country's top political job.

Calder McHugh

Canadian Export Graydon Carter Talks Trump, Napoleon and Canada’s Election

The former Vanity Fair editor’s long-running feud with Trump is legendary. Now, he’s sounding off on his threats toward his home country of Canada.

Norimitsu Onishi

The Canadian Political Brawler Who Had a 25-Point Lead and a Problem: Trump

Just two months ago, Pierre Poilievre seemed destined to become Canada’s next prime minister. But his double digit polling lead vanished with President Trump's threat to annex Canada. Carrying his 6-year-old daughter on his shoulders, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader running to lead Canada, was wading through a crowd of well-wishers in his electoral district in Ottawa.

Alex Ballingall

Poilievre stands by B.C. candidate after Indigenous leaders urge Conservatives to drop him over ‘horrific’ online posts

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is defending one of his candidates in British Columbia who was accused of making “horrific and offensive” comments on social media about the harms perpetrated against Indigenous Peoples in Canada. At a campaign stop in Osoyoos, B.C., Poilievre rejected calls from Indigenous leaders and others for the Conservatives to drop Aaron Gunn, a documentary filmmaker running...

Touria Izri

Inside the NDP’s struggling campaign as party faces possible collapse

The bus is orange. The seats are carpeted. And the battle cry for the partisans on board is borrowed from the late Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” Layton led the NDP to its best-ever election result in 2011, when the party won 100 seats and, for the first and only time, became the official...

Ken MacGillivray

Police arrest man who barricaded himself inside Parliament Hill East Block, ending hours-long standoff

The Ottawa Police Service says a man was arrested without incident after he barricaded himself inside Parliament Hill’s East Block, ending an hours-long standoff Saturday. “The barricaded man call at East Block has ended without incident. One man is in custody. The @ottawapolice criminal investigation is ongoing and an update will be provided in the morning. We thank the public...

Joshua Freeman

Canadians feel this federal election ‘more important’ than in the past, primarily driven by leader choice: Nanos survey

An overwhelming majority of Canadians believe that the current federal election, being fought amid continued threats against Canada’s sovereignty from U.S. President Donald Trump, is the most import one yet According to a new survey from Nanos Research, 86 per cent of Canadians believe this election is more important than past elections. In Ontario and B.C., that sentiment was highest...

Darren Major

Parties lost a swath of candidates last week. After Monday, it'll be too late to replace them

Candidates were dropping almost as fast as the writs in the first two weeks of the campaign. But after Monday, political parties will have an additional problem if they decide to remove someone from their ticket — they won't be able to put forward a backup contender. Between the Liberals and Conservatives, more than half a dozen candidates have stepped...

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

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to resume deportations under Alien Enemies Act

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an order blocking President Donald Trump 's administration from deporting Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used 18th-century wartime law.

Associated Press, The Associated Press

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order to return Maryland man from El Salvador

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a court order requiring it to return a Maryland man who was sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Bill Barrow, The Associated Press

In conservative Alabama, Republicans are cheering for Trump - with some quiet concerns and caveats

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- On a day when stock markets around the world dropped precipitously, Alabama Republican Party Chairman John Wahl led a celebration of the president whose global tariffs sparked the selloff.

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.

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

Ramona Coelho

Rushing to death in Canada’s MAiD regime: Ramona Coelho for Inside Policy

Canada legalized Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in 2016, encompassing both euthanasia and assisted suicide. Initially limited to those nearing their natural death, eligibility expanded in 2021 to individuals with physical disabilities, with eligibility for individuals with mental illness in 2027. Parliamentary recommendations include MAiD for children. A recent federal consultation explored extending MAiD to those who lack capacity via...

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...

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Dean Beeby

The dossier Trudeau took to Mar-a-Lago

Last fall, before the Trump shitstorm, advisers to the prime minister saw the black clouds gathering to the south. The new president had not yet been sworn into office, but it was clear Canada was in the crosshairs.

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.

Podcasts

The Panel: Quiet out there. Too Quiet.

Time for my weekly campaign meeting with The Panel — Marci Surkes, Allison Gifford, Jason Lietaer — to discuss the strangest federal election in many years. On paper, it’s a quiet week. Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariff announcement was last week, the leaders’ debates are more than a week in the future. But while we’re still lousy at predicting surprises...

What Should The NDP Do?

David Herle, Scott Reid, Jordan Leichnitz, and Kory Teneycke provide insights on the latest in Canadian politics.

Campaign Gaffes!

We look at the biggest campaign gaffes!

Election 2025: News, Media and Political Journalism with Clark, Ling and Zussman

Alright you courageous, you resilient Herle Burly-ites! Today we've got a fantastic journo and media panel today, in the context of Election 45 in Canada ... so far, framed as the “Trump, Tariffs and Trade” election. Campbell Clark, Justin Ling and Richard Zussman join us for the next 60 minutes. Broadly, I want to talk with these folks about the...