33 h. ago Despite polarizing election, poll suggests Canadians don’t want two

OTTAWA — While the recent federal election turned into a tight race between the Liberals and Conservatives that left other parties trailing far behind, a new poll suggests most Canadians don’t want the country end up with a two-party system. The poll of over 1,600 Canadians, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian […]

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50 h. ago Recount begins in Newfoundland riding where Liberals hold narrow lead

The recount in the Terra Nova—The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland is one of four that Elections Canada ordered after last month's federal election.

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50 h. ago What is a judicial recount and could it leave Liberals with a majority government?

Here’s what you need to know

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52 h. ago Recount under way in rural Newfoundland riding where Liberal had 12

ST. JOHN’S — A judicial recount is underway in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead. The recount in the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland is one of four that Elections Canada ordered after last month’s federal election. Three of those recounts were automatically triggered because the winning […]

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4 d. ago ‘CAN’T WAIT TO GET STARTED’: Rookie MPs prepare for new life

Roughly a third of the MPs elected last month were new to federal politics

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5 d. ago ‘March For Life’ in Ottawa sees advocates take aim at Carney and Poilievre

While this year’s rally theme was 'Protection at Conception,' another theme emerged: the recent federal election

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6 d. ago Elections Canada blames ‘human error’ as over 800 special ballots misplaced in B.C. riding office

The agency said an initial analysis shows that the outcomes in the 74 districts were not affected by the mislaid ballots

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6 d. ago Over 800 special ballots 'mistakenly' kept in B.C. riding, Elections Canada says

Elections Canada says an initial analysis shows that outcomes were not affected by the mislaid ballots

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8 d. ago Joly praised U.S. for ‘hard stand on drugs’ in private remarks: Report

Melanie Joly’s private remarks about hard drugs coming into Canada appear to be at odds with Ottawa’s public ones, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Records show Joly, who served as Liberal foreign affairs minister before being re-elected last week in the federal election, privately praised the U.S. for taking “a hard stand on drugs” after U.S. […]

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8 d. ago B.C. MP Don Davies chosen as interim NDP leader to succeed Jagmeet Singh

OTTAWA — B.C. MP Don Davies will be the interim leader for the New Democratic Party of Canada, chosen by the party’s national council Monday evening. Former leader Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation after he lost his own Burnaby Central seat in the April 28 election. Davies led the NDP negotiations with the Liberal government […]

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8 d. ago Conservatives expected to point fingers at Poilievre’s campaign manager during election post

'If we had won, everything would have been forgotten,' one MP told National Post

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8 d. ago Conservatives expected to point fingers at Jenni Byrne during election post

'If we had won, everything would have been forgotten,' one MP told National Post

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8 d. ago Liberal who lost by 77 votes in Windsor riding files for judicial recount

The margin of victory for the Conservative candidate is seven votes short of Elections Canada's threshold for triggering an automatic recount, Irek Kusmierczyk says

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9 d. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta is right to challenge Ottawa’s clean

The federal Clean Electricity Regulations trample over provincial territory. Alberta's resistance will help all provinces

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9 d. ago New MP’s Ajax election win follows messy City Hall failures 

Jennifer McKelvie rode a Toronto city council cold streak into Parliament. McKelvie, a deputy mayor and longtime councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, won the federal riding of Ajax in last Monday’s election, running as a Liberal. She picked up 56.3% of the vote, ahead of the 39.1% for Conservative Greg Brady. McKelvie’s history in east Scarborough […]

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1 week ago Three quarters of Canadians say misinformation affected the federal election: Poll

OTTAWA — More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests. The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from April 29 to May 1, suggests that 19 per cent of people think false information or misinformation had a major […]

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1 week ago Majority of Canadians say misinformation affected federal election: poll

More than three quarters of Canadians believe misinformation had an impact on the outcome of the federal election, a new poll suggests.

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1 week ago Lorne Gunter: Pierre Poilievre in strong position, despite Conservative infighting

Pierre Poilievre was far from faultless in losing his own Carleton seat in the Ottawa suburbs — a seat he had held for nearly 21 years, through six federal elections. Leaders can’t take their own seats for granted, or at least their local organizers can’t. They have to develop a sense for when there is […]

Events

1 week ago Great expectations: FP Video looks at the federal election aftermath

Watch an economist, analyst and former Bank of Canada governor weigh in on what the future holds for Canada

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1 week ago Bad blood, perfect luck and campaign by ‘gut’: Inside the election that surprised everyone

Party insiders give National Post the behind-the-scenes story on what led to this week's election result that didn't turn out the way anyone expected

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