7 h. ago Conservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates

OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is planning to swap his fight against the carbon tax this fall for a new battle against what he’s calling the “Carney tax.” The Conservative leader says his party will launch a national campaign to call on the Liberals to scrap their electric vehicle mandate. The policy requires 20 per cent […]

Society

10 h. ago Plan vert d’Ottawa: l’objectif de vendre uniquement des véhicules à zéro émission d’ici 2035 est «irréaliste», selon une majorité de Canadiens

Les Canadiens croient que les objectifs du fédéral pour le nombre de véhicules électriques ne tiennent pas la route

Politics

64 h. ago N.S. man gets ticket on purpose for walking in woods to fight fire

Jeff Evely, a People’s Party of Canada candidate in the April 28 federal election, was fined almost $29,000 for violating a Nova Scotia fire-safety ban on entering the woods.

Events

6 d. ago Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne says she won’t run the next campaign

OTTAWA — The Conservative party will have a new campaign manager in the next federal election, now that Jenni Byrne says she’s stepping back from the role she held this spring. Byrne, who remains a key adviser to party leader Pierre Poilievre, also ran campaigns for former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2011 and 2015. […]

Other

7 d. ago John Rustad blames lacklustre party fundraising on federal election toll as leadership review looms

Conservatives raised just over $350,000, less than half of the $700,589 that the B.C. NDP raised. Rustad's party finished closer to the Greens total of $200,000.

Politics

8 d. ago Advance voting set to start as Poilievre eyes byelection 2nd chance

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is eyeing a return to Parliament after he lost his previous riding of Carleton in April’s federal election.

Politics

8 d. ago Conservatives still lead in party fundraising as Liberals close in

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are still bringing in more through donations than any other federal political party, but their fundraising has dropped since the spring election. The Tories raised just over $9.1 million in the quarter that ended in June, through donations from more than 82,000 people. That outpaced the Liberals, who brought in $7.7 […]

Culture

3 w. ago Open the door to cheaper electric vehicles from Europe, advocates urge

TORONTO — The federal government has stopped the world’s cheapest electric vehicles — made in China — from coming into Canada with a 100 per cent tariff, so advocates are pushing to make it easier for automakers to bring in cheaper ones from Europe. “Right now, there is a blockage, saying that for safety reasons […]

Economics