Catharine Tunney, Louis Blouin, Laurence Martin

Carney slams Poilievre's 'irresponsible' lack of security clearance after reports India meddled in leadership

Conservative leader has long rejected calls to go through the process, claiming it would muzzle him. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's refusal to get his security clearance is back in the spotlight on the campaign trail following reports the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) learned that India helped organize support for his leadership bid. The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday that...

Robert Fife, Steven Chase

CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid

Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...

David Cochrane

Liberal MP Sean Fraser changes mind, will seek re-election: sources

Former cabinet minister announced in December he would not run again. Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is...

Robert Benzie

Polls show Carney’s Liberals have widened their lead over Poilievre’s Tories since election call

Voters in Ontario and Quebec are propelling Mark Carney’s Liberals deep into majority government territory, polls suggest. The Star’s election...

Catherine Morrison

Liberals hold six-point lead over Conservatives: Leger poll

The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed...

Polls

Mario Canseco

Carney Boosts Liberals as Canadian Federal Campaign Begins

Support for the governing Liberal Party has significantly increased since Mark Carney was selected as its leader, a new Research...

Premiers’ Performance: The Trump bump? Most provincial leaders see approval rise amid U.S. threats

Trade war with the U.S. has caused not only federal political upheaval, but provincial turmoil as well. That is perhaps...

ElectionWatch 2025

Polling Trendlines

Latest Results

Robert Benzie

Polls show Carney’s Liberals have widened their lead over Poilievre’s Tories since election call

Voters in Ontario and Quebec are propelling Mark Carney’s Liberals deep into majority government territory, polls suggest. The Star’s election...

Mario Canseco

Carney Boosts Liberals as Canadian Federal Campaign Begins

Support for the governing Liberal Party has significantly increased since Mark Carney was selected as its leader, a new Research...

Federal Politics: Week of March 24

With the election campaign just getting started, Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada are leading in voting intentions...

Seat Projections

Election News

Catharine Tunney, Louis Blouin, Laurence Martin

Carney slams Poilievre's 'irresponsible' lack of security clearance after reports India meddled in leadership

Conservative leader has long rejected calls to go through the process, claiming it would muzzle him. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's...

David Cochrane

Liberal MP Sean Fraser changes mind, will seek re-election: sources

Former cabinet minister announced in December he would not run again. Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is...

Christopher Guly

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada...

Michelle Lalonde

Carney declines French TVA debate, but official debates are on for April 16 and 17 in Montreal

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has declined to participate in a French-language debate with the other federal party leaders on TVA...

Robert Fife, Steven Chase

CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid

Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...

Stephen Jeffery

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

The Conservatives could have won seven extra seats if the 2021 election had been contested using the 2025 electoral boundaries...

Campaign Analysis

Don Lenihan

Trump Is the Ballot Question— But Do We Really Understand What’s at Stake?

Everyone seems agreed that the ballot question in this election is which leader can best deal with Trump. But that’s...

Sean Simpson

Why this election might be hard to predict

In the lead-up to most elections, pollsters and pundits usually have a good idea of what is most likely to...

Andrew Phillips

Pierre Poilievre’s advantage is slipping rapidly away. So he’s trying something he’s never done before

Who is that smiling man? Who is that affable fellow with the big grin and the adorable family, the one...

Kelly McParland

Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith...

Lorne Gunter

Can't understand uproar over Smith's early March interview on Breitbart

Smith has continued to pursue a diplomatic course with the Trump administration, quietly building contacts that might influence the U.S...

Althia Raj

Charging politicians for news coverage could set a dangerous precedent

Should a political party pay for news coverage? That’s the bizarre question that was put to the party leaders by...

Policy Announcements

Poilievre To Axe GST On New Homes Under $1.3 Million

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that he will axe the federal sales tax (GST) on new homes up to...

Brian Platt

Carney Proposes Raises for Canada Military to Bolster Recruitment

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would give raises to the armed forces, speed up the acquisition of military...

Holly Cabrera

Maxime Bernier says PPC would cut foreign aid to shrink government spending

Maxime Bernier and the People's Party of Canada launched their official campaign from Saint-Georges, Que., on Monday, focused on slashing...

Poilievre Will Axe The Tolls For Islanders

Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman announced today that a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will scrap the tolls on...

The NDP will unlock public land to build more homes people can afford

Canada needs 6 million new homes. Today Jagmeet Singh unveiled the first step in the NDP plan to use every...

Stuart Thomson

Poillievre proposes tax cut to save 'modest income' families about $1,800 per year

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposal on Monday to cut the lowest income tax bracket, saving the average family...

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Don Lenihan

Trump Is the Ballot Question— But Do We Really Understand What’s at Stake?

Sean Simpson

Why this election might be hard to predict

In the lead-up to most elections, pollsters and pundits usually have a good idea of what is most likely to...

Andrew Phillips

Pierre Poilievre’s advantage is slipping rapidly away. So he’s trying something he’s never done before

Who is that smiling man? Who is that affable fellow with the big grin and the adorable family, the one...

Kelly McParland

Danielle Smith's election help isn't helping

Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith...

Lorne Gunter

Can't understand uproar over Smith's early March interview on Breitbart

Smith has continued to pursue a diplomatic course with the Trump administration, quietly building contacts that might influence the U.S...

Althia Raj

Charging politicians for news coverage could set a dangerous precedent

Should a political party pay for news coverage? That’s the bizarre question that was put to the party leaders by...

Martin Regg Cohn

For Doug Ford, Mark Carney will always be a better partner than Pierre Poilievre

It’s democratic déjà vu all over again. For the second time this year, Ontario voters are picking a homegrown leader...

John Ivison

Conservatives look like they're being outfoxed by Carney

Instead of a smooth launch to get the campaign rolling, Conservatives found themselves hurtling backwards at pace

Gary Mason

Did Danielle Smith lobby the U.S. to help Pierre Poilievre? Sure looks like it

Robyn Urback

Mark Carney is offering voters the other guy’s ideas, without the other guy

If the last near-decade has proven any adage true, it’s that the Liberals are terrible at governing, but exceptional at...

Don Braid

Smith's cosy ties in U.S. wrecked Poilievre campaign opening

If Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives have one goal today, it should be to get Danielle Smith to stay home and shut...

Tom Mulcair

Trump’s threat to Canada means this election must be a choice between the Liberals and Conservatives

With the campaign officially started, Canadians are about to experience something more akin to what we see south of the...

Daniel Béland

Another Election About Trade and Sovereignty, but Not Quite Déja Vu

After months of prime ministerial departure and succession drama, of bilateral chaos, avoidable economic uncertainty, and a spit-take reversal in...

Mark Bourrie

Poilievre Finally Gets the Election He’s Been Dying For. But Is It Too Late?

The “Canada Is Broken” candidate faces a changed national mood. RICHARD LIVES in a pup tent in downtown Ottawa, next...

Althia Raj

Danielle Smith’s Trump talk threatens Pierre Poilievre’s chances to win

Pierre Poilievre has a problem, and her name is Danielle Smith. The Alberta premier has become a thorn in the...

Gillian Steward

For Danielle Smith, a Liberal win is just as scary as Trump’s tariffs

So much for Team Canada. Mark Carney may want all the premiers united behind him, but Alberta’s Danielle Smith has...

Shannon Proudfoot

Poilievre and Carney agree on one thing: This federal election is about change

Michael Harris

April could be the cruelest month for Poilievre

Fading Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre should read a little T.S. Eliot. April could indeed be the cruelest month for the...

David Coletto

2021 vs. 2025: Comparing public opinion at the start of both campaigns

As we kick off the 2025 Canadian federal election campaign, it’s instructive to look back at where we stood at...

Rose LeMay

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

It’s truly breathtaking to hear U.S. President Donald Trump muse about the Canada-U.S. border and show his complete ignorance about...

Jeremy Kinsman

Trump, Ukraine, and the New World Order

Canada has now entered an election campaign amid what Prime Minister Mark Carney terms “the most significant threat of our...

Max Fawcett

Danielle Smith is Mark Carney's secret weapon

It was supposed to be a cakewalk. Instead, as Pierre Poilievre kicks off the election campaign that was supposed to...

Aaron Wherry

This election is about Donald Trump — and a lot more

In ways no one could have understood at the time, June 16, 2015, turned out to be a momentous day...

Susan Delacourt

Donald Trump upends notions of stability and change as Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre square off

In a little more than five weeks, either Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre will be the prime minister of Canada...

Stephen Maher

Canadian Conservatives are desperate for Donald Trump to come to their rescue - one of Canada’s most prominent conservative leaders asked Trump’s government to interfere

An election that will be fought about the sovereignty of Canada is beginning with news that one of Canada’s most...

Susan Delacourt, Matt Gurney

Is Pierre Poilievre the new Justin Trudeau?

Matt Gurney: Well, here we are. Yay, I guess. There goes our April. For the one or two readers who...

Lisa Van Dusen

Canada’s Existential Election

The campaign launched Sunday by Governor General Mary Simon’s proclamation — signed at the request of Prime Minister Mark Carney...

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Don Lenihan

Trump Is the Ballot Question— But Do We Really Understand What’s at Stake?

Everyone seems agreed that the ballot question in this election is which leader can best deal with Trump. But that’s...

Brian Platt

Carney Proposes Raises for Canada Military to Bolster Recruitment

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would give raises to the armed forces, speed up the acquisition of military...

Christopher Guly

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada...

Premiers’ Performance: The Trump bump? Most provincial leaders see approval rise amid U.S. threats

Trade war with the U.S. has caused not only federal political upheaval, but provincial turmoil as well. That is perhaps...

Michelle Lalonde

Carney declines French TVA debate, but official debates are on for April 16 and 17 in Montreal

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has declined to participate in a French-language debate with the other federal party leaders on TVA...

Murray Brewster

Canada studies how to join Ukraine peacekeeping force — including end to training mission in country

Detailed planning for a potential "coalition of the willing" peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is expected to kick off this week...

Stephen Jeffery

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

The Conservatives could have won seven extra seats if the 2021 election had been contested using the 2025 electoral boundaries...

Liberal lead over CPC increases to eight points, but is Carney’s house of dreams built on concrete or sand?

As party leaders travel across the country on the campaign hustings, the Liberal plane appears to have more lift than...

Alex Boutilier

Poilievre says Alberta premier ‘free’ to make interventions in Trump’s trade war

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Danielle Smith is “free” to express her opinions on the U.S.-Canada trade war after the...

Joel Dryden

Danielle Smith's U.S. media remarks stoke reaction as party leaders hit campaign trail

Smith mused about possibility of putting tariffs ‘on pause’ to benefit Conservatives. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's recent comments to right-wing...

Premier Smith's comments continue to draw ire of federal leaders on election campaign

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s comments to an American media outlet continue to be a political football among national political leaders...

Kenn Oliver

Carney releases another Mike Myers video, this time without a citizenship quiz

The Liberal campaign has returned to its Mike Myers strategy a second time, this time with an explicit endorsement from...

Manitoba premier accused of breaking conflict of interest laws by taking Bombers charters to Grey Cup

Premier Wab Kinew took plane chartered by Winnipeg Blue Bombers to Grey Cup in 2023 and 2024. Manitoba's premier is...

Dave Cournoyer

Danielle Smith’s MAGA charm offensive could haunt the Conservatives

When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith demanded Carney call a federal election after he was sworn-in as Prime Minister ten days...

Darren Major

Elections Canada has been in touch with social media platforms about election misinformation

The head of Elections Canada says he has been in touch with social media platforms in an effort to address...

Steven Chase

Carney says he thinks Trump waiting until election outcome before engaging with PM

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, who hasn’t talked to Donald Trump since taking office as Prime Minister, said he thinks the...

Catharine Tunney

Federal leaders' debates scheduled for April 16-17 in Montreal

TVO journalist Steve Paikin will host the English-language debate. The leaders of the main federal political parties will be invited...

Katie Simpson

Some industries may be spared from next round of U.S. tariffs despite Trump threats

White House official lowers expectations around new sectoral tariffs starting April 2. It appears some key industries facing the threat...

Alexander Quon

Sask. has been a sea of blue in recent federal elections. Here's why it's worth watching this time around

Saskatchewan has been almost entirely blue in federal politics since the Conservative Party of Canada first ran a slate of...

Stuart Thomson

Poillievre proposes tax cut to save 'modest income' families about $1,800 per year

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposal on Monday to cut the lowest income tax bracket, saving the average family...

Peter Armstrong

The economic question at the heart of this election

This Canadian election is about a lot of things. It’s about trade and tariffs and threats and sovereignty. It’s about...

John Marchesan

CityNews-Leger poll shows strong support for Carney-led Liberal party among Torontonians

Torontonians strongly favour a Liberal government under Mark Carney, according to a CityNews-Leger poll. That is likely not good news...

Abbas Rana

Federal election one of ‘most consequential’ in Canadian history, say political players

The winner of this election will be handed a list of issues that will be outside their control, says pollster...

Murray Brewster

National defence is often an afterthought in Canadian elections. Not this time

Trump's annexation threats have upended the notion that there are no votes in defence. Issues of sovereignty, national security and...

Dale Smith

New minister of justice’s dedication to his community ‘unmatched’

While the outcome of the federal election remains to be seen, for now, the government is conducting business at least...

Politician's Pen

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...

Patrick Brown

Why we shouldn’t boo the American anthem

It’s understandable that Canadians are angry. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the United States has...

US Poli

The Associated Press

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat that included a journalist

Top national security officials for President Donald Trumptexted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat...

Josh Boak, The Associated Press

Trump says countries that buy Venezuelan oil will face 25% tariff

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday he would be placing a 25% tariff on all imports from any...

Will Weissert, The Associated Press

Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland as Trump talks up US takeover

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Second lady Usha Vance plans a trip to Greenland, the self-governing, mineral-rich territory of American ally Denmark...

Will Weissert, The Associated Press

Schumer says he won't step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won't resign his post, despite pressure from some in his...

International

The Associated Press

Tesla sales fall by 49% in Europe even as the electric vehicle market grows

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European sales of Tesla electric vehicles tumbled 49% in the first two months of the year...

Julie Watson, The Associated Press

Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in...

White House says Trump, Putin will seek limited ceasefire on energy, infrastructure in Ukraine war

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire...

Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press

'Danish Viking blood is boiling.' Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too

Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid...

Michelle L. Price, The Associated Press

Trump and Putin will speak this week on Russia-Ukraine war, US envoy says

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week...

Think Tank

Nadeem Esmail

Carney and Poilievre both support broken health-care status quo

Vina Nadjibulla, Xiaoting (Maya) Liu

How Escalating U.S.-China Competition Over Critical Minerals Impacts Canada

Over the last five years, competition over critical minerals has become a focal point of great-power rivalry — particularly between...

Jake Fuss

Removing internal trade barriers would help mitigate damage from Trump tariffs

Substacks

A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

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...

David McLaughlin

Day 1 - They're off!

Now that the election is called, time to riff from that part of my bio that says “campaign manager” and...

Dean Beeby

How the rich captured a Canadian prime minister: Part I

Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin and Donald Trump’s White House have shown how political leaders who bond with billionaires can be toxic...