We don't need their lumber. We don't need their energy. We don't need anything from Canada.
And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME
Tensions with N.S. premier simmered as Poilievre made his sole stop in the province
Sources say a top Conservative adviser reprimanded Houston’s team last year. For the first time this campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Nova Scotia on Thursday — the second province he's visited led by a Progressive Conservative premier conspicuously absent from the federal party's events. Poilievre's sole campaign trip to Nova Scotia ended without meeting Premier Tim...
Poilievre’s Carleton riding sees highest voter turnout in Canada during advance polls
The Ottawa riding with one of the longest ballots in history had the highest voter turnout across Canada in advance polls, according to Elections Canada. Preliminary data shows 43,394 people voted in the riding of Carleton during the four days of advance polls over the Easter weekend. There are 91 candidates on the ballot in the riding of Carleton, after...
Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings as election nears
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what polls suggest are Conservative-safe ridings today as election day approaches.Poilievre is set to begin his day in Saskatoon, where he will hold a press conference, before holding a rally in Nanoose Bay, B.C., in the evening.
Carney Sole Respondent to Furey’s Letter to Federal Leaders on Issues Impacting Province
Premier Andrew Furey has heard from Liberal Leader Mark Carney regarding a letter to all of the main federal leaders earlier this month, but there has been silence from the rest. Furey penned a letter to Carney, Pierre Poilievre, Jagmeet Singh, and Yves-Francois Blanchet asking for their party’s stance on a variety of issues affecting Newfoundland and Labrador. The premier...
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LPC 42.7, CPC 38.4, NDP 8.3, BQ 5.9, GP 3.2, 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 33
The analysis in this report is based on results of a survey conducted from Tuesday, April 22nd to Thursday, April 24th, 2025, among a sample of 1365 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in Canada. The survey was conducted using IVR. The survey is intended to represent the voting population in Canada. The margin of error for the...
National Tracker: Liberals 43%, Conservatives 38%
A new poll by Liaison Strategies for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC), the industry association representing Canada’s non-official language newspapers, TV, radio, and online news media, finds the Liberals leading with 43% (+1) to the Conservatives 38% (-1). The rolling survey, conducted from April 21 to April 23, 2025, used interactive voice response technology to...
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Most think the debates did not affect Liberal support. A decent sized minority (44%) think Poilievre may have gained votes.
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Election News
What Pierre Poilievre’s visit to Saskatchewan stronghold may reveal
With just four days left before voters head to the polls, Pierre Poilievre made his first campaign visit to Saskatchewan in a province wrapped in Conservative blue. On Thursday evening Poilievre basked in the applause of hundreds of supporters who crowded into a warehouse in Saskatoon to hear him give his stump speech. Poilievre opened with new material after Liberal...
Poilievre’s Carleton riding sees highest voter turnout in Canada during advance polls
The Ottawa riding with one of the longest ballots in history had the highest voter turnout across Canada in advance polls, according to Elections Canada. Preliminary data shows 43,394 people voted in the riding of Carleton during the four days of advance polls over the Easter weekend. There are 91 candidates on the ballot in the riding of Carleton, after...
We don't need their lumber. We don't need their energy. We don't need anything from Canada.
And I say the only way this thing really works is for Canada to become a state. Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump’s ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME
Mr. Fort Smith goes to Ottawa: In Mark Carney’s northern birthplace, the election is the talk of the town – but the only clear consensus is that he has put them on the map
For years, the printer-paper photograph hung on the wall of Berro’s Pizzeria: Mark Carney, smiling over a partially consumed Hawaiian pizza. The photo was snapped during a visit to Fort Smith, NWT, in 2009; Mr. Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, was visiting the place where he was born in 1965. The house where he lived is...
Here and Pierre: True-blue Tories hold the line in the Conservative Leader’s old Calgary haunts
If the people that live in the quaint Southwest Calgary neighbourhood surrounding Henry Wise Wood High School by some miracle forget to remind you, yearbooks from the 1990s certainly will: This is the old stomping grounds of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. On a sunny April afternoon with her baby in a stroller, Michelle Lombardo is one of many who casually...
Poilievre campaigning in Conservative-safe ridings as election nears
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in what polls suggest are Conservative-safe ridings today as election day approaches.Poilievre is set to begin his day in Saskatoon, where he will hold a press conference, before holding a rally in Nanoose Bay, B.C., in the evening.
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Donald Trump can’t stop trash talking Canada. That may be the reminder we need
Donald Trump, it seems, just can’t help himself. He can’t stop trash-talking Canada, even when he knows he shouldn’t. Trump was remarkably silent about this country for weeks, ever since Mark Carney took over as prime minister in fact. He seemed to be restraining himself, or at least turning his malevolent gaze on other countries as he announced punitive tariffs...
All Pierre Poilievre had to do was strongly oppose Trump. This is why he couldn’t easily do so
With just days left before election day, the 2025 Canadian general election has become something few anticipated: a genuinely competitive race. What once looked like a near-certain Conservative victory has given way to Mark Carney’s Liberals now holding a narrow but meaningful lead. Back in January, just 12 per cent of Canadians said the Justin Trudeau Liberals deserved re-election. Meanwhile...
Poilievre sides with mob rule in threatening our Charter
An election defined by external threats to the Canadian way of life is now rocked by an internal one: Pierre Poilievre’s unprecedented attack on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter is one of Canada’s most celebrated achievements and serves as a model for other countries’ constitutions. More than 40 years after its inception, eight in 10 Canadians agree...
Trudeau redux or Poilievre for real change?
Canada cannot afford four more years of Trudeau-style progressivism that pursues net zero and produces zero growth
The Homestretch: Poilievre and the Ghost of Elections Past
He materializes on the screen like the ghost of elections past. With the federal election days away, the Conservatives consistently trailing the Liberals in the polls, and leader Pierre Poilievre in danger of losing his own Ottawa riding, Stephen Harper has been enlisted to rally the troops. The first appearance by the former prime minister was at a large rally...
Policy Announcements
Mark Carney’s Liberals will stand up for Ontario workers against President Trump
This election comes at a time of crisis. President Trump is disrupting global markets and fundamentally reshaping the international trading system. With Canada, he has been even more direct and aggressive: he wants to break us so America can own us. That will never happen. “President Trump’s tariffs are a direct attack on Ontario workers and businesses,” said Mark Carney...
Singh: Water, Health Care, and Indigenous Rights Are Not for Sale in Trump Trade Talks
As Donald Trump ramps up trade threats, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh delivered a clear message from Manitoba: Canada’s water, public health care, environmental protections, and Indigenous Treaty rights are not bargaining chips—and New Democrats will be there to make sure no government dares to put them on the table. Standing with workers in Winnipeg, Singh warned that Trump’s “America First”...
Mark Carney’s Liberals will stand up for British Columbia against President Trump
This election comes at a time of crisis. President Trump is disrupting global markets and fundamentally reshaping the international trading system. With Canada, he has been even more direct and aggressive: he wants to break us so America can own us. Mark Carney won’t let that happen. He has a plan that will fight, protect, and build in the face...
Poilievre Will Scrap The Car(ney) Tax
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced his plan to immediately scrap the ‘Car(ney) Tax’ that will add a $20,000 tax on gas-powered cars starting next year. This is after Poilievre already announced his plan to axe the GST on Canadian-made cars, making them more affordable for hardworking families. Conservatives will be champions of Canada’s auto sector by maintaining all existing supports...
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What’s the price we’re willing to pay for Canada?
Unless we fix what’s in our power to fix, the forces bearing down on us may make the Canada we knew impossible to sustain. We’ve all been thinking about our country lately. It’s something we haven’t done with the same intensity since the days of the Quebec referenda. We’re thinking about the price we’ll have to pay to stay who...
Donald Trump can’t stop trash talking Canada. That may be the reminder we need
Donald Trump, it seems, just can’t help himself. He can’t stop trash-talking Canada, even when he knows he shouldn’t. Trump was remarkably silent about this country for weeks, ever since Mark Carney took over as prime minister in fact. He seemed to be restraining himself, or at least turning his malevolent gaze on other countries as he announced punitive tariffs...
All Pierre Poilievre had to do was strongly oppose Trump. This is why he couldn’t easily do so
With just days left before election day, the 2025 Canadian general election has become something few anticipated: a genuinely competitive race. What once looked like a near-certain Conservative victory has given way to Mark Carney’s Liberals now holding a narrow but meaningful lead. Back in January, just 12 per cent of Canadians said the Justin Trudeau Liberals deserved re-election. Meanwhile...
Poilievre sides with mob rule in threatening our Charter
An election defined by external threats to the Canadian way of life is now rocked by an internal one: Pierre Poilievre’s unprecedented attack on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter is one of Canada’s most celebrated achievements and serves as a model for other countries’ constitutions. More than 40 years after its inception, eight in 10 Canadians agree...
Trudeau redux or Poilievre for real change?
Canada cannot afford four more years of Trudeau-style progressivism that pursues net zero and produces zero growth
The Homestretch: Poilievre and the Ghost of Elections Past
He materializes on the screen like the ghost of elections past. With the federal election days away, the Conservatives consistently trailing the Liberals in the polls, and leader Pierre Poilievre in danger of losing his own Ottawa riding, Stephen Harper has been enlisted to rally the troops. The first appearance by the former prime minister was at a large rally...
Carney’s luck is so good, even his scandals work in his favour
Even the latest mini-scandal that broke on Thursday works in his favour, given it concerns a subject he is desperate to talk about. Article content Radio-Canada reported that in Carney’s call with Donald Trump on March 28, the president brought up the issue of Canada becoming the 51st state of the United States. At the time, Carney said Trump had...
This is the Donald Trump election, and Pierre Poilievre might be better off losing it
On January 7, one day after Justin Trudeau announced his plan to resign as prime minster, Donald Trump, then two weeks out from his second inauguration, spoke to reporters in Mar-a-Lago, in Florida, and accidentally set the tone for the coming Canadian election campaign.
What Three Words Say About Two Very Different Leaders
In our most recent national survey, we asked Canadians a simple but revealing question: “Now, imagine you were describing each of the following people to a child and you wanted to tell that child how these people are like—the kind of person they are. What three words would you use?”
Whether it’s Carney or Poilievre, the next PM must clean house in the federal public service
The costed Conservative election platform released this week largely eschews the hyperpolarizing language that had defined Pierre Poilievre until recently. The word “broken” shows up seven times in the 30-page document, but nowhere does the Tory platform apply that descriptor to Canada as a whole, as Mr. Poilievre had been endlessly doing until the federal election campaign began. Rather, the...
The View from Europe: Canada’s Election and the New ‘Trump Effect’
The term “the Trump effect” has been used over the past eight years to describe a range of political phenomena, from certain trends in tactical disruption to the dominance of propaganda in the news cycle. As we approach the 100-day mark (on April 30th) of the unlikely American president’s second term, the Trump effect has taken on a whole new...
Carney, Poilievre talk fiscal prudence, but offer the opposite - Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be
Liberal and Conservative campaigns are not what they claim to be
I used to be Toronto’s chief planner. Mark Carney’s new plan gives me hope we might finally address the housing crisis
This week, as the federal election campaign entered its final week, Liberal Leader Mark Carney introduced a long-term economic framework that the Liberals say is aimed at revitalizing growth and tackling affordability. The campaign announcement comes at a fraught moment: amid rising global uncertainty, escalating trade tensions, and renewed tariff threats, a shadow has been cast over the country’s economic...
Conservative economic plan most likely to lead to progress
Canada’s major political parties should be commended for preparing thoughtful economic plans that have important differences. No plan is perfect and each are open to some criticism on economic grounds, but after studying the platforms of the Liberals, Conservatives, the NDP and Bloc Québécois — when measured against the priorities occupying Canadians in this time of conflict with the U.S...
Canadian political parties keep more promises than you might think
With less than a week to go before the federal election, Canadian voters are left with a familiar question right up to the moment they cast their vote: What can they really believe? As in every election campaign, voters this time have been inundated with promises: tax cuts, massive housing construction, the revival of regional rail transport, new childcare spaces…...
For Poilievre - He should have been more careful about his dreams - they might come true
When asked about the current environment - no one foresaw the Liberal turnaround. Back prior to end of the 2024, the Liberals were on the ropes. Just before Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau stepped down his party trailed the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives by 27 points in the Nanos tracking (CPC 47, LPC 20).
Poilievre counts on the budget (almost) balancing itself
Pierre Poilievre is counting on the budget balancing itself. Almost. There are some mostly vague plans for spending cuts in the Conservative election platform Mr. Poilievre released Tuesday, but it’s not enough to pay for all the party’s promises. So instead, the Conservative platform relies on the hope that their policies would cause a big economic boom, mostly in the...
Poilievre snubs Saskatchewan, but Moe campaigns on his behalf
Unlike previous Conservative leaders, Pierre Poilievre has yet to hold a single event in Saskatchewan, where support for his party is highest.
Where are the gays in the federal party platforms?
The major political parties’ platforms were all released extremely late in this election cycle, having apparently decided to wait until after the debates were over, possibly for fear of being grilled on the details of their plans on camera, which is what happened in the last election cycle. To make it worse, advance voting had already begun (with record turnout...
The Conservatives’ platform undermines their attacks on Liberal profligacy
Any hopes they had of profiting from the prodigal nature of the Liberal platform disappeared when they released their own costing document
On this one issue, Mark Carney sounds a lot like Justin Trudeau
Canada doesn’t have a gun-control problem. And Mark Carney should stop pretending it does. We do have a problem with gun crime, particularly in some of our larger cities. And we also have a problem with intimate-partner violence. These problems need attention and, critically, more resources. What they don’t need is more gun-control laws: everything that should be illegal already...
Is Pierre Poilievre hiding something? His rationale for not getting security clearance makes no sense
With only a few days left in this federal election, I’m surprised that there are still folks who are unsure of who to vote for. At this point, I don’t know if there is anything left to say. The parties and their leaders have shared what they think is the best direction for Canada. Right now, two major challenges dominate...
To err is human, to predict malign
Jeffrey Simpson was my favourite columnist for years. The Globe and Mail premier journalist’s dominance of the op-ed page was so evident, he was every public servant’s go-to source of information. Of course, this was in the golden age of newspapers. While he was normally bang-on with his analysis of the politics of the day, he sometimes erred. And with...
Pierre Poilievre’s platform might be full of slogans. But this one policy of his is a great idea
For every American worker, American businesses invest $24 (U.S.) into the domestic economy. For every Canadian worker, Canadian businesses invest just $11 (U.S.) back into Canada. That gap, mentioned frequently by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, is a bright red warning light that something has gone wrong in the Canadian economy. Up until 2014, America and Canada’s per-worker investment rates were...
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Mistrial declared in sex assault case against 5 ex-world junior hockey players in London, Ont.
Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia has declared a mistrial in the case against five former world junior hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel in 2018. The stunning and rare move comes three days after a 14-member jury was chosen to hear the case against the men, all of whom had careers in the...
What Pierre Poilievre’s visit to Saskatchewan stronghold may reveal
With just four days left before voters head to the polls, Pierre Poilievre made his first campaign visit to Saskatchewan in a province wrapped in Conservative blue. On Thursday evening Poilievre basked in the applause of hundreds of supporters who crowded into a warehouse in Saskatoon to hear him give his stump speech. Poilievre opened with new material after Liberal...
Mr. Fort Smith goes to Ottawa: In Mark Carney’s northern birthplace, the election is the talk of the town – but the only clear consensus is that he has put them on the map
For years, the printer-paper photograph hung on the wall of Berro’s Pizzeria: Mark Carney, smiling over a partially consumed Hawaiian pizza. The photo was snapped during a visit to Fort Smith, NWT, in 2009; Mr. Carney, then the governor of the Bank of Canada, was visiting the place where he was born in 1965. The house where he lived is...
Here and Pierre: True-blue Tories hold the line in the Conservative Leader’s old Calgary haunts
If the people that live in the quaint Southwest Calgary neighbourhood surrounding Henry Wise Wood High School by some miracle forget to remind you, yearbooks from the 1990s certainly will: This is the old stomping grounds of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. On a sunny April afternoon with her baby in a stroller, Michelle Lombardo is one of many who casually...
Former Edmonton Liberal candidate receives cease and desist order from party over signs
The Liberal Party of Canada has sent a cease and desist notice to one of its former Edmonton candidates.Rod Loyola is running in the Edmonton-Gateway riding as an independent candidate after being dropped by the Liberal party and replaced by Jeremy Hoefsloot.Loyola’s campaign signs may leave some confused about his party status, though.
Red ripple in blue Calgary? Liberals eye record gains in Conservative stronghold
A veteran political organizer in Calgary asked Lindsay Luhnau if she'd consider running for the Liberals last fall.It was an easy "no thanks" for Luhnau, director of a local investment co-operative — Justin Trudeau's party was polling miles behind the Conservatives, and the leader's name was mud nationwide, let alone in blue Alberta's biggest city.
To stop Pierre Poilievre, I put Canada before the NDP, Jagmeet Singh tells the Star
Facing a possible collapse of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh insists he has no regrets. The NDP leader stood by his decision not to plunge the country into an early election last fall while support for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals plummeted, telling the Star’s editorial board he “couldn’t stomach” the idea of causing Pierre Poilievre’s seizure of power, and that he made...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney to sit down with Mark Critch on '22 Minutes' special
Carney, meet Critch. CBC says Liberal Leader Mark Carney is among the politicians who will appear on the hour-long "Vote Canadian: A 22 Minutes Election Special," in which he'll sit down for a Tim Hortons coffee with comedian Mark Critch. The special episode of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" hits Gem on Thursday evening, just over a week after the...
In his closing pitch, Poilievre paints a dark picture of Canada if Liberals are re-elected
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre painted a gloomy picture of Canada in his closing pitch to voters on Thursday, saying life will get worse if voters return a Liberal government in this election. After sounding a more optimistic and hopeful tone earlier this week around the release of his party's platform, Poilievre reverted to form at a news conference in Halifax...
Why Did the Republicans Want to Fundraise for Pierre Poilievre?
A curious fundraising website reveals an abandoned GOP-Conservative collab. “Donate today,” the website proclaims, next to the grinning face of the Conservative Leader, “to help Pierre Poilievre and our common sense Conservative team axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime.” If you stumbled across this donation site — which asks for up to $1,72...
‘I’m hoping the polls are wrong’: Conservatives in GTA fear Liberal win
David Aldersey says he has never been to a political rally before but felt compelled to show up at a Conservative event in the Greater Toronto Area because of what he says is at stake. “I’ve been a small-c conservative, but I’ve just seen 10 years of bad decisions,” he said. “The Liberal party parachuted in Mark Carney and it’s...
Conservatives won’t axe billions in federal agreements supporting automakers, battery plants, Poilievre says
A Pierre Poilievre-led government would maintain all existing government agreements for the auto sector, the Conservative leader said Thursday. “We will honour all agreements for the auto sector that the government has made, but we will not force Canadians to pay a $20,000 tax on automobiles,” Poilievre said at a news conference in Halifax, referencing the Trudeau government’s target that...
Anaida Poilievre Is Working Hard. It Isn’t Enough
Political wives have long helped craft their husbands’ public image. For Pierre Poilievre, that strategy can only get him so far.In the autumn of 2012, Pierre Poilievre found himself in an elevator with a Senate aide who had previously caught his eye. He asked 25-year-old Anaida Galindo if she had Facebook, hoping they could connect. She said no. It was...
Family of 4 jailed in U.S. for weeks after Canadian border guards turned them away
Aracely saw Niagara Falls for the first time on a cold Monday in March as she crossed the Rainbow Bridge toward Canada with her common-law husband and two daughters aged four and 14, fleeing the immigration raids and sudden deportations sweeping across the U.S.
Poilievre may lose his Ottawa-area riding as Liberals poised to sweep the region
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is at risk of losing his Ottawa-Carleton riding as the party scrambles to send in volunteers to save the seat he has held since 2004, two federal and two provincial Conservative sources say. With several polls showing the Liberals poised to win the election, the loss of Mr. Poilievre’s riding would put the leader in a...
Conservatives pour resources into Pierre Poilievre’s riding amid fears of a tight race
The federal Conservatives are funnelling resources into Pierre Poilievre’s local campaign, shoring up volunteer support in the leader’s Ottawa-area riding over concerns that winning his seat is not guaranteed, the Star has learned. One Conservative source involved in Poilievre’s campaign told the Star that the leader appears to be in trouble in Carleton, the sprawling riding Poilievre has held since...
Liberals cementing lead over Conservatives on key trust questions, says new poll
The Liberals have kept up their lead when it comes to which party Canadians trust to manage the economy, according to a new The Logic poll by Abacus Data, the last in a series of surveys on economic priorities before election day. The Conservatives, meanwhile, remain competitive on the issue of affordability and are still viewed as the best placed...
Carney says Trump raised '51st state' during their call but 'the president says a lot of things'
Liberal Leader Mark Carney confirmed that U.S. President Donald Trump did bring up the prospect of Canada becoming the 51st state during their March 28 call, while insisting Trump did show respect for the country as a sovereign nation. "The president says lots of things, but the essence of the discussion and where we moved the conversation to, was exactly...
The Poilievre principle - The Conservative Leader has spent two decades in politics, but Canadians still wonder what he believes
Going into the election campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre owned the riding-rich region surrounding London, Ont. Like many Canadian cities with an industrial base, London used to be a place where a high school education and decent work ethic meant a ticket to the middle class. I grew up there, and watched classmates graduate from Grade 12 and land at...
Carney Makes Canada's Liberal Party Acceptable to CEOs Again
After nine years under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, weak investment and slow economic growth had spurred Canadian executives to line up behind Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has promised to unleash capital with tax cuts and deregulation.
Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great'
Days before the federal election and after more than a week without commenting on Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump resurfaced his 51st state rhetoric Wednesday afternoon and suggested he could further raise auto tariffs.
Was Melania Trump sending a message by wearing a Canadian coat amid a trade war?
Melania Trump wore an Easter outfit that may raise eyebrows. During the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House on Monday, the U.S. first lady appeared in a cream coat made by Montreal-based luxury outerwear brand Mackage. Although her Easter look this year was described as “muted” by Vogue, it stood out to some because she chose a Canadian...
Trump says Canada would ‘cease to exist’ without U.S., floats automobile tariff increase
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Canada would “cease to exist” if it weren’t for the United States — comments that came just days before Canadians are set to vote in an election dominated by Trump’s comments on the country’s economy and sovereignty. Trump re-inserted himself into Canada’s election during a signing ceremony inside the oval office. saying Canada “would...
Conservatives, Liberals called out over lack of 'prudence' in platforms
Pierre Poilievre is defending the Conservative campaign platform's heavy reliance on economic growth in a period of deep uncertainty, while the NDP and Liberals spar over cost-cutting.The Conservative leader was campaigning in Hamilton, Ont., on Wednesday, with just days to go before the federal vote on Monday and a day after he released the party's costed campaign platform.
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to represent Canada at Pope Francis's funeral Saturday
Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be taking time away from the federal election campaign to attend the funeral for Pope Francis.He says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will represent Canada alongside a senior delegation at the Vatican ceremony on Saturday.A spokeswoman for the Prime Minister's Office says the rest of the delegation hasn't been finalized.
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Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
Texas governor signs bill creating another DOGE-inspired effort at the state level
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Wednesday creating an office inspired by the Department of Government Efficiency and aimed at reducing state regulations, joining other Republican governors who have pledged their own versions of billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutting group.
Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated question
NORTHWOOD, Iowa (AP) -- Iowans attending a forum Wednesday hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Donald Trump 's first months in office.
Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, won't seek reelection to a sixth term in 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois said Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending his more than four-decade career representing Illinois and piling more pressure on the party as it already faced a difficult path to reclaiming a majority in the Senate.
Musk damaged Tesla's brand in just a few months. Fixing it will likely take longer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Elon Musk has been called a Moonshot Master, the Edison of Our Age and the Architect of the Future, but he's got a big problem at his car company and it's not clear he can fix it: damage to its brand.
Pope Francis, committed to service, humility and healing, dead at 88
Pope Francis, whose nearly 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church that prioritized empathy for the poor and disenfranchised — including Indigenous victims of Canada's church-run residential schools — has died at 88, the Vatican said in a video statement Monday. "Dear brothers and sisters, it is with profound sadness I must announce the death of our...
Meta faces historic antitrust trial that could force it to break off Instagram, WhatsApp
Meta Platforms Inc. faces a historic antitrust trial beginning Monday that could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups it bought more than a decade ago that have since grown into social media powerhouses.
China hits back at U.S. and will raise tariffs on American goods from 84% to 125%
China announced Friday that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84 per cent to 125 per cent -- the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week for other countries, he raised...
NYC mayor says family of Spanish tourists, including 3 children, died in helicopter crash
A helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront, killing a family of Spanish tourists, including three children in the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., officials said. Mayor Eric Adams said the flight began at a downtown heliport around 3 p.m. and that the dead had...
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Scorched earth: A quantitative analysis of arson against Canadian religious institutions and its threat to reconciliation
The act of setting fire to houses of worship carries profound implications for our culture, our politics, and for the state of religious liberty in Canada; it also has the potential to seriously undermine Indigenous reconciliation.
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Welcome to the new post-transparency
The world is chaotic. Sovereignty, diplomacy, trade, free speech, science are all under assault. Daily life seems suddenly dangerous. Even the weather report is scary. “Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,” as William Butler Yeats put it in The Second Coming (1919). We’ve entered an era of might makes right. Familiar rules are changing. Among the changes is the...
Access to information is AWOL
This will be a very short post on the access-to-information election promises of the five main political parties. That’s because there’s nothing to write about.With the release of the last platform today (Conservative), no party is committing to reforming the dysfunctional Access to Information Act, other than reciting cheap bromides. Some aren’t even offering bromides.
Is the peace movement wrong?
Is it time I admit defeat, pull up my tent and go home? For 30 years I have advocated for reductions to Canada’s military spending, and it keeps rising and rising. Now it’s reached the point where Canada is the 6th highest in actual dollars within NATO (after USA, Germany, UK, France, Poland). Responding to expensive plans to increase military...
The Last of Us (literally our last daily election pod)
David Herle, Scott Reid, Jordan Leichnitz, and Kory Teneycke provide insights on the latest in Canadian politics.
Digging into to Canada's fringe political parties and their hopes for election day Monday
The federal election....from the "fringe". Most voters are familiar with the major national parties running in this election, such as the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, & Greens. But there are actually 16 registered political parties looking for your vote. Some of them are known as fringe parties, while others are upstarts, hoping to make an impact down the road. Today on...
What can advanced voter turnout tell us about election day?
Elections Canada saw a record-breaking 2 million people cast their ballot on the first day of advanced voting for the federal election, resulting in a grand total of more than 7.3 million over the four day period. And as Canada enters the final stretch of campaigning in one of the most critical elections of our time, what can these preliminary...