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To former opposition leader Preston Manning, the solution to keeping Canada unified is simple: Replace Mark Carney’s Liberal government this election, under a different party banner. “I’m very strongly on Canadians uniting, but the question is: ‘Uniting behind whom, and for what’?” he told CTV Your Morning in an interview Wednesday. “I suggest that they need to unite between a...
Canadian leaders have fired back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest round of attacks against them, including the claim that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is ‘not a MAGA guy." “Mr. President, it is true. I am not MAGA. I am for Canada First. Always,” Poilievre wrote in a Friday afternoon post to X, hours after the Trump comments were made...
As a rebound in support for the Liberal Party of Canada continues amid simmering tensions with the United States, new polling shows what amounts to a “dead heat” with the Conservatives in a federal election, were it to happen today. Released Tuesday, the latest weekly ballot tracking from Nanos Research shows an increasingly tight race between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s...
As Canadians revel in the national hockey team’s victory at the 4 Nations Face-Off Thursday night, one of the sport’s most famous stars is drawing fire on social media for his ties south of the border. Last night’s final saw Canada defeat the United States 3-2 with a clutch overtime goal from Connor McDavid, a welcome comeback after falling to...
Three in four Canadians support defence spending on new submarines, according to a new survey from Nanos Research and CTV News. Conducted between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2, the survey of more than 1,000 Canadian adults asked respondents to rate their support or opposition for a recently announced purchase of 12 submarines to add to Canada's military fleet, said to...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that if the next U.S. president re-opens trade negotiations for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canada will prioritize its own interests. "We've done this before; we can do it again if we need to," Trudeau said at a news conference Friday. "We'll do it by putting Canadian interests first and foremost, as we have every...
Supply chain disruptions brought on by this week's railway work stoppages could give rise to new boil water advisories across Canada, a chemicals industry spokesperson says. Following the breakdown of union negotiations this week, more than 9,000 Canadian train engineers, conductors and yard workers have been locked out of their jobs as of Thursday morning by the country's two largest...
Ben Mulroney says his father would be happy to see how Canadians have come together in the wake of his passing – and how his time in office, both personally and politically, made lives better for people in Canada and around the world. "Dad would love a day like today," Ben said of Brian Mulroney, Canada's 18th prime minister, who...
As yet another provincial leader calls on the Trudeau government to pause next month's carbon tax hike, federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says that 'the plan is working' on efforts to price pollution. The remarks came in response to a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, published on social media Tuesday. Furey asked...
Hannah Hodson, a transgender former candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada, says that Leader Pierre Poilievre's comments on transgender sports and bathroom policies create confusion on party priorities. "What he has said today just further extends the idea that trans people are predators," said Hodson, who ran for the Conservatives in Victoria, B.C., during the 2021 federal election. "It's...