Poilievre finally gets some good polling news — but it's not about the Conservatives
Analysts say the Conservatives need the NDP to do markedly better than they did during the last election
Simon Tuck
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Carney's Liberals hit record-high 50% support: poll - A first for a governing party in 23 years
The Carney Liberals now have the support of half of Canadians, according to a new Postmedia-leger poll, the first time any governing party has hit that benchmark in popular support in more than two decades. The poll, conducted over the past week, found 50 per cent of decided voters said they would most likely support the Liberals “if federal elections...
'Disaster' or saviour? Avi Lewis bets it all on big-government populism
It’s a pattern almost as old as party politics itself: candidates for party leadership campaign closer to the ideological wings, more in line with their party faithful, then immediately tack towards the centre once they win the leadership vote, more in line with the broader electorate.
Fewer than one-third of Canadians think Lewis's NDP is 'relevant,' poll finds
Avi Lewis may be flush off a convincing victory within his party, but a new poll suggests the new NDP leader has a steep hill to climb with the broader electorate with more people thinking the party is irrelevant than relevant. Article content Not quite a third of Canadians believe that the left-leaning party is even relevant, never mind if...
Carney working on trip to India and possible trade deal
Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to make a potentially important visit to India in the next couple of months, government officials have confirmed, as Canada continues efforts to diversify trade, attract investment and mend international fences. While government officials emphasize that the trip hasn’t been finalized and wouldn’t necessarily mean any deals if it occurs, the intensity of the planning...
A new 'golden age' of Canadian diplomacy? Don't count on it, foreign policy analysts say
Surrounded by global elites and influencers, Mark Carney stepped on the global stage and crystallized what many had been thinking: it’s time to accept that the world order of the last 80 years has dramatically and permanently changed. It’s a “rupture,” Carney told the World Economic Forum audience at Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, “not a transition.” The “rules-based international...
Carney and Poilievre find themselves on two very different hot seats as Parliament gears up to return
Canada’s two main political party leaders won’t boast about the connection, but they have at least one important thing in common these days: As a new session of Parliament opens Monday, they’re both sitting on hot seats. Facing upcoming periods that may well determine their political fates, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are both approaching hurdles...
Canadian rocket startup launches, aimed at space sovereignty amid global turmoil
A new rocket startup to be launched Friday says it plans to soon become the first Canadian company to have the capacity to launch medium-payload satellites in space, filling in a potentially important niche in Canada’s defence. Canada Rocket Company says the turbulence in global politics is likely to increase Canada’s need for a sovereign rocket company that can take...
Spotting a floor crosser: After two Conservative defections, here's how to tell who may be next
The Post’s analysis of the four key characteristics show several members of the Conservative caucus that could be on the list of potentials. When MP Michael Ma announced in early December that he was switching parties, pundits’ views on the floor crossing were all over the place.
Dominic LeBlanc is hoping his next comeback includes a U.S. trade deal
LeBlanc, the Carney government’s minister of just about everything, has spent much of this week in Washington, D.C. Dominic LeBlanc beat cancer. Now, just five years later, Canada’s minister for Canada-U.S. trade is battling another malignant threat: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. LeBlanc, the Carney government’s minister of just about everything, has spent much of this week in Washington, D.C...
The next 100 days for Mark Carney: The honeymoon is over for the freshman PM
At home and abroad, the next four months will be more challenging than the first four — and cracks are showing in his leadership. As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government embarks on its first full parliamentary session, Canadians are sending a clear message: The honeymoon is over and we need to see more results. “The fall will be critical,”...
Liberals could find out soon whether their rushed projects bill will spark another Idle No More
If Liberal MPs experience the “long hot summer” of protest that some Aboriginal activist groups have promised in response to the federal government’s new major-projects legislation, they won’t be feeling that heat anywhere close to Parliament Hill.
With digital tax scrapped, U.S. ambassador says he's 'confident we will have an agreement'
Carney told reporters he had always expected the digital services tax to be scrapped as part of the trade negotiation