What are Canadians really buying into with Poilievre?
Over the past two years, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has joyously capitalized on the rhetorical viciousness that has oozed out of the internet to become a staple of public life.
Bloc Québécois gains at Liberals’ expense could ease path for Conservative majority in 2025, say political players
While Quebec is not typically Conservative-friendly territory, as long as the Bloc prevents the Liberals from maintaining their base, it will help the Tories, says pollster Darrell Bricker.
All signs point to a stampede towards Pierre Poilievre
The grinding noise coming out of Ottawa these days is the sound of change.
Urban and rural voters find themselves on a collision course as Poilievre seeks to unite
The Conservative leader has an opportunity to cement himself in the history books by centring his agenda on core issues that unite Canadians across the urban and rural divide.
Poilievre says he can negotiate a softwood lumber pact with the U.S., but trade analysts are skeptical
Trade analysts say domestic political calculations in the U.S. are what is standing in the way of resolving the softwood lumber dispute.
Don’t get too excited about Poilievre’s confidence vote: it could be a while
The Conservative leader’s threat accomplishes three things: paints the Liberals as weak, the Bloc as solely interested in keeping their jobs, and Jagmeet Singh’s exit from the NDP-Liberal deal as posturing.
Governing Liberals look to channel their inner opposition party as they go head-to-head against Conservatives in new fall session
Despite being the governing party, Government House Leader Karina Gould says Liberals will hold Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ‘to account’ this fall session. Meanwhile, MPs and cabinet ministers tell The Hill Times about their legislative priorities this fall.
Poilievre urges NDP to support his non-confidence motion when Parliament resumes
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a press conference in Parliament Hill’s West Block today to announce that he will present a non-confidence motion “at the earliest opportunity” when Parliament resumes next week. This follows the decision by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to cancel the supply-and-confidence agreement that helped Justin Trudeau’s minority government hold onto power. Facing […]
Blame games on politically-targeted bot campaigns ‘irresponsible’ without verification, says researcher
Newsrooms ‘didn’t do a great job’ when first reporting on the bots promoting a Poilievre rally, and that’s ‘the danger in horse race political coverage,’ says media expert Brian Daly.
‘All bets are off’: Liberal-NDP rupture leaves ‘the clock ticking’ on Parliament’s lifecycle
Jagmeet Singh’s declaration that he has ‘ripped up’ the Liberal-NDP deal is like ‘lighting a match and setting the bridge on fire,’ says former Liberal staffer Olivier Cullen. ‘There’s no going back.’
