21 h. ago Federal Election Poll: Liberals poised to win slim majority or minority government

Watch: 'It'll go down as a historical win if the polls hold true," says Steve Mossop, an executive vice-president at Leger

Politics

47 h. ago Outrageously colourful cluster of towers will be unlike anything else in Toronto

Ambitious plans surfaced in April for a proposal to redevelop a tract of City of Toronto-owned lands at a major transit hub with a multi-tower residential community that would look like nothing else in town.The sprawling site at 2444 Eglinton Avenue East, a commuter parking lot just north of Kennedy GO and TTC station and adjacent auto body shop, is set to be redeveloped with three new residential towers.But unlike the monotonous blue-grey glass Toronto residents are used to, these towers would feature wildly colourful designs from Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects.The City's real estate asset management agency, CreateTO, has long planned to leverage this and other sites adjacent to transit, launching the Housing Now initiative in 2019 to activate underutilized City lands and work with private developers to get affordable housing built.CreateTO announced in January 2024 that Civic Developments, Windmill Developments, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto...

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50 h. ago Lorne Gunter: Poilievre's promise to kill EV mandate a good first step to counter Liberal eco

On Thursday, while speaking at a Halifax car dealership, Pierre Poilievre announced that a Conservative government would do away with the Liberals’ EV mandate. If re-elected, the Carney Liberals intend to maintain the Trudeau government’s mandate that all new vehicles sold in Canada be electric by 2035. Beginning next year, under Liberal rules, 20 per […]

Events

3 d. ago Melanie Joly calls for ‘majority’ Liberal government days away from election

Other speakers who took the stage at the Laval rally did not go nearly as far as Joly did

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4 d. ago Many rural voters in southern Alberta ridings firmly hoping for a Liberal defeat, Conservative win on Monday

'There are so many reasons (for wanting a change in government), but I think the Liberals have done enough damage,' said one southern Alberta business owner

Economics

6 d. ago Pierre Poilievre promises to slash government consultant spending to pre

Conservative leader claims the current levels of outsourcing are costing the average family more than $1,000 in federal taxes

Politics

7 d. ago MOBLAND: How global organized crime came to call Canada home

The problem first emerged during Stephen Harper's Conservative government, but it accelerated rapidly under the Justin Trudeau Liberals

Events

1 week ago GOLDSTEIN: Liberal spending on climate change has been a $200

Given that the federal Liberal government has earmarked more than $200 billion of taxpayers’ money to fight climate change, how effective has all that spending been? The answer is that it has been a financial disaster for Canadians when one considers the primary purpose of the spending, which is to lower Canada’s annual output of […]

Society

1 week ago Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of federal firearms ban

OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms the government considers fit only for the battlefield, not for hunting or sport shooting. The Liberals outlawed some 1,500 firearm models and variants in May 2020, meaning they could no longer be legally used, sold or imported. […]

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1 week ago Liberal government’s high immigration policy created housing crisis: report

The federal Liberal government is belatedly trying to fix a  housing affordability crisis it created though immigration policies which caused population growth to far exceed Canada’s capacity to build new homes to accommodate it, according to a new Fraser Institute study. “Despite unprecedented levels of immigration-driven population growth following the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has failed […]

Politics

2 w. ago Chris Selley: Canada, of all places, should be able to get liberty and good government right

We can have strong institutions and world-class freedom at the same time

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2 w. ago EDITORIAL: Liberals’ $200B climate plan needs forensic audit

The Liberal government’s latest report on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions raises serious questions about what we’re getting for the Liberals’ $200-billion plus program, ostensibly to fight climate change. Something we’ll never get the answers to if Mark Carney and the Liberals win the April 28 election. Reports on Canada’s emissions are always two years after […]

Society

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 Liberal candidate compares Poilievre rallies to ‘protests’ akin to Freedom Convoy

Robertson said he does not believe that a re-elected Liberal government would increase Western alienation

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3 w. ago Lorne Gunter: CBC pledge shows Carney government would compound Trudeau Liberals economic damage

If you want an indication of how little things would change with a Carney government (versus a Trudeau one), just look at a promise new Liberal leader Mark Carney made about CBC funding during a French-language interview in Montreal on Friday. You may be sitting at home thinking you should vote Liberal on April 28 […]

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3 w. ago Conservatives vow Canada businesses to see 25% less red tape

(Bloomberg) — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to wake up the Canadian economy from the “red-tape-induced slumber” in his latest pitch to businesses ahead of the April 28 election. Poilievre — whose party is trailing Mark Carney’s Liberals in most polls — said Saturday that his government will cut 25% of all red tape within […]

Economics

3 w. ago Conservatives in the lead for first time in federal campaign, new poll shows

Although the results would likely translate into a Liberal minority government, 'the Conservatives have narrowed the Liberal momentum gap'

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3 w. ago ‘Completely unattainable’: Homeownership elusive for most young Ontarians, report finds

Homeownership is now "completely unattainable" in many Ontario cities, a new report warns, as young people turn to rentals and affordability hits 20-year-low.

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3 w. ago Edmonton city councillors discuss provincial homelessness strategies

The recommendations include creating a fund to create more housing, a platform between social agencies and landlords, and a peer support service.

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3 w. ago Pierre Poilievre dismisses calls for ‘pivot’ as Liberals increase lead in polls

Conservative leader says he won't stop criticizing the incumbent government for its 'lost Liberal decade'

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