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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 29, 2025 11:31 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be campaigning in Nepean today, the Ottawa riding where he is seeking election. Carney has faced questions about his decision to run in Nepean, which became vacant only after the Liberal party ousted MP Chandra Arya as its candidate three days before the election was called.The party has not clearly laid out exactly what Arya did that has prevented him from being a candidate, though Carney says it was a decision that was up to the green-light committee that screens candida...

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war escalates, federal party leaders are pitching Canadians on plans that could re-imagine the country’s economy and core supply chains. But can they work?Trump announced another threatened round of tariffs, this time on automobile imports, earlier in the week, leading Prime Minister Mark Carney to pause his election campaign as Liberal leader to focus on Canada’s response as the April 2 tariff date nears.Carney called for building Canada’s “economic autonomy” by building a fully-integrated Canadian supply chain.Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Carney said he planned on “backwards integrating” the Canadian supply chain after stating that Canada’s “old relationship” with the U.S. “is over.”Carney said Canada’s strategic response plan included “integr...

Canadians will head to the polls on April 28, and while many will cast a ballot that day, there are other options, including earlier voting. The election was called on March 23, and the first thing Canadians who plan to vote should do is check to see if they’re registered to do so.Most Canadian citizens 18 years and older are eligible to vote and, according to Elections Canada, are already in the National Register of Electors.But if you want to make sure that you get a voter information card in the mail, you can check the online voter registration service, call 1-800-463-6868 or visit an Elections Canada office near you.Just make sure to have an accepted form of identification and address to do so. Story continues below advertisement If you’re not registered b...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign desperately needs a reset, according to some veteran Tory campaigners and strategists. The question is whether the former frontrunner for Canada’s next prime minister and his inner circle will acknowledge and address that Donald Trump, not carbon taxes or crime, is the ballot box question, the sources tell Global News.The world changed with U.S. President Trump’s election last year, but seven veteran Conservative campaigners warned Poilievre appears to be fighting yesterday’s fights.“These aren’t little waves lapping at the shore. The Trump stuff is as serious as tsunamis crashing through trees and buildings and bulldozing everything in their path. They have wiped the entire issue set off the table for most of the electorate, and it’s now jus...