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Sitting at their kitchen table, Luc and Caro lock eyes and hold hands tightly. They lost their son, David, last year. And it helps to talk about it. "David was a curious little boy," recalls his father, Conservative MP Luc Berthold. "He wanted to touch everything. Try everything, do everything."
Sources say caucus will lose patience if campaign manager stays. Pressure is mounting on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne, his national campaign manager, whom critics hold responsible for the party's election defeat last month, sources told Radio-Canada. "After a loss, heads have to roll," said one Conservative. "If Jenni Byrne stays, we won't be able to support...
Not all Conservatives agree on how to adjust to Trudeau's departure. A possible tariff war with the United States, Justin Trudeau's departure and the Liberal leadership race are all upsetting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's campaign plans. And behind the scenes, not all Conservatives agree on how to adjust.
Party staffers monitor caucus for signs of message indiscipline and fraternization with other MPs. After two years of Pierre Poilievre as their leader, many Conservative MPs say they are much less free now than they were before his arrival. The man who promised during his leadership run to make Canada "the freest country in the world" maintains tight control over...
One party source says MPs are being prevented from helping cities 'for partisan reasons.' Some Conservative MPs are frustrated after their leader, Pierre Poilievre, barred them from promoting a federal housing fund in their constituencies, sources told Radio-Canada. Sources say that Poilievre has instructed Conservative MPs to stop advocating on behalf of municipalities in their ridings who want to obtain...
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces a rebellion from his own Liberal MPs in caucus this week, former B.C. premier Christy Clark is suggesting she would be interested in replacing him, should Trudeau decide to step down. In a statement sent to Radio-Canada in French, Clark wrote that she was open to returning to public life and "would like to...
The federal NDP has warned its Parliament Hill staff to prepare themselves for the possible sudden termination of the party's supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals — a bipartisan cooperation agreement which may be holding off an early election. A senior NDP source who was not authorized to speak publicly told CBC News the party held a meeting Tuesday to tell...