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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spent much of the first week of this election campaign targeting NDP-held ridings that could be up for grabs now that polls suggest New Democrat support is in free fall — but the recent Liberal surge has upended those plans. The big political story of the campaignContinue Reading

Politics The federal government should be forced to put the preliminary texts of any free trade agreement to a vote in the House of Commons before they’re ratified, according to the Bloc Québécois political platform released on Saturday. Also vows to prepare international community for eventual sovereignty referendum Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet saysContinue Reading

Politics The NDP and Conservatives kicked off the first full weekend of the election campaign by promising more financial relief for Canadians — particularly around food costs. Meanwhile, the Liberals had a quieter Saturday as leader Mark Carney met with volunteers in Nepean, the riding where he’s a candidate. HereContinue Reading

As Conservative infighting over how the campaign is handling U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats spills into the open, sources within the party are describing a “dysfunctional” campaign with too much centralized power and belittling and aggressive treatment of staff. More than half a dozen Conservatives, who spoke to CBCContinue Reading

A springtime election in battleground Quebec makes a stop at a cabane à sucre inevitable. So it was no surprise Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet rallied the troops at a sugar shack late this week. But in a campaign that has threatened to squeeze out the sovereignist party’s pro-Quebec messaging amid Canada’sContinue Reading

The most controversial statement of the federal election so far was uttered before the campaign even started — not by a federal politician, but the premier of Alberta. In an interview taped on March 8 with a right-wing American media outlet, Danielle Smith said that, while there would always be disagreements,Continue Reading

Politics Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is heading into the end of the first week of the campaign with a pledge to ban corporate landlords from buying existing affordable rental properties. Singh says he’s the only leader looking out for ‘working people,’ not ‘billionaires and millionaires’ David Baxter · TheContinue Reading

Politics A Liberal candidate running for re-election in a battleground GTA riding is apologizing after suggesting people attempt to claim a Chinese bounty on a local Conservative candidate. Conservatives are calling on Paul Chiang to be dropped as a Liberal candidate Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Mar 28,Continue Reading

Politics After holding their first official call on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and U.S. President Donald Trump have agreed to sit down and negotiate a “new” relationship between the two countries should Carney win next month’s federal election.  Trump says first call with Carney was ‘productive,’ leaders ‘agree onContinue Reading