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Pierre Poilievre is planning to swap his fight against the carbon tax this fall for a new battle against what he's calling the "Carney tax." The Conservative leader says his party will launch a national campaign to call on the Liberals to scrap their electric vehicle mandate. The policy requires 20 per cent of all light-duty vehicles sold in Canada...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has set his sights on Canada's electric vehicle mandate, pledging Thursday that his party will embark on a national campaign to push the Liberal government to scrap the policy he's dubbed the "Carney tax."
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney met virtually Wednesday with the "Coalition of the Willing" -- a group of nations that have agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion -- ahead of ceasefire negotiations set for Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he spoke with Prime Minister Mark Carney by phone today ahead of the U.S.-Russia summit on the ongoing war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet in person in Alaska on Friday. The Ukrainian leader has not been invited to attend the summit and says he is instead co-ordinating...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday as world leaders sought to co-ordinate their response to a U.S.-Russia war summit that will not include Ukraine.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will have to hire a new campaign manager for the next election, now that Jenni Byrne has said she will not be returning to the role. Byrne said that while there are "a few" things she wishes she could have done differently during the campaign, "none of them, I think, would have changed the outcome" of...
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will have to hire a new campaign manager for the next election, now that Jenni Byrne has said she will not be returning to the role.
The Conservatives are still bringing in more through donations than any other federal political party, but their fundraising has dropped since the spring election. The Tories raised just over $9.1 million in the quarter that ended in June, through donations from more than 82,000 people.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives are still bringing in more through donations than any other federal political party, but their fundraising has dropped since the spring election.
OTTAWA -- As the federal Liberals consider a path forward for a national pharmacare plan, one advocacy group is calling on the government to rethink the program to make it work better for patients and save money.
OTTAWA -- Advocates for people with diabetes want the federal government to restructure what they see as a flawed pharmacare program.
OTTAWA -- Health advocates say they're shocked to hear the federal government may not sign more pharmacare funding deals, which would leave coverage uneven across the country.
OTTAWA -- The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new "united Team Canada" approach at the Council of the Federation will lead to harmonization of nurses' licences across the country.
OTTAWA -- Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is not committing to sign pharmacare funding deals with all provinces and territories.
OTTAWA -- The Military Police Complaints Commission will hold public hearings to investigate what happened during a botched active-shooter drill on a Canadian Forces base last fall that reportedly left an employee injured and traumatized.
Several Conservative MPs are criticizing the Crown's approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" protests, with the party's deputy leader calling it an act of "political vengeance." Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief in April for their roles in organizing the demonstration, which blockaded streets around Parliament Hill for more than three weeks in...
OTTAWA -- The 2025 wildfire season is already one of the worst on record for Canada, federal officials said Friday, and there is a high risk that more fires will break out in August.
OTTAWA -- The federal government is extending changes it made in March to the employment insurance program in response to the trade war with the U.S.
The federal Conservatives raised a record amount of money in 2024 and ramped up their spending in a major way ahead of the federal election, according to records filed with Elections Canada. The Tories brought in $42 million in donations and another $5 million in membership fees last year.
OTTAWA -- The Conservative party's spending outstripped its record fundraising total in 2024 as it ramped up advertising and internal polling ahead of the federal election.
Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest possible places to make his return to the House of Commons — but the rural Alberta riding he's hoping to win in an August byelection could also be dangerous territory for the Conservative leader. Damien Kurek resigned his seat in Battle River—Crowfoot earlier this month after winning more than 82 per cent...
OTTAWA -- Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest possible places to make his return to the House of Commons -- but the rural Alberta riding he's hoping to win in an August byelection could also be dangerous territory for the Conservative leader.
Ottawa -- A byelection has been called in the federal riding of Battle River--Crowfoot, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest possible places to make his return to the House of Commons — but the rural Alberta riding he's hoping to win in an August byelection could also be dangerous territory for the Conservative leader.
OTTAWA -- A longtime British Columbia MLA who was rejected as a candidate by the federal Conservatives in the April election is calling on the party to examine its nomination process.
Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they'll vote on Pierre Poilievre's leadership. The party's national council has scheduled the convention for Jan. 29 and 31 in Calgary. Poilievre, who lost his seat in the House of Commons in the April election, will face a secret ballot vote on his continued leadership.
OTTAWA -- Conservative members of Parliament voted with the minority Liberal government to pass its marquee major projects legislation Friday evening, setting it up to become law before Canada Day.
OTTAWA -- Conservative members of Parliament voted with the minority Liberal government to pass its marquee major projects legislation Friday evening, setting it up to become law before Canada Day.
Conservative members of Parliament voted with the minority Liberal government to pass its marquee major projects legislation Friday evening, setting it up to become law before Canada Day. The legislation, also known as the one Canadian economy act, would allow the government to green-light a list of projects that have been deemed to be in the national interest, fast-tracking their...
OTTAWA -- Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they'll vote on Pierre Poilievre's leadership.
Ottawa -- Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday U.S. tariffs have left Canada's steel and aluminum industries in a state of emergency and promised the federal government will "take a decision very quickly" on how it can help.
OTTAWA -- Industry Minister Melanie Joly said Thursday U.S. tariffs have left Canada's steel and aluminum industries in a state of emergency and promised the federal government will "take a decision very quickly" on how it can help.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is giving no sign that it intends to amend existing legislation on medical assistance in dying -- something a UN committee called for earlier this spring.
OTTAWA -- Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the Liberals won't split up Bill C-5, legislation introduced last week to push forward projects deemed to be in the national interest.
A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began. In a survey conducted last weekend, the polling firm Leger asked Canadians and Americans a series of questions about the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Leger surveyed 1,511 Canadians and 1,011 Americans between June 6 and...
OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began.
The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at cutting down barriers to internal trade by recognizing provincial and territorial rules at the federal level. Officials who briefed reporters this morning say the goal is to reduce the number of redundant standards across the country.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at cutting down barriers to internal trade by recognizing provincial and territorial rules at the federal level.
OTTAWA -- Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there's no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works -- but she won't weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary treatment.
OTTAWA -- Price Carter is planning to die this summer.
OTTAWA -- Pierre Poilievre is in the unfamiliar position of watching the House of Commons as it gets underway today, instead of participating in the debate as he did for more than 20 years.
OTTAWA -- Crews were at work in downtown Ottawa on Friday morning, touching up the protective coating on bronze statues around the National War Memorial before a whirlwind royal visit gets underway on Monday.
OTTAWA -- At least six members of Parliament are asking their colleagues to support their bid to become the next Speaker of the House of Commons, including the last man to hold that job, Greg Fergus.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons. He's named 48 Conservative members of Parliament to critic roles, while another 14 will become associate critics.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has named 73 MPs to his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons.
OTTAWA -- People in Ottawa will have several chances to get a glimpse of the King and Queen during next week's royal visit to Canada, their first since King Charles's coronation.
The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said former Tory member of Parliament Stockwell Day. "I'll lose friends saying this: — it will only split the vote and only strengthen the Liberal position," he said in an interview from Edmonton. In the most recent federal election, more than 1.4 million Albertans voted for a Conservative...
OTTAWA -- The Alberta separatist movement presents a danger to the federal Conservative party, said former Tory member of Parliament Stockwell Day.
The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River--Crowfoot. Kurek, who won the election in the rural Alberta riding with more than 80 per cent of the vote, has promised to step aside to give Pierre Poilievre a...
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives know more today about when their leader could return to the House of Commons, now that Damien Kurek has been officially declared the member of Parliament for Battle River--Crowfoot.
Conservatives will spend the summer "listening carefully to people" after yet another election loss, leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday as he headed into the party's first caucus meeting since Canadians went to the polls last week. Poilievre said there is a lot for the Tories to be proud of in the election results, but pointed to the two-party race...
OTTAWA -- Conservatives will spend the summer "listening carefully to people" after yet another election loss, leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday as he headed into the party's first caucus meeting since Canadians went to the polls last week.
OTTAWA -- Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals.
Newly elected Conservatives and returning MPs are set to meet in Ottawa this morning as the party charts its path forward after last week's election loss to the Liberals. Leader Pierre Poilievre, who lost his bid to continue representing the riding of Carleton after 20 years as the area's MP, will not be in the House of Commons when it...
The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection. Poilievre is expected to seek a seat in the House of Commons for the Alberta riding of Battle River--Crowfoot, after losing his long-held seat of Carleton to the Liberals...
OTTAWA -- The group that added dozens of candidates to the ballot in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding in the recent federal election is planning to do the same in the upcoming byelection.
OTTAWA -- The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors from scams.
OTTAWA -- The main federal parties are campaigning in the Montreal area as their leaders get ready for the debates later this week -- and the first face-to-face confrontation between Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda -- something no prime minister has ever done.
OTTAWA -- With polls suggesting U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration's use of punishing tariffs are a top-of-mind issue for Canadians ahead of the upcoming federal election, Trump has now offered his thoughts on which political party he would rather work with.