Politics

A federal election campaign is underway for Canadians and as they prepare to head to the polls on April 28, health care is top of mind for many. From the state of federal programs like dental and pharmacare to reducing hospital wait times, improving access to family doctors and fighting health misinformation, voters are looking to federal leaders for solutions to strengthen Canada’s health-care system.Health care is mostly run by provinces and territories, but the federal government still has a big role to play. This includes funding and investments in doctors and nurses, explained Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association.As the election approaches, Canada faces looming threats to its sovereignty and economy. Reimer pointed out that these economic threats are a concer...

The Liberals are pledging to build an “all in Canada” auto network to help protect Canadian workers from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war. Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his party’s plan on Wednesday for the country’s auto sector, which will create a $2-billion “strategic response fund.”Speaking at an election campaign stop in Windsor, Ont., Carney said this money will protect the jobs of workers affected by Trump’s tariffs and “fortify the entire Canadian auto supply chain from raw materials to finished vehicles.”“Our auto sector has always been there for our country, so in this time of uncertainty and need, Canada will be there for our auto workers,” he said.Under the Liberal plan, Carney said his government would build an “all in Canada network for auto manufacturing compone...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney are shifting their campaigns to Quebec. Poilievre, who held a rally in Hamilton on Tuesday night with an estimated crowd of about 4,500 people, is expected at a news conference in Montmagny, Que., around noon and at a rally in Quebec City in the evening.Carney, who spent the first few days of the campaign in Atlantic Canada, will be in Ontario Wednesday, scheduled for an announcement and a facility tour in Windsor, a facility tour in London and a rally in Kitchener.The Liberal leader is then set to travel back east, telling reporters Tuesday morning that he would be in Quebec in two days. ...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2025 6:27 pm Updated March 25, 2025 6:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s government says it will table legislation on Monday that eliminates the consumer carbon tax in the province. It says in a statement that the tax will be removed April 1, and it is notifying fuel sellers and natural gas retailers now so they stop collecting the tax as of that date.B.C. Premier David Eby said earlier this month th...

The federal government is pausing payments that are to be made to EV-manufacturing giant Tesla under Ottawa’s subsidy program and has barred the company from future rebates in other programs until the threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada is withdrawn, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland’s told Global News. Freeland is currently running for re-election as the Liberal MP for University-Rosedale.“As soon as I became Transport Minister, I asked the department to stop all payments for Tesla vehicles in order to fully examine each claim individually and determine whether all are eligible and valid. No payments will be made until we are confident that the claims are valid,” Freeland told Global News in an emailed statement.According to the Toronto Star, Tesla filed 8,653 reb...

Former housing minister Sean Fraser confirmed Tuesday that he will be running for re-election in his Nova Scotia riding after all. His decision comes about three months after he told Canadians he wouldn’t be running again to spend more time with his family.“Well folks, it’s elbows up,” he posted on Facebook.Asked about the rumour of Fraser’s return during a campaign stop in Halifax Tuesday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney tried to play coy on what Fraser was going to do.“Sean stepping up for our country, if that indeed is what he’s going to announce later, and I don’t know if that is indeed what he’s going to announce later today, is exceptionally good news for Canada,” he said with a big grin.But in his post, Fraser said Carney called him personally Monday to ask him to “join the team that wil...

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...