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Tucked away amid a host pledges in the Conservative platform is a promise to axe one of Parliament’s primary purposes. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced Tuesday that under his government a referendum, not politicians, would decide if Canada needed to raise taxes. Poilievre would “ban” any new taxes or tax increases unless the Canadian public votes for them.The platform commitment is in keeping with Poilievre’s overall theme of tax relief for Canadians, requiring any new spending to be found through savings in other programs, and generally shrinking the size and cost of the federal government.We can all probably guess the answer if the Canadian public were asked “do you want higher taxes,” and that answer can’t be published by a family-friendly news outlet.But leaving aside suc...

While health care hasn’t taken centre stage in the 2025 federal election, candidates recently brought it back into focus, unveiling platforms that spotlight key health issues — from the need for more family doctors to better access to mental health support. The Liberal platform, released by the party’s leader, Mark Carney, on Saturday, touches on health care with proposals to hire more physicians and create a national licensing system so doctors and nurses can move easily from province to province to address shortages.Meanwhile, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh released his party’s platform on Saturday. The platform includes several health care commitments, such as promising that every Canadian can access primary care and a family doctor by 2030.Then, on Tuesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poiliev...

The number of people who took advantage of advance voting in the federal election has shattered records, Elections Canada reported Tuesday. Preliminary figures released by the agency that organizes federal elections show an estimated 7.3 million ballots were cast over the four-day advance polling period, which overlapped with the Easter holiday weekend and ended Monday.The numbers mark a 25 per cent increase from the 5.85 million advance votes cast in the 2021 election, according to Elections Canada.“A record number of Canadians voted during advance polls!” Elections Canada said in a social media post announcing the preliminary numbers.Final numbers are expected to be reported late Tuesday, including breakdowns by province and territory, a spokesperson told Global News.The news release ann...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 22, 2025 9:07 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As the federal election campaign nears its end with less than a week to go before voting day, all federal party leaders are making their last pitches to Canadians on why they deserve their vote. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to unveil his party’s costed platform Tuesday, while the Liberals and NDP already released theirs over the weekend.Four days of advance polls closed Monday, with Elections Canada reporting record turnout on the first day with more than two million people casting the...

Canadian domestic extremists are using the federal election to amplify “corrosive” narratives around democracy, immigration and conspiracy theories, a new report suggests. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found Canadian extremists are capitalizing on the deteriorating relationship between Canada and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to draw people towards their movements.The ISD is an international group of non-profit organizations, established in 2006, that works with governments and communities to counter extremism and polarization. The organization analyzed more than 160,000 social media posts from Canadian domestic extremism accounts between March 1 and April 12.ISD takes a broad view of who counts as “domestic extremists,” including groups looking to push their ag...

An outspoken Conservative ethics critic was threatened with eviction from his taxpayer-subsidized apartment over allegations of unpaid rent, Global News has learned. In 2023, Minto Apartment Limited Partnership – owners of an apartment building just steps from Parliament Hill – asked the Landlord and Tenant Board to intervene after it said Conservative MP Larry Brock failed to pay $16,4129.23 in overdue rent, according to provincial documents.A spokesperson for Brock, however, said he was never evicted from his downtown Ottawa lodgings — his secondary residence — and suggested instead that the dispute was over unpaid parking fees.In a campaign where candidates’ assets and interests have been a frequent part of the conversation – namely Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s financial history – voter...