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Politics One of the country’s top Conservative strategists who just helped Ontario Premier Doug Ford win a sizable majority government says Pierre Poilievre urgently needs to make a pivot and start talking more about the issue voters care about most — the U.S. threat — or he risks losing theContinue Reading

Politics Liberal Leader Mark Carney has paused his campaign and is back in Ottawa today to deal with the fallout from U.S. Donald Trump’s proposed auto tariffs, which would wallop the industry in Canada. PM will speak around 2 p.m. ET after Trump says he’ll go ahead with 25% tariffsContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced Thursday that a government led by him would allow Canadians to contribute $5,000 more a year to their tax-free savings account (TFSA) — as long as that extra cash is being invested in Canadian companies. The Conservative leader’s proposed TFSA top-up means Canadians could contribute $12KContinue Reading

Carney says Canada will ‘fight’ latest U.S. tariffs on auto sector Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking from Ottawa on Thursday, says Canada will respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to move ahead with 25 per cent tariffs on the Canadian auto sector with retaliatory trade action that will haveContinue Reading

Politics When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Mark Carney this week of being beholden to China, it raised questions as to whether the former board chair of Brookfield Asset Management, who may currently hold millions of dollars worth of stock in the company, has done enough to avoid potential conflicts. Those protections have their limits, experts say Mark GollomContinue Reading

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Wednesday. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press) The Latest U.S. President Donald Trump is going ahead with a punishing 25 per cent tariff on imported vehicles, ratcheting up the trade war.Liberal Leader Mark Carney said he’d be going back to Ottawa toContinue Reading

Politics The New Democrats and Conservatives both rolled out a series of promises to cut taxes Wednesday that the party leaders say will help provide relief to lower-income Canadians.  Conservatives pledge to cut taxes for working seniors by $1,300, NDP announce $1,000 tax cut for families Peter Zimonjic · CBCContinue Reading

Politics Homing in once again on the fractured Canada-U.S. relationship, Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled a $2-billion proposal to protect Canada’s auto industry while in Windsor, Ont., on Wednesday — one of the front lines of the tariff war.  Liberal leader says he wants to build an ‘all-in-Canada’ manufacturing network CatharineContinue Reading

Politics NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has admitted for the first time that his party is facing “massive challenges” as its polling numbers hover near single digits and voters look elsewhere for a champion to battle U.S. President Donald Trump. ‘I’ve got no illusions about that, there’s some serious challenges thatContinue Reading