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Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to clean up Canada’s streets and parks by giving police the power to dismantle encampments and arrest their occupants for setting up tents and shelters to live in.   Conservative leader says he’ll replace encampments with ‘treatment centres’ Peter Zimonjic · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on voters to help the New Democrats “hold the line” — a signal the party is on the defensive and fighting to save the seats it has. NDP leader spent last 4 days shoring up support on West Coast NDP Leader Jagmeet SinghContinue Reading

Politics·Analysis There is an “anything you can do, I can do better” vibe to the defence policies of both the Liberals and the Conservatives, but a trio of national security and military experts say each of the parties are missing — or avoiding — the fundamental national security issue atContinue Reading

During the English leadership debate, some of the most compelling exchanges included Mark Carney fending off accusations from Pierre Poilievre that the Liberal leader was just another version of former prime minister Justin Trudeau. “You spent years running against Justin Trudeau and the carbon tax,” Carney said to the Conservative leader in oneContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pounced on a government report that he argues predicts a “terrifying” world in 2040 to warn voters of the dangers of giving the Liberals a fourth term — but the actual report is far more nuanced. Report says upward social mobility ‘may never be as difficult’Continue Reading

During his campaign for the Conservative leadership in 2022, Pierre Poilievre said he would never pivot. “I am who I am,” he said. To a great degree, that has held true — despite periodic suggestions from the commentariat that he should change course. Pierre Poilievre is an ideological conservative who believesContinue Reading

Politics About 7.3 million Canadians took advantage of advance voting and cast their ballots over the long weekend, according to Elections Canada.  That’s an increase from the 5.8 million Canadians who voted early in 2021 Voters line up to cast their ballot at an advanced polling station in Ottawa, on AprilContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s election promises amount to $90 billion in new measures over the next four years that will be paid for in part by cuts and the economic growth the party says these measures will generate. Platform says cuts, efficiencies will save taxpayers nearly $78B over 4 years Peter ZimonjicContinue Reading

Politics The Conservatives are using the final week of the election campaign to run advertisements where older men are telling other older men to vote for the party — a closing argument that would have been unthinkable only months ago, political advertising experts say. Too late to change minds aboutContinue Reading