8 h. ago John Ivison: In a disappointing election night for all, Liberals had the least bad luck

The Liberals will be disappointed that they fell short of a majority. But everything is relative. Three months ago, they were nearly dead

Politics

11 h. ago ‘It’s almost like a mania’: How Trump won Carney the federal election

A modest crowd celebrated with Mark Carney late into the night at Liberal Party headquarters in Ottawa, but US President Donald Trump was never far from anyone's mind.

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23 h. ago Liberals hold their breath as they await election results and possible fourth term

Mark Carney, a political novice, was chosen as leader of the Liberal party seven weeks ago

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47 h. ago John Ivison: Leaders walk tightrope after Vancouver car attack

'It would be an extremely rash politician who links events in Vancouver to federal government policy'

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2 d. ago John Ivison: On campaign’s final weekend, the Grits have the momentum

Mark Carney has succeeded in branding himself as the man to address the fears of millions about the Trump administration

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3 d. ago Federal election: Jagmeet Singh, Mark Carney shore up support in London

The federal election campaign came to London Friday night, with Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holding separate rallies within five kilometres of each other. Facing the prospect of losing some of the 24 seats the party had in the last Parliament, Singh carved out time in the crucial home stretch of […]

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3 d. ago John Ivison: Fresh questions about Carney’s strategy on Trump

A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office said Carney did not tell Trump he would have to criticize the president during the campaign

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4 d. ago John Ivison: Carney’s luck is so good, even his scandals work in his favour

Whether the Liberal leader misled people about his conversation with Trump speaks to his character. But more pertinent to the election he quickly turned it to his advantage

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4 d. ago Kyle Larson begins second try at racing’s ’double’ with bad luck in Indy 500 testing

Kyle Larson survived his first Indianapolis 500 unscathed. His luck ran out Thursday. The 2021 NASCAR champion and defending Brickyard 400 winner spun coming out of the first turn on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.5-mile oval, hit the wall, bounced down the track to the warmup lane, then went back up the track and tapped the […]

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6 d. ago John Ivison: The Conservatives’ platform undermines their attacks on Liberal profligacy

Any hopes they had of profiting from the prodigal nature of the Liberal platform disappeared when they released their own costing document

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7 d. ago John Ivison: Carney takes to showboating as the Liberals savour their comfort zone

There has been a weightlessness to the Liberal campaign in the past two days, as if their internal polling shows the election is in the bag

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8 d. ago John Ivison: Conservative hopes are resurrected by Carney’s eye

Switch voters will likely find the prospect of adding a quarter-trillion dollars to the national debt a haunting prospect

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8 d. ago Pope Francis’s memoir illustrates the ‘messy’ challenges he faced and the contradictions of being human

Metaphor of the shipwreck narrowly avoided and bad luck begetting greater, good fortune extended beyond Pope Francis's life

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9 d. ago John Ivison: Mark Carney’s platform relies on fiscal alchemy and hopeful assumptions

These documents are not drawn up under oath and there appear to be a number of highly presumptuous assumptions

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1 week ago John Ivison: Liberal bus stops near the border and finds reason to be confident

There are probably few areas of Canada where Liberal fortunes have turned as dramatically as they have in Niagara Falls

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1 week ago John Ivison: A debate Liberals can call a success, but not much else

The impact on the broader election race was a nothingburger: there simply were no flashpoints that would justify anyone shifting their vote

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1 week ago John Ivison: The swan song of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could find its audience yet

Singh thinks the polls have stabilized enough to make it safe for progressives worried about a Conservative win to 'come home' to the NDP

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2 w. ago John Ivison: Carney’s rosy energy promises meet the Liberals’ dismal record

The tone is positive, but the Liberal government has long made promises to get energy infrastructure built, and failed

Sport

2 w. ago John Ivison: Conservatives need a Project Doubt to outdo Carney’s Project Fear

A cacophony of bad news has been good news for Carney, drowning out Poilievre's message

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3 w. ago With Trudeau gone, it’s like ‘night and day’ in a former Toronto Liberal fortress that turned Tory blue

The party saw its stronghold of Toronto—St.Paul's fall to the Conservatives after having held it for more than 30 years

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