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Liberal Leader Mark Carney is starting off his Western Canada campaign stops by drawing a contrast with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Carney arrived late Sunday in Victoria, B.C., his first stop in Western Canada, where he is expected to spend a significant amount of the third week of the federal campaign.He told supporters at a community hall in Victoria that Canada is rethinking its relationship with the U.S. and need more growth in fields like green energy.This morning, Carney is set to make an announcement and hold a news conference in Victoria, which is set for midday Ottawa time.He will then meet with B.C. Premier David Eby before heading to the Vancouver area for an evening rally in Richmond, B.C.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is expected to make an announcement in Toronto Monday follow...

Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty. Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House of late, the echo from Trump’s repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians’ ears.In Montreal, hundreds gathered in Mount Royal Park in a show of solidarity against the belittling comments, with some sporting signs dotted with maple leaves and fleur-de-lis reading, “Hands off” and “Canada is already great.” 1:49 Canada-US relationship ‘will never be the same’ after Trump tariffs, Joly warns ...

When Grizzly Bar opens next week in Toronto, diners will have no doubt about where its owners’ allegiances lie in the trade war between Canada and the U.S. Maple leaves and animatronic bears will set the mood. Customers will be able to order Montreal smoked meat, calamari from the Maritimes or Caesars topped with ketchup chips in mini paper boats.They can all be paid for by cash, card or the country’s other favourite currency, Canadian Tire money. Co-owner Jessica Langer Kapalka poses for a portrait at Grizzly Bar, a new Canadiana-themed bar in Toronto, Saturday, April 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini For entertainment, Blue Rodeo, Rush and Loverboy will be on heavy rotation and a “Hoser Olympics” will see customers fa...

The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.The party also wants to ban fixed-term leases, “renovictions” and other practices it says are aimed at pushing people out of their homes and driving up rents. The NDP says it would also prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to co-ordinate rent increases.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, campaigning in British Col...

The Liberals have widened their lead over the Conservatives to double digits among voters as the federal election campaign enters its third week, a new poll shows. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Sunday shows 46 per cent of Canadians surveyed would cast their ballots for the Liberals, up two points from last week.The Conservatives, by contrast, fell four points to 34 per cent support among polled voters.“This level of national support firmly places the Liberals in majority-government territory if the election were held today,” Ipsos said.Ten per cent of Canadians in the poll chose the New Democratic Party, three per cent chose the Green Party, and the Bloc Quebecois’ 26 per cent support in Quebec translated to six per cent nationally. All three parties wen...

The bus is orange. The seats are carpeted. And the battle cry for the partisans on board is borrowed from the late Jack Layton: “Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” Layton led the NDP to its best-ever election result in 2011, when the party won 100 seats and, for the first and only time, became the official opposition.Jagmeet Singh, by contrast, is fighting to keep official party status.A Global News seat projection model, based on an aggregate of polling done up to March 24, indicates the NDP may win just three seats.To be recognized as an official party in the House of Commons — and qualify for more research funding and question period slots — a party must win 12 seats. The NDP won 24 in 2021. Story continues below advertisement ...

Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter that may upset and trigger some readers. Discretion is advised. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is standing by a candidate in British Columbia, even as calls mount among various Indigenous leaders for the nominee to resign, accusing Aaron Gunn of denying the history of residential schools.“He’s not denied the impact of residential schools, that’s just misinformation,” Poilievre told reporters Saturday when asked about his support for Gunn, the candidate for North Island-Powell River.“In fact, he has said that he wants to continue to condemn the residential schools and build stronger partnerships with First Nations people to unlock our resources, so that we can produce incredible paycheques and opportunities for First Nations com...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 5, 2025 9:11 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Federal party leaders are starting the second full weekend of the federal election campaign at opposite ends of the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is in B.C. while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is in Atlantic Canada. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Singh is set to make an announcement in St. John’s in the morning, before travelling to...

Newly released documents show that in the days following the U.S. election, Canada favoured “cooperation” with the second Trump administration on “common challenges” related to illegal immigration before the U.S. threatened sweeping tariffs. But following his victory, it appeared U.S. President Donald Trump had little interest in collaboration, choosing instead to publicly attack the U.S.’s closest ally and threaten its northern neighbour with economic collapse.Briefing notes, obtained by Global News, through access to information laws, show Ottawa’s position on illegal immigration right after Trump’s Nov. 5 election win was “rooted in cooperating with like-minded partners, particularly the U.S. through agreements … to enforce border laws and share information to detect threats early and e...

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can’t afford. On the federal election trail, Carney and Singh each said a healthy CBC/Radio-Canada is crucial to protecting the country’s sovereignty in the face of attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump and the general rise of misinformation.Poilievre has repeatedly spoken of his desire to “defund” the CBC while preserving its French-language services. 3:13 Day 13 on federal election campaign trail During a campa...