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Even in a warehouse full of battery-powered buses, Carney’s speech proved to be the furthest thing from electric. Liberal Leader Mark Carney strolled into an election campaign event on Monday past a ghostly figure. In a hallway near the main entrance of a Toronto-area trades college, a newspaper front page is framed on the wall. It features a photo of...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a proposal on Monday to cut the lowest income tax bracket, saving the average family about $1,800 annually.The Conservatives plan to lower the bottom income tax bracket from 15 per cent to 12.75 per cent, which the party says would save the average worker about $900.
For Pierre Poilievre, who would rather focus his comments on the record of the Liberal government, it was an unwelcome development. On March 8, the American right-wing news site Breitbart published an interview with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that barely made a ripple in Canada.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he will “unleash hundreds of billions of dollars of investment” by pre-approving areas for companies to build mines, data centres, pipelines, LNG plants and other large infrastructure in Canada.The “shovel-ready zones” will be areas that are already permitted for development before applications are even submitted.
Angus said he would 'put country first' and would 'not vote with Pierre Poilievre to force an election.' At least one NDP MP is reluctant to bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and force a federal election if it means putting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in power.
The Opposition Conservatives are rejecting the federal government’s decision to restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies, saying it makes “little sense” to remove them from small businesses. Last month, Health Minister Mark Holland announced the new rules banning the sales of nicotine pouches, which in Canada are sold under the brand name Zonnic, from convenience stores, gas stations...
Conservatives are doubling down on the party’s appeals to “ordinary people” this Labour Day Monday with a multi-pronged advertising campaign designed to woo workers. A 60-second television ad celebrates “the people who rise when it is still dark” and describes a litany of problems that plague them, including crime, inflation and unaffordable housing. The ad ends on a hopeful note...
The PM's chances of winning a fourth term range from slim to none. Here's 10 who could step up if he steps down
A new Postmedia-Leger poll contains a stark warning for any political party gunning for Gen Z and millennial voters in the next federal election: be wary of a heavy hand in trying to regulate the internet.
'The problem now is that creating a sense of community through public broadcasting has been kind of abandoned, whether it's at CBC or BBC or NPR,' says a former CBC journalist
Hundreds of tech leaders and entrepreneurs joined the Shopify founder in post-budget dismay this week, signing an open letter decrying the tax changes
Any fan of gritty one-hour police dramas can tell you that spotting a liar is easy. Just look for the perp who sweats profusely, shuffles uncomfortably in his seat and can’t make eye contact. A stammer or a quiet, nervous voice is a dead giveaway. Article content In an age of rampant political dishonesty, could this be the average voter’s...
Less than a year ago, the federal Conservatives unanimously held their nose and voted in favour of the Liberal government’s legislation to secure long-term funding for its burgeoning national child-care system.
44% of Canadians believe that 'much of the information' they receive from media outlets is false. And the more conservative you are, the less you are likely to trust the media.Accusations of liberal media bias usually come in two distinct flavours.
It used to be that whenever news broke on Parliament Hill, politicians would run to the news reporters to get a quote in the newspaper or on TV.Not anymore. In the era of TikTok and YouTube, they pick up their phones and start livestreaming.