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Politics Mark Carney’s official campaign launch for Liberal leader included high praise from supporters and some unexpected moments behind the scenes including a glitchy teleprompter, a mysterious limousine booking and police showing up on scene.  The former central banker officially announced his bid for leadership this week Ashley Burke ·Continue Reading

Politics Government House leader Karina Gould announced Saturday morning that she’s running in the Liberal leadership contest, becoming the youngest candidate so far to throw their hat into the ring to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The 37-year-old Burlington, Ont., MP is the youngest candidate in the race so far Government House leader KarinaContinue Reading

Politics National Indigenous leaders in Canada say the prime minister is asking them to lobby their counterparts in the United States as part of the pushback against president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Leaders say they will do their part, but want official role in Team Canada approach Olivia Stefanovich ·Continue Reading

It might seem like a distant memory now, but it’s worth remembering that every major federal party ran in 2021 on a platform that included a consumer carbon tax. Nearly every single Liberal, NDP and Conservative MP who currently sits in the House of Commons — up to and including PierreContinue Reading

Politics An Edmonton limousine service says someone called for one of its cars to show up at the community centre where Mark Carney launched his bid for the Liberal leadership on Thursday — but the person didn’t leave a name and never showed. Carney campaign tells CBC News they didn’tContinue Reading

Politics The Trudeau government is planning a first round of counter-tariffs that could be unveiled as soon as incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is sworn in on Monday, Radio-Canada has confirmed. Initial counter-tariffs would apply to $37B in U.S. goods Michael Woods · CBC News · Posted: Jan 17, 2025Continue Reading

Politics Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he’ll work to improve the ‘toxic’ Canada-U.S. relationship when he travels to Washington to watch his friend J.D. Vance take the oath of office as U.S. vice-president on Monday. Ontario MP says he’ll start work on ‘long and laborious’ effort to improve Canada-U.S. relationsContinue Reading

Politics In a sparsely worded post on the social media platform X, the former finance minister and deputy prime minister said simply that she’s “running to fight for Canada.” Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson bows out of race, says he’s needed in cabinet to deal with Trump Peter Zimonjic ·Continue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won’t say whether he backs the premiers and prime minister’s threat to impose export tariffs or restrict the supply of oil and gas bound for the United States as a possible response to president-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariff regime. Conservative leader dodged question over whetherContinue Reading