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A Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador MP who has signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign says going against the government on a non-confidence vote isn't out of the realm of possibility. Ken McDonald is one of a reported 24 MPs who signed the document calling for Trudeau's resignation, following a sharp drop in leader and party...
Premier says Trudeau has tried to 'bait me' with name-calling. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey said several factors could have played into a political seat going from red to blue in the Fogo Island-Cape Freels byelection — including views on the federal carbon tax. Progressive Conservative candidate Jim McKenna took 58 per cent of the vote in Monday's byelection...
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took swings at the carbon tax and Newfoundland and Labrador's six Liberal members of Parliament during a rally in Corner Brook on Thursday night. Corner Brook is part of western Newfoundland's Long Range Mountains district, held by Liberal Gudie Hutchings, whom Poilievre called one of the "silent six." "I call them the silent six because...
Liberals gain a seat formerly held by veteran Tory MHA David Brazil. Liberal candidate Fred Hutton has won the byelection in Conception Bay East-Bell Island and will become Newfoundland and Labrador's newest MHA. Through all 51 reported polls, Hutton defeated PC candidate Tina Neary, 2,603 votes to 2,152 votes — securing 45.9 per cent of the vote to Neary's 37.9 per cent.
A Liberal member of Parliament has broken ranks with the government on its carbon tax for the second time, saying federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is the wrong person to sell the party's environmental messaging in Atlantic Canada. Ken McDonald, MP for Newfoundland and Labrador's Avalon riding, voted with the federal Conservatives on Wednesday on a non-binding motion to repeal...