3 d. ago Poilievre vows to ease transition for veterans during a stop on home turf

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned to the Carleton riding he has represented since 2004 on Saturday for an announcement about measures aimed at easing the transition of military veterans to civilian life. It is the first time Poilievre has made a public appearance in the riding since he launched his 2025 campaign in the community […]

Other

7 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Carney Libs could never deliver on policies stolen from Conservatives

Mark Carney is stealing Conservative campaign promises, which isn’t by itself a bad thing because theirs are better than his. Lower taxes, less government spending and fewer bureaucrats, more affordable housing, quicker approval of major projects, better national defence, pipelines east and west; all of those are commendable. (The only Conservative policy missing is lower […]

Events

7 d. ago Conservatives promise to go after tax cheats, end offshore loopholes

It’s time for Canada’s wealthy elite to pay their fair share. That was the message coming from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on the campaign trail Tuesday morning, promising to go after tax cheats who hide their money in offshore bank accounts. During a stop in Edmonton, Poilievre said a Conservative government in Ottawa will close […]

Economics

2 w. ago Prosecutors to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione

NEW YORK — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment. It is the first time the Justice Department has sought […]

Events

2 w. ago Letters, April 1: Canadians can raise the level of debate in this country

Do campaign promises matter to you? Vote in our daily poll! I hope we haven’t forsaken civility and the basic philosophy that we are all entitled to have opinions. That can get lost if we aren’t vigilant. Canadians should be above name-calling and deliberate offensiveness. If your opinion differs from mine, I’d still like to […]

Other

2 w. ago Poilievre promises ‘national energy corridor’ to speed up pipeline, railway builds

Days before the campaign started, Mark Carney also promised a 'trade and economic corridor'

Society

2 w. ago Poilievre, Singh focus on affordability, Carney visits his Ottawa riding

OTTAWA — The Conservatives and NDP both promised affordability measures on the campaign trail Saturday, with the NDP focused on capping the price of some food items and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offering more tax writeoffs to some trades workers. As the federal election campaign moved into its seventh day, both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh […]

Transport

3 w. ago Terry Newman: Carney tries, and fails, to turn himself into Poilievre at election launch

Liberal leader can't stop copying and pasting Conservative policies

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Change is coming’: Poilievre launches campaign with a pitch to heal a ‘divided country’

Poilievre beat Prime Minister Mark Carney to the punch, speaking half an hour before Carney was scheduled to send Canadians to the polls

Other

3 w. ago Poilievre launches his campaign promising to be “respectful and firm” against Trump

Poilievre beat Prime Minister Mark Carney to the punch, speaking half an hour before Carney was scheduled to send Canadians to the polls

Economics

3 w. ago Pierre Poilievre launches his campaign by returning to his political roots

Poilievre beat Prime Minister Mark Carney to the punch, speaking half an hour before Carney was scheduled to send Canadians to the polls

Politics

3 w. ago Pierre Poilievre launches his campaign by returning to his ‘underdog’ political roots

Bill Donaldson, his campaign manager from 2004, recalls that Poilievre had a knack for getting people excited even then

Politics

3 w. ago Mark Carney kicks off election campaign in Ottawa with promise of a middle

The election campaign comes while Canada finds itself embroiled in a historic trade war with the United States

Politics

3 w. ago Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department, advancing a campaign promise to take apart an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives. Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology. However, completing its dismantling is most likely […]

Culture

4 w. ago Ford government to make gas tax cut permanent despite carbon tax change

During the election campaign, the Progressive Conservatives promised to make the gas tax discount permanent — a policy the party says it will follow through on.

Politics