Canada could be on the lower end of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened global tariffs next week, the Star has learned.Nothing, however, is guaranteed until Trump decides ahead of his April 2 deadline — which he’s dubbed “liberation day” for America — and no government officials are taking any assurances for granted, sources said.
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Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...
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Support for the governing Liberal Party has significantly increased since Mark Carney was selected as its leader, a new Research...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney named the wrong university as the site of the 1989 Montreal massacre on Tuesday — and...
Agents of India and their proxies allegedly meddled in the 2022 election of Pierre Poilievre as Conservative Party Leader as...
Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today...
Mark Carney's first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can't keep coasting on the quick and easy...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says export taxes on shipments remain an option for retaliation in an escalating Canada-U.S. trade war...
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After taking part in many leaders’ debates during the 2015 federal election campaign, I may be in a unique position...
Mere hours after finalizing his plan to run an election campaign focused on protecting Canada from U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced today that he will axe the federal sales tax (GST) on new homes up to...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would give raises to the armed forces, speed up the acquisition of military...
Maxime Bernier and the People's Party of Canada launched their official campaign from Saint-Georges, Que., on Monday, focused on slashing...
Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman announced today that a Conservative government led by Pierre Poilievre will scrap the tolls on...
Canada needs 6 million new homes. Today Jagmeet Singh unveiled the first step in the NDP plan to use every...
It’s a hard line to straddle. Are the Liberal MPs who announced they were heading for the exits when the...
Well, there goes the Globe and Mail. One of the few news outlets in the country that hadn’t been entirely...
After taking part in many leaders’ debates during the 2015 federal election campaign, I may be in a unique position...
Mere hours after finalizing his plan to run an election campaign focused on protecting Canada from U.S. President Donald Trump’s...
The 45th Canadian federal election is the Liberals’ to lose. That’s not a line anyone would have written two months...
In the lead-up to most elections, pollsters and pundits usually have a good idea of what is most likely to...
Who is that smiling man? Who is that affable fellow with the big grin and the adorable family, the one...
Pierre Poilievre must wake up in the morning and wonder what it will take to get Alberta Premier Danielle Smith...
Smith has continued to pursue a diplomatic course with the Trump administration, quietly building contacts that might influence the U.S...
Should a political party pay for news coverage? That’s the bizarre question that was put to the party leaders by...
It’s democratic déjà vu all over again. For the second time this year, Ontario voters are picking a homegrown leader...
Instead of a smooth launch to get the campaign rolling, Conservatives found themselves hurtling backwards at pace
If the last near-decade has proven any adage true, it’s that the Liberals are terrible at governing, but exceptional at...
If Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives have one goal today, it should be to get Danielle Smith to stay home and shut...
With the campaign officially started, Canadians are about to experience something more akin to what we see south of the...
After months of prime ministerial departure and succession drama, of bilateral chaos, avoidable economic uncertainty, and a spit-take reversal in...
The “Canada Is Broken” candidate faces a changed national mood. RICHARD LIVES in a pup tent in downtown Ottawa, next...
Pierre Poilievre has a problem, and her name is Danielle Smith. The Alberta premier has become a thorn in the...
So much for Team Canada. Mark Carney may want all the premiers united behind him, but Alberta’s Danielle Smith has...
Fading Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre should read a little T.S. Eliot. April could indeed be the cruelest month for the...
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It’s truly breathtaking to hear U.S. President Donald Trump muse about the Canada-U.S. border and show his complete ignorance about...
Canada has now entered an election campaign amid what Prime Minister Mark Carney terms “the most significant threat of our...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney named the wrong university as the site of the 1989 Montreal massacre on Tuesday — and...
National security leaks are rare in Canada. They’re even more rare during fraught election campaigns. So the allegations, delivered by...
Canada has frozen $43 million in payments to Tesla pending a line-by-line investigation into its last-minute surge in EV rebate...
Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Sean Fraser is cancelling his plans to retire from politics and will announce today...
Beijing's ambassador to Canada says China is interested in stepping up trade with Ottawa as the U.S. continues to pursue...
Mark Carney's first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can't keep coasting on the quick and easy...
Prime Minister Mark Carney says export taxes on shipments remain an option for retaliation in an escalating Canada-U.S. trade war...
Toronto city councillor Jennifer McKelvie is running as the federal Liberal candidate in Ajax.
The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed...
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Everyone seems agreed that the ballot question in this election is which leader can best deal with Trump. But that’s...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government would give raises to the armed forces, speed up the acquisition of military...
A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada...
Trade war with the U.S. has caused not only federal political upheaval, but provincial turmoil as well. That is perhaps...
Liberal Leader Mark Carney has declined to participate in a French-language debate with the other federal party leaders on TVA...
Detailed planning for a potential "coalition of the willing" peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is expected to kick off this week...
The Conservatives could have won seven extra seats if the 2021 election had been contested using the 2025 electoral boundaries...
As party leaders travel across the country on the campaign hustings, the Liberal plane appears to have more lift than...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Danielle Smith is “free” to express her opinions on the U.S.-Canada trade war after the...
Smith mused about possibility of putting tariffs ‘on pause’ to benefit Conservatives. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's recent comments to right-wing...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s comments to an American media outlet continue to be a political football among national political leaders...
The Liberal campaign has returned to its Mike Myers strategy a second time, this time with an explicit endorsement from...
Premier Wab Kinew took plane chartered by Winnipeg Blue Bombers to Grey Cup in 2023 and 2024. Manitoba's premier is...
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith demanded Carney call a federal election after he was sworn-in as Prime Minister ten days...
Our government created the Citizens’ Services portfolio in 2023 to champion service delivery excellence and to improve government efficiency. This...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the texting of sensitive plans for a military strike against Yemen's...
Top national security officials for President Donald Trumptexted war plans for upcoming military strikes in Yemen to a group chat...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday he would be placing a 25% tariff on all imports from any...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- European sales of Tesla electric vehicles tumbled 49% in the first two months of the year...
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Lennon Tyler and her German fiance often took road trips to Mexico when he vacationed in...
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to seek a limited ceasefire...
Ivan Hansen, a retired Danish police officer, loaded up his basket at the supermarket, carefully checking each product to avoid...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week...
The onslaught of President Donald Trump’s tariffs has pushed economic security to the forefront of the upcoming federal election. The...
Over the last five years, competition over critical minerals has become a focal point of great-power rivalry — particularly between...
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Peter Larkin launched King’s fund with $25,000 of his own cash, deposited Sept. 22, 1925 at the Old Colony Trust...
Now that the election is called, time to riff from that part of my bio that says “campaign manager” and...
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The original Conservative on our Panel, the great Garry Keller, won his nomination battle in Nipissing—Timiskaming. Now he’s off trying...
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Corey Hogan and Stephen Carter talk about the launch of the federal election, asking whether campaigns matter at all before...
