These are the 30 most read items on National Newswatch, from the last seven days.
Among all the reasons that Pierre Poilievre chose Battle River-Crowfoot as the riding that would return him to Parliament, one seems to stand out above the rest: it wouldn't take a lot of work to win. After all, Damien Kurek took the riding with almost 83 per cent of the vote in April's election, and it's hard to imagine a...
An Independent candidate running in a rural Alberta byelection says she has stopped door-knocking because of death threats. Sarah Spanier says she has told Mounties about the online threats, which she attributes to her advocacy for transgender people.
The Conservatives lost the federal election this year by 482,004 votes. Pierre Poilievre is right to note that his party was more competitive, winning a higher share of the vote than it had in 40 years. It can look like Poilievre is knocking on the door of a breakthrough victory. But looks may also be deceiving. Here’s a few key...
Before he was appointed to the federal cabinet two years ago, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree wrote letters urging Canadian officials to approve the immigration application of a man they had determined was a member of a terrorist organization. The letters, dated 2023 and 2016, were written on Anandasangaree’s House of Commons letterhead and sent to the Canada Border Services...
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...
As federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faces calls to make changes following his April election loss, the manager who ran that campaign remains an advisor, but is taking a less visible role, at least for now. Jenni Byrne’s future with the party has been a source of discussion among MPs and other Conservative supporters frustrated by the party’s loss to...
Halifax MP urging Parks Canada to cancel Sean Feucht concert after hearing from constituents. Some residents are calling on Parks Canada to cancel a performance by a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement at a national historic site near Halifax this week. Christian rocker Sean Feucht has a concert scheduled at the York Redoubt National Historic Site...
The reasons Trump might have wanted to derail the negotiations — and what other surprises he might have in store. Trade talks are reportedly continuing between Canada and the U.S., with formal meetings having taken place since U.S. President Donald Trump revealed more threats and demands last week, a source close to the White House said.
The Conservative leader is making changes but he's keeping his senior adviser Jenni Byrne — at least for now. Pierre Poilievre was feeling dejected and disappointed after the stinging federal election loss in April, sources close to the Conservative leader said, and he dialed back his public appearances for the better part of two months to reassess his strategy and...
The Liberal Party’s campaign co-director is launching a new strategic firm with a roster of political, governance and policy experts in a bid to translate the party’s successful campaign blueprint into one for the private sector. Andrew Bevan’s new firm is called Catalyze4, a deliberate riff off a word Prime Minister Mark Carney used repeatedly during the campaign and since...
An Alberta Conservative MP said she thinks the measles outbreak in her province can be traced back to the COVID pandemic and loss of trust in vaccines due to the federal government’s lack of transparency about their risks. Article content “Years after COVID, broken trust in government health directives has not been addressed for many Canadians,” Michelle Rempel Garner, formerly...
Protesters again signing up dozens of candidates to run against Conservative leader. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants Canada's election laws changed to prevent long ballot protests as he is set to face another one next month. "We have to take action because this is a scam. It is unfair, it is unjust and it must stop," Poilievre said...
The national Liberal caucus retreat in September will offer a clearer picture of how caucus members are responding to their party’s shift from a progressive to a centre-right party, say Liberal MPs. Following Justin Trudeau’s exit as party leader and prime minister, Prime Minister Mark Carney has reoriented the Liberal Party, steering it from the left toward the centre-right, a...
The Calgary Stampede is inevitable: no politician or pundit can resist its terrible gravity, its faux-cowboy charm, free breakfasts and boozy fundraisers. So, too, is the Conservatives’ annual Stampede barbecue, a highlight of the political circuit, which this year allowed Pierre Poilievre to emerge from stasis after a disappointing spring election result. And emerge he did, offering his base a...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have scheduled a party convention the same weekend as federal Conservatives will gather to test Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. The duelling conventions highlight the growing distance between the two parties that was laid bare during the recent federal election.
Since his election as Canada’s 24th prime minister, Mark Carney has enjoyed sustained strong approval ratings from Canadians, according to public opinion research. Among the reasons for this has been his willingness to reverse course on Trudeau-era policies that he either disagreed with, the public had demonstrated a clear dislike for, or policies that have been objectively proven to be...
A Globe and Mail reporter investigating allegations of political interference at Alberta’s provincial health authority has been targeted by an anonymous account on X, which posted surreptitiously obtained photographs of her in public settings and described her private movements. Pictures of Globe Calgary correspondent Carrie Tait meeting two women, who are former political staffers in the government of Premier Danielle...
The husband of a former Alberta premier is questioning why Premier Danielle Smith is inviting her husband to sit in on government meetings. Lou Arab is married to former premier Rachel Notley and has long been a senior leader with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
GAC, CBSA, IRCC and Finance must function at the top of their game if government policies are to succeed. Clearly, there's room for improvement.
A leaked audio recording of an internal CBC disciplinary meeting for a national news anchor reveals the public broadcaster’s tension over its policies on journalistic standards and freedom clashing with protecting its corporate image. Travis Dhanraj, once the host of a CBC television news show called Canada Tonight with Travis Dhanraj, resigned earlier this month with fiery letters accusing the...
Two-and-a-half months after a federal election that made him the third consecutive Tory leader in a decade to lose to the Liberals, Pierre Poilievre’s leadership of the Conservative Party is now a numbers game: His vote percentage in a byelection, his support in a 2026 leadership review and his polling numbers at the beginning of next year, ahead of that...
But Howard Lutnick suggests tariffs on Canada are here to stay, at least for now. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is dismissing the question of whether U.S. free trade with Canada is dead, calling the notion "silly" and saying a substantial amount of Canadian goods enter the U.S. tariff-free under the current North American free trade deal. "We have a...
A trade deal with the United States will likely include some tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with his cabinet. Carney told reporters he expects the trade talks with the U.S. to "intensify" ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline to secure a new agreement, but then in French he said the evidence suggests President...
Conservative leader says he was honest about plans to cut public service. A major union leader says Pierre Poilievre's claim that he lost his seat because of his pledge to cut the public service is "simplistic" and should also be attributed to voters linking the Conservative leader to U.S. President Donald Trump. "I think what people saw was too many...
Maxime Bernier’s PPC spends big, but mostly on itself. The numbers don’t lie.Since its founding in 2018, the People’s Party of Canada has contested three federal elections. It has never elected a single MP - not even its leader. Its support has stalled, its membership is stagnant, and its presence in Canadian politics is marginal at best.
The United States ambassador to Canada says Canadians avoiding U.S. travel and banning American alcohol are among the reasons Donald Trump thinks they are "nasty" to deal with. Pete Hoekstra told a conference audience on Monday that such steps "don't send positive signals" about Canada treating the U.S. well. Hoekstra was speaking at the annual Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Foundation...
Public servants’ anxieties came true last week when Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers asking them to find savings of 15 per cent from their departments over three years. Article content There were a few federal organizations spared by the exercise, including the offices of the auditor general, parliamentary budget officer, and the Supreme Court of Canada. The...
After a fourth consecutive electoral loss to the Liberals that saw the Conservatives remain on the opposition benches for the 10th year in a row, the party has a serious decision to make. Pierre Poilievre has a leadership review scheduled for January that he is all but certain to pass. But before they rubber stamp Poilievre, Conservative members should think...
