6 h. ago These are the economic challenges Canada’s next Prime Minister must tackle first

Trump and trade, resource development, government debt and economic growth the top issues awaiting the next PM

Politics

18 h. ago Ontario prepares to play a pivotal role in electing Canada’s next prime minister

The 2025 Canadian federal election is being fought across 343 ridings, 122 of which are in Ontario. Parties know the province is key on the road to forming government.

Politics

18 h. ago Canada votes: Ontario prepares to play pivotal role in electing next prime minister

The 2025 Canadian federal election is being fought across 343 ridings, 122 of which are in Ontario. Parties know the province is key on the road to forming government.

Politics

31 h. ago Greenland not a ‘piece of property’ to be bought and never will be, says new prime minister

'The talks from the United States have not been respectful,' Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Sunday

Politics

60 h. ago GOLDSTEIN: Electing Carney will mean cutting our economic throat

Of all the reasons not to elect Mark Carney as the next prime minister of Canada on Monday, his history as the world’s leading corporate booster of achieving “net zero emissions” by 2050 is the biggest. Putting Carney, the UN’s Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, and co-chair of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for […]

Transport

3 d. ago Canada’s Election Winner Faces Economy That’s Near Recession

Canada’s next prime minister is set to inherit a half-year of flat economic growth, economists predict, an immediate test of their governance as President Donald Trump’s trade war grinds business investment and exports lower.

Politics

3 d. ago Letters, April 25, 2025: ‘Life under Carney no pretty picture’

Hour of darkness After hearing and reading the Prime Minister’s own Privy Council Report about Canada’s bleak and desolate future. With Mark Carney as Prime Minister, Canada will enter the darkest hour of the night. It ain’t pretty and it’s pretty ugly what Justin Trudeau did and what Mark Carney will do to Canada. Canada […]

Transport

5 d. ago Varcoe: Actions not words — Canada's next PM needs to get major energy projects built, not just debated

'This is different from energy debates we've had previously, because the question has now pivoted to, how are we going to develop our energy resources, as opposed to, should we?'

Politics

7 d. ago LILLEY: ‘Suits’ and ‘boots’ backing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre

Guy Fournier says he’s voting for Pierre Poilievre because the next Prime Minister of Canada should offer “hope for a better future, not fear and empty promises.” What makes Fournier’s statement of note is that he’s not just a union leader, he’s a Quebec union leader, a group of people not normally prone to voting […]

Politics

8 d. ago Letters, April 20: Carney offers nothing new from Liberals of last 10 years

Are you concerned about wildfires this year? VOTE IN OUR DAILY ONLINE POLL! SCARED CANADIANS That’s the only explanation why anyone would vote for Mr. Carney as Canada’s next prime minister. There’s only one question you Carney supporters have to ask yourselves. Has your standard of living increased in the last 10 years with the […]

Transport

1 week ago Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are ‘fake patriots,’ Maxime Bernier tells Tucker Carlson

People’s Party of Canada Leader also offered sharp criticism on 'mass immigration' and former prime minister Justin Trudeau

Events

1 week ago Letters, April 15: Easter advance voting bad timing by Carney’s Liberals

Have you had a run-in with a coyote? Vote in our daily poll! Who says politics and religion don’t mix in Canada?  The prime minister chose an election day of April 28, presumably aware that, as a result, advance polls would be held during the Easter long weekend.  Bad timing!  Voting on Good Friday, Easter (a Sunday), […]

Transport

2 w. ago Mark Carney could replace Sir Charles Tupper as Canada’s shortest

Unless the Liberal leader wins on April 28, he’ll fall well short of the 68 days Canada’s sixth prime minister spent in office

Transport

2 w. ago Mark Carney treads a fine line on climate in a tight election

(Bloomberg) — Last month, in his first speech as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney vowed to make the nation “a superpower in both conventional and clean energy.” The “conventional” reference could be seen as matter of course in a nation whose energy sector is still dominated by oil and gas. But it also shows the […]

Politics

3 w. ago B.C. Premier to meet with Mark Carney over the soaring lumber duties imposed by U.S.

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties. The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined […]

Transport

3 w. ago Manitoba premier says federal tariff retaliation is supported across the board

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he and other provincial leaders are backing the federal government’s response to tariffs imposed by the United States. Kinew says there was broad consensus in a virtual meeting Thursday with Prime Minister Mark Carney after Carney said Canada will hit back with matching tariffs on vehicles imported from […]

Economics

3 w. ago BREAKING: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. auto tariffs

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will match U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent auto tariffs with a levy on vehicles imported from the United States. Carney says the tariffs will hit all vehicles that do not comply with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement and any non-Canadian content in compliant vehicles, but they will […]

Politics

3 w. ago Canada election comes as economic satisfaction is at record lows: polling

Tuesday's Gallup report showing years of declining attitudes toward the economy, housing and other issues is presented as a series of 'tests' for Canada's next prime minister.

Politics

4 w. ago Letters March 31, 2025: ‘Carney isn’t walking the talk he’s spreading.’

BUY CANADIAN, CARNEY? Radio and TV ads urge Canadians to buy Canadian. Keep our money in Canada. Help Canadian businesses and stimulate the economy. So what did Mark Carney do in one of his first actions as Canada’s prime minister, before calling an election? He granted a $6-billion contract to upgrade our radar defence technology […]

Transport

4 w. ago Asia Braces for Historic Test of Export Model From Trump Tariffs

Asian leaders face tough decisions as President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs pose a generational challenge to a region whose economies were built around exports to the US and a world of low trade barriers.

Economics