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National security leaks are rare in Canada. They’re even more rare during fraught election campaigns. So the allegations, delivered by the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) assessed the Indian government meddled in the 2022 Conservative leadership race came as a bit of a shock in the early days of this general election.Citing a single unnamed source with top-secret clearance, the Globe reported that agents of the Indian government and their proxies meddled in the race that saw Pierre Poilievre elected leader.The report suggested that Indian “agents” raised money and helped organize within Canada’s South Asian diaspora for Poilievre — but that the efforts did not appear to be “highly organized” and were done as part of a broader effort to “cozy up”...

Canada has been working to “prepare for the worst” as the country braces for a new set of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump that could hit as early as next week, Prime Minister Mark Carney says. Carney spoke Tuesday while at an event in Nova Scotia, where he was campaigning as Liberal leader in the federal election but was asked about how he and the caretaker government he still leads are preparing for the April 2 tariffs.On April 2, the U.S. is set to impose sweeping and “comprehensive” reciprocal tariffs on all its trading partners.Trump said the tariff would differ depending on the tariffs individual countries impose on U.S. goods. 2:11 ‘Looking for respect’: Carney focuses on Canada-...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is accusing corporate landlords of bad behaviour. Singh, in Toronto Tuesday for an election campaign event, says corporate landlords are buying up buildings, hiking rents and evicting people to make more money.Singh was joined by Erin Filby, a renter who says she had two months’ rent mistakenly taken from her account and couldn’t pay her other bills until the money was put back.Filby lives in a rent-controlled unit and says new tenants are being charged double what she pays.Singh says the building Filby lives in was bought by Brookfield Investments while now-Liberal Leader Mark Carney was its chair.Last year, the NDP introduced a bill that would have banned...

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has refuted a media report alleging India organized support for his successful Tory leadership bid in 2022, saying he won the contest “fair and square.” The Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday that Indian agents and their proxies allegedly interfered in Poilievre’s election to become the Conservative Party leader in 2022.“Let’s be honest, I won the leadership fair and square, even my political competitors like Mr. Patrick Brown have publicly testified under oath that that was the case,” Poilievre said during an election campaign stop in Vaughan, Ont., on Tuesday.The Globe report cited an anonymous source, who it said had top-secret clearance, as saying that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) became aware of Indian agents being involv...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2025 12:46 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says no Canadian would lose their federal dental care or pharmacare coverage under a government led by him. At a campaign stop today in Vaughan, Ont., Poilievre was asked whether he would cut these programs — a popular point of attack among his opponents. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Poi...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2025 11:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto city councillor Jennifer McKelvie is running as the federal Liberal candidate in Ajax. The two-term city councillor and deputy mayor will face off against Conservative candidate and local talk radio host Greg Brady in next month’s election.The NDP have not announced their candidate in the riding east of Toronto.McKelvie says while she’s on a leave of absence from city council she will donate her salary to the Toronto and Region Conservation Foundation, the charitable arm of the local conservation...

Escalating U.S. tariffs and Canadian retaliatory duties could raise costs on items from aircraft components to engine repairs, according to aerospace trade groups in Canada, as a fresh round of the U.S.-led trade war looms. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is set to enact reciprocal tariffs on trading partners on April 2, widening a dispute that has already slapped 25 per cent duties on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S., sparking retaliation from Canada.While reports suggest some sector-specific goods would be excluded, counterstrikes are already being weighed, with Canada consulting domestic industries on proposed retaliatory tariffs on C$125 billion ($87.31 billion) of U.S. goods.Melanie Lussier, president of the trade group Aero Montreal, said Canada’s proposed counter ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size By voting day, candidates in the riding of Halifax will have campaigned for almost two months, the longest campaign in the 2025 federal election. The candidates in the riding are making the most of the extra time by knocking on doors and canvassing across the city.“I think it’s actually a good thing,” says Liberal candidate Shannon Miedema, “Being new into politics, I get to get to more doors, I get to meet more people, do more interviews, all of the things. Yeah, we’re ready and we’re excited for the campaign.” Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. ...

On Friday, a group of mayors from border towns across Canada issued a plea to higher levels of government, asking for help for their communities as the threat of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump had caused them to see traffic through their towns dwindle. One of the group was Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley, who earlier in the week had issued a letter to council members, which asked them to consider removing U.S. flags from municipal facilities.In his letter, Bradley said that he felt it was highly inappropriate for the American flag to be flying in municipal venues such as local hockey arenas as the U.S. government makes mention of turning Canada into the 51st state.“While many of us have cross-border friendships and respect for Americans individually, this action cannot be allowed to stan...