Support numbers for Poilievre plummet after federal election loss: Nanos
Pollster Nik Nanos says its ‘quite significant’ how Pierre Poilievre’s support numbers plummeted in the past month.
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Another Trudeau-appointed senator joins Conservative caucus
Manitoba Sen. Mary Jane McCallum is 2nd to join caucus this month. Sen. Mary Jane McCallum of Manitoba is now part of the Conservatives' Senate caucus — making her the second senator appointed by former prime minister Justin Trudeau to join the party this month. McCallum, who is Cree and a member of the Barren Lands First Nation, said she...
We found out how Mark Carney hopes to smooth differences with Donald Trump at the G7 summit. Here’s what we know
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s G7 summit is designed to find common ground and bridge — if not downplay — differences with a U.S. president viewed by many of the guests as disruptor-in-chief of the world’s economic prospects. With that in mind, as the Star reported last Saturday, organizers of the Kananaskis meeting are not working to produce a joint communiqué...
The Quebec Liberal leadership contender who could put a stop to a surging separatist tide
For those of us who’ve been through the wringer of very divisive referendums, the threat of separatism is devoid of charm. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, an able politician whose success is founded on an understated populism, has decided to put her own threat under wraps for the time being and that’s a very good thing for Canada. Meanwhile, you guessed...
Liberals under fire for rushing bill through Parliament to speed up resource projects
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is coming under fire for seeking to rush through a major piece of legislation that grants cabinet sweeping powers to quickly approve major projects. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon put a motion on notice Thursday that would push Bill C-5 through the House of Commons by the end of next week — leaving just one...
Poilievre calls for ‘severe limits’ on Canadian population growth
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Canadian population has grown out of control and is calling on the Liberal government to further reduce immigration. “We want severe limits on population growth to reverse the damage the Liberals did to our system,” Poilievre said during a press conference Tuesday in the foyer of the House of Commons
Very proud to be Canadian? That’s less likely now for supporters of one party, survey suggests
With U.S President Donald Trump making economic and expansionist threats against his northern neighbours, a new survey suggests that pride in being Canadian has increased among supporters of all federal parties – except Conservatives.
Danielle Smith reignites feud with Guilbeault over his plans for Canada's national parks
Steven Guilbeault may no longer be federal environment minister, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she still sees him as a threat to the province’s oil and gas industry. Smith said on her weekly radio show this weekend that Guilbeault, now heritage minister, has an “overt motive” to establish new federally protected parks in the path of pipelines and other...
Some shut-out Conservative candidates plan to press national councillors over 2025 nominations at upcoming convention
The Conservative Party's national council is scheduled to meet on June 14 for its quarterly meeting, where it will decide, among other issues, the timing and venue of the next policy convention, say Conservative sources. Incumbent Conservative national councillors seeking re-election at the party’s upcoming policy conference should expect to face tough questions from shut-out nomination candidates from the most...
Carney vows Canada will meet 2% NATO spending pledge this year
Canada will finally meet its NATO defence spending commitment this year as it confronts an alarming new world of threats, Prime Minister Mark Carney said in Toronto Monday morning. Carney said Canada will rapidly advance its military spending timeline to hit the NATO target of two per cent of national GDP. “Canada will achieve NATO’s two per cent target this...
15 senators took a $118K trip to Alberta. Some colleagues question its relevance
Taxpayer-funded ‘familiarization tour’ included stops at Calgary Stampede, Lake Louise. The initiative was launched by Alberta Sen. Scott Tannas. In May 2024, he sent a message to his colleagues in the upper chamber inviting them on what he called a "familiarization tour" of his province. The idea was simple, he explained. Many senators were unfamiliar with his part of the...
Liberal MP criticizes Modi's G7 invitation in meeting with Prime Minister Carney
B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal said he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday morning to push back against Carney's decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta next week. In an interview with The Canadian Press before that meeting took place, Dhaliwal said he spoke with hundreds of people who don't want Modi...
Indian agent had Jagmeet Singh under close surveillance
A suspected Indian government agent had Jagmeet Singh under close surveillance, prompting the RCMP to place the New Democratic Party leader in police protection 18 months ago, sources have told Global News. The agent, who is allegedly tied to activities directed by the Indian government, had access to intimate knowledge of Singh’s daily routines, travel and family, according to the...
Poilievre says no consensus needed to approve major projects, like pipelines
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the approval and construction of major projects, such as a new pipeline, should be able to move ahead without consensus from stakeholders and premiers. “We’ve got to get it done,” Poilievre told reporters on Parliament on Monday. “We need a pipe.” “At the end of the day, if you wait until everybody agrees on everything...
Iran confirms top officials killed after Israel targets nuclear sites, leaders, scientists in wave of strikes
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to pursue the attack for as long as necessary to 'remove this threat.' Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday in strikes targeting the country's nuclear program, and killed at least two top military officers, raising the potential for all-out war between the two bitter adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has...
Conservatives plummet in support: LPC 43, CPC 33, NDP 12
The Weekly Nanos Tracking is produced by the Nanos Research Corporation, headquartered in Canada, which operates in Canada and the United States. The data is based on random interviews with 1,000 Canadian consumers (recruited by RDD land- and cell-line sample), using a four-week rolling average of 250 respondents each week, 18 years of age and over. The random sample of...
Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources
Prime minister expected to sign on to defence agreement at Brussels meeting. Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on joining a sweeping European plan in Belgium this month to rearm the continent and provide more military aid to Ukraine, CBC News has learned. Last month, Carney signalled to CBC's Power & Politics that he hopes to sign on to the new...
Carney lays out Canada's G7 summit priorities while managing a complicated guest list
PM pushing for agreements and action on peace, energy security and new partnerships. With one week to go until G7 leaders gather in Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his priorities for the meeting and is managing a guest list that lays bare fault lines in some of Canada's international relationships. The G7 leaders summit will be held in...
Sabia, veteran of public and private sectors, to head Carney's Privy Council
Prime Minister Mark Carney is tapping Michael Sabia, a veteran of the public and private sector, to head up the Privy Council Office in Ottawa. Sabia's tenure as clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to cabinet will begin July 7, replacing John Hannaford who is retiring.
Government told Liberal MP to shelve motion on honorary citizenship for Jimmy Lai
The government’s leader in the House of Commons told the Liberal MP spearheading a drive to grant jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai honorary citizenship to shelve a motion supporting its award, just before she was about to present it on Wednesday. Judy Sgro, a veteran Liberal MP, had gained the support of MPs from all parties for a unanimous...
Carney’s chief of staff choice a throwback to better days
Bill Davis, one of Canada’ finest premiers and an icon of effective governance, was asked how many political staff he had in his premier’s office. After musing for a few seconds, he said, ‘’I don’t think there were ever more than 13, I knew them all well — even their families.” Asked how many he thought were in Premier Doug...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy
Premier and several cabinet ministers shouted down by attendees. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful on Wednesday night from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy. About 500 people, many dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta....
2 Minnesota lawmakers and spouses shot in their homes, ex-state House Speaker and husband dead: governor
Gov. Tim Walz called shootings politically motivated.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed Saturday in a politically motivated assassination, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded. "We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, stand against all forms of political violence," Walz said at a news...
G7: Why there is hope of a Carney-Trump tariff breakthrough at Alberta summit
Trade is the 'make or break issue' as world leaders gather in the Canadian Rockies, says expert. Global trade will be a major focus at next week's G7 summit as world leaders gather in Alberta, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be making his first appearance at a major international event since returning to the White House in January...
Conservatives need to do some serious soul-searching
If any political party in the country needs to do some serious soul-searching, it is the Conservative Party of Canada. For starters, the party managed to lose an election it was widely expected to win, and win in a rout of the hapless Trudeau Liberals.
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman invited to G7 summit in Alberta: sources
Crown prince was invited to last year's G7 summit, but did not attend. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, two government sources told CBC News. Bin Salman, known as MBS, is a powerful figure in the Middle East and his...
How Canadians feel about Carney government progress, politicians’ summer break, according to Nanos survey
The majority of Canadians think the country’s politicians should work through the summer to deliver the “concrete results” they expect this year, according to a Nanos survey. Results of a survey commissioned by CTV News during the first week of June suggest most polled expect to see some type of progress by the end of the year on major initiatives...
Carney to announce Canada’s defence spending will hit 2% of GDP NATO target this fiscal year, sources say
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce what his government is billing as the largest increase in defence spending since the Second World War, measures that sources say would enable Canada to meet NATO’s 2-per-cent military expenditure target this fiscal year, well ahead of any previously announced schedule. Two senior government sources told The Globe and Mail that Mr...
Public safety minister recuses himself from files on 2 terrorist groups
The cabinet minister leading Prime Minister Mark Carney’s border security push said Tuesday he is recusing himself from files related to a Sri Lankan terrorist group and its Canadian front organization. In a statement sent to Global News on Tuesday, the office of Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said he had stepped back from “any matter related to the Liberation...