Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says she would scrap the federal carbon tax if she becomes the next Liberal leader and prime minister — and is denying that she was ever a member of the Conservative Party. Clark told CBC Radio's The House that she is "seriously thinking about" running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and would end one...
Longtime Liberal organizer says Freeland also readying campaign. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to formally announce...
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Following the announcement that Justin Trudeau will step down as Prime Minister and Liberal leader later this year, we conducted...
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It’s taken a mind-bendingly bizarre set of circumstances to turn Doug Ford into the beau ideal of Captain Canada. But...
PM asked NDP and Bloc leaders to support budget, extend his government for several weeks. After announcing his departure, Prime...
The federal Liberals will announce a new leader on March 9, the party announced late Thursday, giving potential candidates just...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just announced that he has instructed the Liberal Party to start a leadership contest to...
Donald Trump spent Christmas day publicly raging through his rolodex of political enemies. Canada remains near the top of his...
Western democracy has weathered severe tests in the past, from fascism to Bolshevism. The United States, though often late to...
During his resignation announcement on January 6th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “It has become obvious to me, with the...
This time last year, when I was doing final edits on my book about Justin Trudeau, I asked my editors...
The federal Liberal leadership race is gearing up to be a contest between formers: former Bank of Canada governor Mark...
It’s difficult to recall, watching a defeated man finally yield to his fate outside Rideau Cottage this week, just how...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dean of the G-7, has outlived a lot. His tenure has coincided with the terms...
2025 was going to be an election year in Canada regardless of what happened. There had been an open question...
Immediately after Justin Trudeau announced he was resigning as prime minister, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh sent out a spicy statement...
If your next-door neighbour leaned over the fence and said he wanted your yard, you’d conclude he was obnoxious, crazed...
When Steve MacKinnon, Justin Trudeau’s minister of employment, was asked two days after Trudeau announced his intention to resign whether...
Alberta’s Premier has long demonstrated her affinity for the close, but foreign, entity of America. Sadly, Danielle Smith has also...
It started as a joke, but it’s not funny anymore. At a rambling press conference on Tuesday, US president-elect Donald...
END THE MADNESS. Recall the committee. Defund the CBC.” Credit where it’s due to Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives for...
In the spring of 2013, Justin Trudeau, then newly elected as leader of the federal Liberals, gave a speech at...
In an interview in December 2022, Justin Trudeau allowed himself to talk about legacy. He has typically avoided entertaining such...
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Canada finds itself in a perilous moment. Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as Prime Minister, effective when a new...
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If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Justin Trudeau has laid down more than his share of...
Justin Trudeau, not to put too fine a point on it, looked like hell when he came out to announce...
On the day he finally conceded to the obvious, Justin Trudeau looked appropriately humbled. For maybe the first time, he...
He was late as usual. He sounded sad. The wind blew his script away. He said more or less what...
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. -- Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the...
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly heads to Washington next week to press the incoming Trump administration not to...
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she won't seek the Liberal leadership. Joly announced the decision on her way into...
A day after many Liberal MPs argued that their next leader must speak French and understand Quebec, one of their...
Chrystia Freeland and former central banker Mark Carney are poised to seek the Liberal leadership while Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie...
As a giant of industry and the world's richest man, Elon Musk wields influence across the global economy. He's now...
A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to...
In the face of a potential tariff war, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton says “Canada...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his focus in the next federal election will be on ending the carbon...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he thinks U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is drumming up drama on Canadian statehood to detract...
A long-serving Newfoundland and Labrador member of parliament is poised to announce that her long political career is coming to...
Most of the attention on last month’s fall economic statement centred on the bombshell resignation of then-finance minister Chrystia Freeland...
Ottawa MP Chandra Arya — who announced on Thursday that he would be running to replace Justin Trudeau as the...
OTTAWA -- Newfoundland MP Gudie Hutchings says she's not planning to run in the next federal election.
China says it’s willing to deepen economic relations with Canada as this country’s trading relationship with the United States hits...
A majority of Canadians want Ottawa and the provinces to team up against U.S. tariff threats, according to a new...
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At 20 years old, Pierre Poilievre already had a roadmap for Canada. Canada's Conservative Party leader - now 45 -...
Furey plans to attend Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. In the wake of mounting threats from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump...
While taking questions after announcing he would be stepping down as prime minister on Monday, Justin Trudeau was asked to...
An outgoing Progressive Conservative MPP in Ottawa is apologizing for a social media post that criticized one of the people...
We can finally stop asking "Will he or Won't he?" because he did. He called it quits and now the...
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he would be “committed” to the consumer carbon tax should he become...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders starting Day One of the new White...
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but the judge declined to...
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump doesn't have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service...
NEW YORK (AP) -- In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New...
Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced changes in content moderation on Facebook and Instagram long sought by...
LONDON (AP) -- Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win re-election, Elon Musk has trained...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Donald Trump Jr. is heading to Greenland, visiting the Danish territory weeks after his...
PARIS (AP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron extended an olive branch to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, declaring that...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's decision to block...
40 years ago, the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada, also known as the Macdonald...
In 2024, a record number of voters across Asia exercised their democratic rights and, in many cases, used the ballot...
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Freedom-of-information (FOI) regimes across Canada withered in 2024, as courts and governments tightened the noose around openness and transparency. Here...
Treasury Board of Canada released fresh government-wide statistics last week about citizens’ use of the federal Access to Information Act...
Canadians watched in horror as Elon Musk bought influence in the United States, thanks in large part to the country’s...
At Issue this week: With federal politics in turmoil, who’s going to manage U.S. president-elect Donald intensifying threats against Canada...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation earlier this week came after months of people calling for him to step down. How...
This week on The Numbers, we discuss the impact of Justin Trudeau’s resignation as prime minister and Liberal leader, as...
We're barely one week into 2025 and the threats and challenges are already piling up. Peter, Louise and Jeremy discuss...
