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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told him that finished vehicles entering the United States from Canada containing more than 50 per cent U.S.-made parts – which would include much of this country’s automotive exports – would be exempt from U.S. tariffs. The Premier said he spoke with Mr. Lutnick late Wednesday night for about 2...
Senior Liberal MPs will meet Friday to discuss how to increase pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reveal whether he’s staying on as party leader. Two MPs told The Globe and Mail that regional caucus chairs plan to discuss whether national chair Brenda Shanahan should call a caucus meeting. They will also parse over what the rules could be...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the provinces are stepping in to fill a border leadership void caused by Ottawa’s inaction on border security. Speaking on Thursday, the day after an emergency meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premiers over pledged tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, Mr. Poilievre said Mr. Trudeau bears responsibility for problems at Canada’s borders, citing...
The minority Liberals have rejected a call from some of their own MPs to hold a caucus meeting in the wake of the party’s stunning defeat in the Toronto-St. Paul’s by-election, arguing that such a meeting is not logistically feasible. According to three sources, Liberal caucus chair and Quebec MP Brenda Shanahan confirmed late Thursday what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Liberals have held the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s for three decades, but heading into Monday’s federal by-election, people in the party say that while they expect to win, it will be a closer race than it should be. With national polls showing the governing Liberals badly trailing the Conservatives and issues such as affordability, Israel’s war with Hamas, and the...
The majority of Canadians have intensely negative responses to both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to a new Nanos Research poll that finds the credibility of both politicians low. Even as Mr. Poilievre far outpaces Mr. Trudeau in public opinion surveys, almost six in 10 respondents in the Nanos poll say the Conservative Leader elicits...
