Campaign largely a referendum on who is best to take on U.S. president. Tonight the Liberal Party will announce its next leader and the person who will soon become prime minister — a job they'll inherit amid economic turbulence and a deeply wounded relationship with the country's once closest ally. The party's choice — who would become prime minister only...
Call it the end of the beginning. When Liberals choose their next leader on Sunday, Canadian politics will enter a...
The next leader of the federal Liberal Party could become the shortest-serving prime minister in Canadian history, beating an unlucky...
Eventual price tag for trio of warships expected to top $22.2 billion. Amid a flurry of last minute senate and...
Mark Carney's leadership campaign said he's fundraised a whopping $4.5 million during the Liberal party's short, two-month race to replace...
Presented with the idea of an economic union with the United-States similar to the European Union but where Canada adopts...
Nanos conducted an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,001 Canadians, 18 years...
Liberal front-runner Mark Carney will make an exceptional leader and prime minister. I have known him for two decades and...
Justin Trudeau spent the last days of his time as prime minister with his political life flashing before his eyes...
Barring an upset, Mark Carney is poised to be elected leader of the ruling Liberal Party on Sunday, becoming the...
Early in his time as Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau met with Paul King Jin, a British Columbia businessman who would...
Our government created the Citizens’ Services portfolio in 2023 to champion service delivery excellence and to improve government efficiency. This...
It’s understandable that Canadians are angry. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the United States has...
If there’s anything to be said beyond vindictiveness, caprice and outright insanity about the first 30 days of the Trump...
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to leave office, the best way to assess his political legacy is to judge...
On a road trip, leaders can rise and fall regularly. This was especially true before mobile phones, when people navigated...
Politicians always say that campaigns matter. Pollsters know better. In truth, Ontario’s Feb. 27 vote resembled a Holiday Inn election...
In the late 1990s, in response to a request from the Ukrainian foreign minister, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy...
Over the past month on this site, I’ve examined how Justin Trudeau’s resignation, the looming election of a new Liberal...
The imposition — then pausing — of U.S. tariffs on some Canadian goods quickened the political pulse this week. Party...
On Sunday, the sprint to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader will hit the finish line. If Mark Carney wins...
Betrayed. Angry. And above all, anxious. That’s the general feeling among Canadians this week as the U.S. tariffs on Canadian...
Two different Justin Trudeaus stood outside Rideau Cottage nearly five years apart, each version of the Prime Minister delivering an...
“We strongly support your right to determine your own future,” President Donald Trump declared Tuesday night. In the next breath...
We’ve all heard it, and for a while, it was tempting to believe. No matter how nutty US President Donald...
As a pollster, I must confess that I was shocked by the results of last week’s Ontario election. Not by...
Within the space of an hour or so on Wednesday afternoon, the baffling incoherence of Donald Trump’s tariff scheme —...
Does Donald Trump’s revolutionary start make the grade? On Tuesday, America once again celebrated the great presidential tradition called “marking...
Retaliation is one thing. Most Canadian politicians agree it’s a necessary weapon to fight a trade war against Donald Trump...
Justin Trudeau told reporters Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s goal “is to destroy the Canadian economy so he can...
The tariffs have arrived, a trade war begins and retaliatory measures are unlikely to bring quick relief. U.S. President Donald...
According to their own bizarre logic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal leadership frontrunner Mark Carney should be overjoyed that...
As U.S. negotiators pushed for concessions on Ukrainian critical minerals last week, they reportedly threatened to cut off access to...
That’s inevitable when her main political agenda is sovereignty within Canada or (in the suspicious eyes of some) outside Canada...
Ever since Donald Trump began threatening to impose tariffs on Canadian goods not long after his election victory in November...
You can’t have an outburst of nationalism without purity tests coming into play, and two prominent Canadian figures have failed...
A new poll suggests few Canadians are open to President Donald Trump's repeated pitches for Canada to become a U.S...
3 former Ontario MPPs among those hoping to make inroads for national party. The NDP has a list of battleground...
Public service unions have urged the federal government to speed up the backlog of payroll problems affecting the bureaucracy after...
Liberal government signs new deals with provinces, Indigenous nations. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau works through what is likely to...
The B.C. Conservatives have lost three caucus members in a disastrous day for the Opposition, with the prospect of more...
VANCOUVER -- A British Columbia company has been given a $3.15 billion contract to build one of two icebreaker ships...
Just a quick note on the Liberal leadership race after the publication of the second interim campaign returns on the...
Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest retail chain, has filed for creditor protection and intends to restructure the business. “Hudson’s Bay has...
President Trump's taunting and tariffs have turned Canadians against the U.S., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau into a fire-breathing nationalist, and...
A day after offering Canada a one-month reprieve on punishing nearly across-the-board 25% tariffs, President Donald Trump has threatened new...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday pledged to amend the Conflict of Interest Act to require that party leadership candidates...
In two days, LIberals will have a new leader, and the country will know who their next Prime Minister will...
The federal government is launching a more than $6-billion aid package for businesses impacted by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs...
In the final stretch of the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) leadership race, Mark Carney held a militant rally Thursday...
The Supreme Court of Canada has found an Ontario law that limits spending on third-party election advertising violates the constitutional...
Three out of four Canadians would support a national energy corridor and pipeline from Alberta to Eastern Canada, according to...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would amend the Conflict of Interest Act if elected prime minister, saying...
The “Carney Effect” could expand advantage to majority. In a profound transformation of the political landscape, the Liberal Party has...
Mark Carney’s closer Bay Street ties could spell trouble for the Conservative leader On the 34th floor of First Canadian...
More than 200 auto dealers across the country were “stiffed” when Tesla “had a run on the bank,” claiming tens...
Fentanyl was not his main target. His team has made that clear. One trade war down, two to go —...
Lt.-Gen. Mike Wright says army is examining everything from 'headquarters right down to the unit level.' The Canadian Army is...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will change conflict-of-interest law so it applies to leadership candidates if his party forms government in...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed uncertainty that NATO would come to the U.S.'s defense if the...
Challenge comes as tariff chaos continues. Sen. Patrick Brazeau wants to punch Donald Trump in the face. Not the U.S...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday expressed uncertainty that NATO would come to the U.S.'s defense if the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, used the inaugural episode of his new podcast to break...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall...
Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November. Barely three months later, he's...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday he is confident that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will "keep his word"...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- A preliminary economic agreement between Ukraine and the United States would ensure long-term U.S. involvement in...
Ukraine and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a framework for a broad economic deal that would include the...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Award-winning singer-musician Rhiannon Giddens has become the latest artist to call off an appearance at the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United...
As the death toll from the ongoing opioid poisoning crisis in Canada continues to rise, jurisdictions across the country struggle...
Canadian national spirit is high. The positive emotional reaction to the Team Canada hockey victory over the U.S. in the...
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It’s called an election campaign for a reason. Even though its purpose is to secure votes, instead of purchases, it...
The number of women candidates running to become Members of Parliament has increased substantially over the last five elections. But...
The former Public Safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc, gave RCMP the green light to start selling some of its used vehicles...
Peter Mazereeuw speaks with Flavio Volpe, the president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association of Canada, about Donald Trump's chaotic...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was slapping tariffs on Canada this week, and the federal government — along provincial...
At Issue this week: Canada and the U.S. trade shots in a bitter trade war, but is Ottawa’s strategy working...
A series of polls published last week put the Liberals and Conservatives neck-and-neck. This week, the numbers are putting Pierre...
