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Politics Long-simmering tensions within the Conservative movement are bursting out into the federal election, experts say — undercutting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s efforts to present himself as a unifier who can take on U.S. President Donald Trump. ‘There is a fairly profound divide within the Conservative movement’: University of Calgary’sContinue Reading

In these disorienting days, Canadian leaders are responding in real time to a deeply uncertain world.  On the day the president of the United States launched a global trade war, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith chose to look on the bright side. The United States, she wrote, had decided to “upholdContinue Reading

Politics Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he governs for all of Canada and called prominent conservative Preston Manning’s comments on Western independence “dramatic” during a campaign stop in Montreal on Friday.  Reform founder wrote Carney will be ‘the last prime minister of a united Canada’ if Liberals win Catharine Tunney ·Continue Reading

Politics Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster. Liberal government would make the broadcaster’s funding statutory Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Apr 04, 2025 10:33Continue Reading

Politics The polls haven’t been kind to Jagmeet Singh’s NDP so far in this election. But New Democrats sometimes put out a ground game capable of beating those expectations. CBC News spoke to four incumbents from Western Canada who explained why they remain confident. Seat projections suggest caucus could beContinue Reading

French-speaking Canadians got a first taste of how the five main federal party leaders defend their platforms beyond U.S. tariff threats in the span of two hours Thursday night on Radio-Canada’s Cinq chefs, une élection program. The show featured five live interviews with the five leaders. It kicked off withContinue Reading

Politics In the wake of the U.S. tariffs on Canada’s auto industry, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is being accused of copying the NDP’s idea for boosting domestic vehicle manufacturing.  Conservatives, NDP say tax break will help encourage Canadian manufacturing Peter Zimonjic · CBC News · Posted: Apr 03, 2025 2:11Continue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity while distancing himself from former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who recently argued a vote for Mark Carney’s Liberals is a vote for Western secession. Former Reform leader wrote that a Liberal vote is ‘a vote for the breakup of Canada as weContinue Reading

Politics Standing in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon to unveil his new reciprocal tariffs, U.S. President Donald Trump again falsely claimed that the U.S. subsidizes Canada by hundreds of billions of dollars every year and misrepresented Canada’s tariffs on U.S. dairy products. Trump again falsely claimed the U.S. subsidizesContinue Reading