These are the 30 most read items on National Newswatch, from the last seven days.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals secured a majority government after clinching all three federal byelections held on Monday night. Nearly a year after last April’s minority government win and on the heels of courting five opposition MPs to cross the floor, Carney’s grip on power just got tighter. In the Liberals’ first win of the night in University-Rosedale, Ont., candidate...
Conservative member of Parliament Billy Morin says the Liberals are trying to get him to cross the floor, but he has no intention of leaving the Conservative caucus. Speaking on a hot mic before a press conference on Parliament Hill, Morin asked journalists unprompted: “Do you want to run a story on floor crossing?” When questioned if he would be...
With the United States acting more like an economic foe than an ally under the presidency of Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s former strength, built on our bond with America, has become a “weakness” that must be corrected. In a pre-recorded address released Sunday morning, Carney said his intention was to talk “directly and regularly” about his...
'Sometimes I find Canadians don’t actually realize how good they have it,' said IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department head. The International Monetary Fund lauded Canada’s fiscal position relative to its peers as Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to give an update on his government’s finances. “Across the Group of Seven, Canada’s probably in the strongest position fiscally,” Nigel Chalk, director of...
The cash-strapped federal NDP is getting a $670,000 financial boost. Members of the other main political parties on the Board of Internal Economy have decided to grant the parliamentary funds, even though the NDP does not have official party status. As first reported by Politico Canada, the rules were quietly changed in a document that outlines MP pay and funding...
"Canada is cool again." PM Carney convenes the biggest investors in the world to an Invest in Canada Summit. CBC News has learned Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited 100 of the world's biggest investors to a summit in Toronto this September. The conference aims to pitch organizations that control trillions of dollars in capital on investing in Canada. The...
Ford 'felt the heat' after purchase publicized, now 'scrambling' to sell, says interim Ontario Liberal leader. Ontario is looking to sell the $28.9 million private jet that was recently purchased for Premier Doug Ford's use "as quickly as possible." It comes just days after the purchase of the Bombardier Challenger 650 was publicized and confirmed by the province. The decision...
Mark Carney's Liberals risk repeating the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives’ past mistake by bypassing contested nominations, say Liberal sources. With Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals now in a majority government and holding a double-digit lead in public opinion polls, the governing party is drawing strong interest from potential nomination candidates for the next election cycle. But some long-time Liberals are concerned...
Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned his minority government into a majority with two seats to spare after sweeping two Ontario byelections and narrowly winning a Quebec contest, but the Liberals are likely pushing for a “four- or five-seat cushion” while their popularity lasts and Conservatives pull fewer votes, says a Liberal strategist. “A one or two seat majority today...
The federal government is set to temporarily suspend the federal fuel excise tax on gas and diesel starting next week. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement in Ottawa on Tuesday, just hours after his government secured a majority through three byelection wins. The suspension will come into effect on April 20 and last until Sept. 7, and it comes...
Poilievre said that it's up to British conservatives to figure out their own issues.
Ontario taxpayers are footing the bill for a $29-million private jet for Premier Doug Ford's use, a purchase opposition leaders say is a waste of money. The premier's office said the province purchased a used 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 jet for $28.9 million. It will operate out of Toronto's Pearson International Airport. "As part of the job of being premier...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a new Liberal majority government means Prime Minister Mark Carney no longer has any excuse for failing to deliver on his economic promises. Poilievre spoke to a business crowd at the Canadian Club Toronto on Thursday to lay out his vision for Canada's economy. He spent much of his time at the podium attacking Carney's...
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attacked Canada's trade strategy today, adding, "They suck." Lutnick was responding to a report in the Financial Post quoting Canada's former chief trade negotiator Steve Verheul saying time is on Canada's side in trade talks because the pressures on the U.S. will only increase. Lutnick said that is "the worst strategy" and the U.S. is...
Despite being dealt double-digit defeats in the three federal byelections that handed Prime Minister Mark Carney his majority, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he has no plans to resign. “Canadians might be discouraged right now because of the current political situation, but let us say this, Canadians should not give up,” he said in the House of Commons on Tuesday...
Most Wednesday mornings, a lineup of Conservative MPs stroll past journalists on their way into the weekly caucus meeting on Parliament Hill with little more to say than, "Good morning." This week, around a dozen stopped in front of the cameras to deliver a message. "Our caucus is united behind Pierre Poilievre," said House leader Andrew Scheer, who did not...
Alexander Stubb is in Ottawa to talk trade, Arctic defence with Carney. Finnish President Alexander Stubb says he exchanges messages with Prime Minister Mark Carney almost every day. "We're tight," Stubb said with a smile. Now, Stubb and Carney have the opportunity to talk in person.
'Falsified' return follows previous reports of tens of millions lost to scammers. The Canada Revenue Agency has paid out another $5-million refund to a single taxpayer, this time to a B.C. businesswoman, despite what it now alleges was a bogus return that included "illogical" and "falsified information." According to court records obtained by CBC's the fifth estate and Radio-Canada, the...
The old Pierre Poilievre is back. After watching Mark Carney’s Liberals secure a majority government with a clean sweep in last Monday’s three byelections and with rumours of more floor crossers in the offing, the Conservative Party of Canada leader has decided to abandon his kinder and gentler personality reboot in favour of his more familiar brand of populist petulance...
Byelection results are easy to dismiss when they don’t go your way. They’re referendums on the government! They’re safe seats for the incumbent! Turnout is low! Local dynamics are at play! There are some kernels of truth there. But that doesn’t mean the Conservatives shouldn’t be worried about the results of the byelections in Terrebonne, University—Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest, in...
Perhaps it was the widely cited speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, or maybe a so-called George Clooney-like swagger. Whatever it is, Prime Minister Mark Carney is finding himself in the international spotlight again, this time in the pages of Time magazine as part of its annual most influential people list. Championed by Christine Lagarde, president of the...
Lewis calls for 'fundamental structural changes' during first Ottawa visit on the job. While standing outside the House of Commons, Avi Lewis recalled that it has been five decades since his grandfather — former federal NDP leader David Lewis — stood inside the chamber to advocate for the Canadian left. After David, there was Avi's father, Stephen Lewis, a former...
Today is the first day Prime Minister Mark Carney will be heading to Parliament Hill with his newly minted majority government. Winning all three seats that were up for grabs in Monday’s byelections, the federal Liberals are entering a new era. What will this mean for federal political dynamics, the timing of the next federal election, and passing policy? Here’s...
A former Conservative cabinet minister who is no stranger to floor-crossings says Pierre Poilievre ought to “double his efforts” in the wake of a fourth member crossing the floor to join the Liberals — a move that now leaves him more exposed. Peter MacKay, a co-founder of the Conservative party after having led the former Progressive Conservatives before it merged...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre does not expect his MPs to confront him with demands to step down at Wednesday’s caucus meeting, or any formal move to invoke caucus powers to trigger a secret ballot vote that could end his leadership, the Star has learned. A senior Conservative strategist and party insider, granted anonymity to speak freely, said last week’s surprise...
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Ottawa has hinted that it wants liquified natural gas shipping out of Churchill by 2030 or federal support for an expansion of a port in the community could be off the table. Kinew met with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week in Ottawa to discuss, among other things, a plan to expand the Port of...
An earthquake rattled Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec during the lunch hour Tuesday afternoon.
Pierre Poilievre has flunked the most basic test for any leader, advancing his party's prospects to portray it as a government-in-waiting. But it will be waiting a long time under the status quo. Admittedly, part of the reason that the CPC has set up permanent residence in the political wilderness has to do with the current prime minister.
Bains, who most recently served as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Rogers Communications, is widely known for his tenure in Ottawa as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry under former prime minister Justin Trudeau. During that time, he was one of the longest-serving ministers in the portfolio and played a central role in shaping Canada’s innovation and skills agenda.
Number of past Conservative voters calling for a new leader has risen significantly since last year. The erosion of the standing of the Conservative Party in the House of Commons has raised questions of the leadership of Pierre Poilievre to a new volume. The Liberals may have earned a majority government through three byelection victories, but the path to majority...