As grocery prices and affordability remain a central focus for Canadians, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are sparring over whether a prominent Conservative advisor lobbied for Loblaw — a frequent target of scrutiny over food costs. Trudeau says that Poilievre owes Canadians an explanation why one of his chief advisor’s firm … Read more
The Liberals intend to move quickly to get a Ukraine free-trade bill back up for debate and pressure the Conservatives to support it as MPs return to the House of Commons Monday following the Christmas break. The legislation to implement an updated free-trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine became unexpected political fodder in the fall … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is positioning his party for the future with a promise to return to the past. In a public speech to the Conservative caucus Sunday, Poilievre laid all the troubles of the country – housing affordability, inflation, crime rates and uncertainty on the world stage – at the feet of Prime Minister … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sharpened his attack on his chief rival Thursday as he tried to rally his caucus for the upcoming parliamentary sitting. Liberal MPs are holding three days of caucus meetings in Ottawa to plan for the return of the House of Commons, and to shore up party morale after months of polls … Read more
A Conservative bill to remove GST from Ottawa’s carbon pricing plan could eventually lead to $1 billion in lost tax revenue, the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) says. The federal watchdog on Tuesday released a report on Bill C-358, which was tabled in the House of Commons by Tory MP Alex Ruff in October. Ruff said … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at the mayors of Quebec’s two largest cities on Thursday, calling the local leaders “incompetent” and accusing them of blocking construction projects. In a post to social-media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, the Tory leader pointed to what he called a “massive drop in construction in Quebec” despite … Read more
Just ahead of the 2015 election, the Liberal Party of Canada released a series of ads featuring its leader, Justin Trudeau, that seemed to seal the deal with much of the electorate and help Trudeau and the Liberals push out a tired and increasingly unpopular Conservative government. Fast forward eight years, and the Conservative Party … Read more
“Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau’s Canada?” That’s how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greeted his caucus, and the group of reporters and cameras he invited to join them, at a meeting on Dec. 6. But Poilievre needn’t have feared. “Merry Christmas” was said in the … Read more
