Poilievre can win votes by exploiting Liberal foreign policy failures
To turn the tables on Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre should highlight the Trudeau government’s record of aligning Canada too tightly to American geopolitical objectives.
Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to renegotiate CUSMA, Liberal Leader Mark Carney has vowed to negotiate an economic and security partnership with the Trump administration.
Liberals’ success thanks to being less ideologically anchored than other parties
The biggest insult opponents used to hurl at the Liberal Party was that we’re ideological whores who stand on the mushy middle and believe in nothing but winning elections. Yet, it’s also key to the party’s success over the last 100 years.
Liberals, Conservatives should be doing better candidate vetting
You can typically expect some candidates to be dropped during an election campaign. But this time around, the Liberals and Conservatives have pitched the poll as being one of the most important in a generation. Such sloppy vetting and careless nomination processes do not inspire confidence in either party to show the seriousness required of this moment.
Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council
Neither Canada nor Mexico were among the swath of nations subject to U.S. President Donald Trump’s self-styled ‘reciprocal’ tariffs.
What Canada needs now is more robust, visionary diplomacy, not more military spending
As the present front-runner in the election race, Mark Carney has a special responsibility to straightforwardly pledge support for a global recommitment to international cooperation based on respect for international law as the urgent security imperative for our time.
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.
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.
