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OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials -- and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says there are signs that the global and Canadian economies are slowing.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent auto tariffs with a levy on vehicles imported from the United States.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces' presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia's over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia.
LONDON -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says United States President Donald Trump will have to stop his "disrespectful" comments about Canada before the two countries can have comprehensive bilateral conversations about trade and security.
LONDON -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says United States President Donald Trump will have to stop his "disrespectful" comments about Canada before any bilateral conversations take place.
LONDON -- Prime Minister Mark Carney pushed for closer trade and security ties with Europe Monday on a one-day trip to Paris and London just days after he took office.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is now in London as he continues the second half a one-day stop in Europe. Carney is to have a private meeting with King Charles before meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney started the day in France where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron. It was Carney's first in-person meeting with an international leader...
PARIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is now in London as he continues the second half a one-day stop in Europe.
Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday in France. Making opening remarks in Paris before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Carney stressed both countries' shared values of sovereignty, solidarity and sustainability. "Those are values that we hold dear, and unite us," he...
PARIS -- Canada must strengthen ties with France and other allies in the face of geopolitical and economic crises, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday in France.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Paris, France, to meet with President Emmanuel Macron in his first in-person meeting with an international leader as prime minister. Carney, who turned 60 on Sunday, is kicking off his first full week as prime minister with a whirlwind three-day trip to France and the U.K., ending back in Canada's north, in Iqaluit. It...
PARIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Paris, France, to meet with President Emmanuel Macron in his first in-person meeting with an international leader as prime minister.
Only two of the candidates in the Liberal leadership race -- Mark Carney and Ruby Dhalla -- disclosed their fundraising events to Elections Canada. A political transparency advocate says this exposes a "loophole" in the rules for funding political campaigns that needs to be closed -- since some of the contenders held fundraisers without publicly disclosing them or reporting who...
OTTAWA -- Only two of the candidates in the Liberal leadership race -- Mark Carney and Ruby Dhalla -- disclosed their fundraising events to Elections Canada.
OTTAWA -- Newly minted Liberal leader Mark Carney is promising a "seamless" and "quick" transition as he takes the reins from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
OTTAWA -- Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party chose former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as its new leader.
Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. Carney is heading into a day full of briefings and in the coming days will need to be sworn in as prime minister, tap his cabinet and sort out his party's battle plans for the...
OTTAWA -- Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm nor deny. Carney, a devout catholic who hails from Fort Smith, N.W.T. and turns 60 next week, cleared his first major political test on Sunday, winning...
OTTAWA -- Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday.
OTTAWA -- Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day.
OTTAWA -- Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday.
The Liberal Party of Canada has elected former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as its new leader.Grassroots members elected the former central banker to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a convention in downtown Ottawa, ending the party’s two-month long leadership race.
OTTAWA -- Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday.
Federal Liberal leadership candidates began their evening at the party's convention on a patriotic note, taking shots at President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats of annexing Canada. The party is selecting its next leader to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney arrived on the convention floor with his brother Brian Carney by his...
OTTAWA -- Federal Liberal leadership candidates began their evening at the party's convention on a patriotic note, taking shots at President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats of annexing Canada.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberal leadership convention is underway in downtown Ottawa as party grassroots gather to select their next leader.
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 outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. All the visible signs point to a significant lead for the former governor of the Bank of Canada, with a large swath of the Liberal cabinet and caucus backing him as he leads in polls...
OTTAWA -- Liberals are gathering in Ottawa on the final day of their party's leadership contest to vote for who they think is best to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the helm.
OTTAWA -- The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy's new River-class destroyers.
OTTAWA -- 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 outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
OTTAWA -- It's the last day before Liberals elect their next leader and the campaigns are making their final get-out-the-vote push as they seek to rally grassroots support from across the country.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly's office confirms she has briefed Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney on President Donald Trump's tariffs days ahead of Sunday's leadership vote this week.
OTTAWA -- In a leadership race dominated by high-profile insiders vying for outsider status, Karina Gould stands out.
The polls, fundraising hauls and endorsements aren't the only things suggesting former central bank governor Mark Carney is on track to win the Liberal leadership -- Conservatives seem convinced as well. Carney has become the primary target of Conservative attacks in recent weeks. On Wednesday, the party accused Carney of lying to the media after Tuesday's Liberal leadership debate and...
With the debates now done, Liberal party members can start casting advance ballots today to select their next leader a little under two weeks from now. They can cast their ranked ballot choices by mail or in some instances by phone, and each electoral district counts for 100 points in the race. Former central bank governor Mark Carney, former finance...
MONTREAL -- With the debates now done, Liberal party members can start casting advance ballots today to select their next leader a little under two weeks from now.
MONTREAL -- The Liberal leadership debate is underway, with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats once again topping the agenda.
MONTREAL -- A new poll suggests that while former central banker Mark Carney is still the odds-on favourite to win the Liberal leadership, he isn't likely to win on the first ballot.
MONTREAL -- Liberal leadership contenders will take the stage again Tuesday night for the English-language debate in Montreal -- their last shot to confront each other in person and shake up the race.
Presumed Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney faces a major test Monday in Montreal, when he and his rivals square off in person for the first time in a French-language debate. Carney is new to federal politics and his performance will be under the microscope. He'll have to prove to Liberals that he can think on his feet in French —...
Ottawa -- Presumed Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney faces a major test Monday in Montreal, when he and his rivals square off in person for the first time in a French-language debate.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is slamming Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney's plan to split the federal budget, calling it a "sneaky accounting trick" to avoid balancing the books.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to split the federal budget between capital and operating spending, and to balance the operating side while running small capital deficits.
OTTAWA -- Chrystia Freeland's Liberal leadership campaign is insisting that fundraising numbers released Tuesday don't give an accurate picture of her haul during the first part of the race.
A spokesperson for Mark Carney's leadership campaign says they've raised more than $1.9 million so far in donations from over 11,000 people.The Liberal leadership hopefuls are required to submit biweekly reports to the chief electoral officer and Carney's team says their latest report was submitted this week and includes donations up to Feb. 9.
As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant. The White House sent out a document calling digital taxes in both Canada and France "unfair" for taxing American companies. Speaking in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon, Trump...
The Liberal party says it will not accommodate leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla's request for a translator at the upcoming French debate in Montreal.Party spokesman Parker Lund says only the candidates and the moderator will be allowed on the debate stage and no translation will be provided.
OTTAWA -- As President Donald Trump signed an executive order for reciprocal tariffs on Thursday that escalates his trade threats, his administration took aim at Canada's digital services tax as a major trade irritant.
OTTAWA -- President Donald Trump signed another executive order on Thursday authorizing reciprocal tariffs and his White House singled out Canada's digital services tax as one such trade irritant.
OTTAWA -- Rival Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland issued duelling policy pledges on Thursday, with one candidate vowing to speeding up home building and the other promising to bring doctors back to Canada.
OTTAWA -- Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to incentivize prefabricated and modular home building to help tackle the housing affordability crisis.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal party says it will not accommodate leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla's request for a translator at the upcoming French debate in Montreal.
A former top advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's worried the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about Canada's laggardly defence spending.Vincent Rigby says he's afraid that at some point, intelligence will become a negotiating tool as the Donald Trump White house seeks to extract gains from Canada.
Ottawa --- A former top advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's worried the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about Canada's laggardly defence spending.
A new poll suggests that if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he would erase the massive lead the Conservatives have enjoyed for the past year and a half. A Leger survey suggests a Carney-led party would boost Liberal support by six points to 37 per cent, putting them in a dead heat with the Tories. The poll says...
OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests that if Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he would erase the massive lead the Conservatives have enjoyed for the past year and a half.
Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla said she's working on her French skills, but plans to ask for a translator to help her in the party's upcoming French-language debate. Dhalla is one of the five leadership candidates who will face off in two debates in Montreal later this month, one in French and another in English. She said she plans to...
Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla said she's working on her French skills, but plans to ask for a translator to help her in the party's upcoming French-language debate.