Poilievre’s predicament: can he wait out the Carney-public puppy love?
The force of personality that some found so compelling in the Conservative leader isn’t penetrating to the degree the party now wants as infighting kicks off.
‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments
Despite Paul Chiang’s resignation, diaspora communities ‘will now remember’ Liberal Leader Mark Carney ‘stood by his candidate’ whose comments are now being probed by the RCMP, says Hong Kong Watch’s Katherine Leung.
In rural Quebec, the wave looks red
This region is not that influential in terms of policy, but its role as a bellwether is significant.
Daily snapshots of the key ridings leaders are targeting on the campaign trail
The Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, and Bloc Québécois teams are making stops in regions that will be key to their electoral fortunes on April 28.
Bread, not circuses: dwindling appetite for politics as usual is helping Carney
If polls and general chatter are accurate, voters may be ready for more content, less contempt.
Carney’s 24-member cabinet looks at safe path to re-election
Fourteen members of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet won election in 2021 by a margin of more than 15 percentage points when transposed onto the new electoral map.
Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals
Of the 343 ridings to be contested, 34 have historically chosen the party that takes power at every election since at least 2011.
Liberal and Conservative safe seats likely to stay, but NDP less certain, say pollsters
There are 111 safe seats across Canada, based on wins by candidates with a margin of 25 per cent of the vote or greater in the previous federal election in 2021.
Gaming out the first period
Some important things could be revealed over the course of the first two weeks of the 45th election campaign.
Carney’s ‘decisive’ first week as prime minister may determine if he gets to stay post-election, say strategists
Mark Carney’s first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can’t keep coasting on the quick and easy decisions or cribbing from the Conservatives, says Tory pundit Andrea Sarkic.
