Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicks off a three-day cabinet retreat in Halifax on Sunday. The themes will be fairness and Canada-U.S. relations, but the feelings are all about déjà vu. A year ago in Charlottetown, the cabinet hoped its annual post-summer retreat and the massive cabinet shuffle that preceded it would give new life to … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attacked a pledge by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles by 100 per cent, but Trudeau did not answer when asked why his government hasn’t moved sooner on introducing a surtax. “It’s a bit of a joke that Poilievre is suddenly talking about workers in the … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to match steep U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles if elected, something the Liberal government is considering but has not announced. The call comes after Ottawa wrapped up a 30-day consultation process on Chinese EVs last week and has not said when exactly those findings — or decisions that … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday referred to supervised consumption sites as “drug dens” and vowed to shut down some of these sites if elected prime minister — a proposal British Columbia’s premier called “a real mistake.” Poilievre also said a Conservative government would pull federal funding for such operations. “We will close safe injection … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Friday said he was “embarrassed” to watch Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at this week’s NATO leaders’ summit, where Trudeau was dogged by calls to commit to reaching the alliance’s target on defence spending. But Poilievre didn’t say if he will also commit to Trudeau’s pledge that Canada will reach the … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre decried what he called the federal government’s “paternalistic” management of First Nations people while vowing economic opportunity as a path to reconciliation. In his first-ever in-person address to the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly in Montreal on Thursday, Poilievre touched on a range of topics including the carbon price, … Read more
Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre went to church last Sunday, not once, not twice, but three times — to three evangelical churches in the Toronto area where he briefly participated in the services, made a short political speech and moved on. The three churches are all in ridings held by Liberal MPs and the congregants are … Read more
Pierre Poilievre is the only federal leader whose staff won’t answer questions about whether their chief intends to participate in Pride events this summer. Officials for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May all responded to queries to confirm they will attend various … Read more
Canada Day is around the corner, but many Canadians are not necessarily in a mood to celebrate the state of the country, a new poll suggests. Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News shows 70 per cent of Canadians agree that “Canada is broken,” a charge Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre repeatedly makes. “He’s capturing a … Read more
As the House of Commons prepares to break for the summer, a majority of Canadians say Justin Trudeau should no longer be prime minister when MPs return in the fall, a new poll suggests. Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News shows 68 per cent of Canadians want Trudeau to step down. The desire for … Read more
