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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Poilievre told a press conference in Ottawa on Sunday that if his party forms government, he’ll ban what he calls “shadow lobbying.”“We will eliminate the lobbying loophole and require anyone who is acting as an adviser to government officials to declare themselves and register as a lobbyist, whenever they are advising on matters that touch upon their financial interests or that of their company,” Poilievre said.He said this rule would have forced Carney to register as a lobbyist when he advised former prime minister Justin Trudeau through the Liberal party.The Conservative leader also said he would require th...

By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted April 13, 2025 11:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Students at more than 100 universities and colleges across Canada will be able to cast their ballots for the upcoming federal election on campus starting today. Elections Canada says campus polling stations are open today from noon until 6 p.m., and will operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happe...

The Liberals continue to lead the federal election race at the halfway point of the campaign, a new poll suggests, but the Conservatives have narrowed the gap. The latest Ipsos poll exclusively for Global News shows 42 per cent of Canadians surveyed would vote for the Liberals, down four points from last week and the first time since the election began that the party has lost ground. The Conservatives are up two points at 36 per cent.“Whatever momentum the Liberals have had has declined,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.“It’s been the only good news that the Conservatives have had since Mark Carney became the leader of the Liberal Party. … Whether it will hold up or not is another question.”Eleven per cent of decided voters surveyed said they would back the New Democrats,...