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Politics Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is pulling in more money from more contributors than any of his competitors in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and it’s not even close, according to Elections Canada filings released Tuesday. Elections Canada report says former Bank of Canada governor pulled inContinue Reading

Politics Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly concluded her recent tour of Europe saying she delivered a “wake-up call” to Canada’s allies across the Atlantic about the economic and political threat the Trump administration is posing to Canada.  ‘It was a wake-up call for Europeans to hear what we’re going through,’Continue Reading

Politics Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge has no intention of seeking re-election, Radio-Canada has learned. However, she will shortly unveil her proposal to modernize CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate. St-Onge also plans to unveil proposal to modernize CBC/Radio-Canada’s mandate Louis Blouin · CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2025 5:00 AM EST | LastContinue Reading

All five Liberal leadership candidates say they’ve paid the final $125,000 due Monday evening that’s required to stay in the race. Now, ahead of English and French debates in Montreal next week, the contenders are rolling out more policy proposals to sway Canadians to join their side. On Monday morning,Continue Reading

Politics Liberal leadership candidate and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney said on Sunday that former prime minister Stephen Harper asked him to join his cabinet as finance minister in 2012. Former Harper staffer says Carney ‘is not telling the whole story’ Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership ofContinue Reading

Politics Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney confirmed Sunday that a federal government led by him would run a deficit “to invest and grow” Canada’s economy, but it would also balance its operational spending over the next three years. Carney also promises to balance federal government’s operational spending as PM LiberalContinue Reading

Politics U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that his country subsidizes Canada with hundreds of billions of dollars every year has become a key plank in his argument for annexing the country. But do his numbers add up? Economist argues U.S. could be worse off if it had a surplus withContinue Reading

Whenever we talk about NATO it’s usually in the context of money — or the famous all-for-one, one-for-all treaty clause known as Article 5. The provision is the bedrock of the Western military alliance, allowing leaders from Latvia to London to Ottawa to sleep better at night knowing more thanContinue Reading

Surrounded by hundreds of supporters wearing red and white, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre firmly repudiated U.S. President Donald Trump’s 51st state threats and said Canada “will bear any burden” to protect its sovereignty during a rally in Ottawa. “Sometimes it does take a threat to remind us what we have,Continue Reading