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Liberal women are taking notice, Carney would be wise to remember the estrogen wave that handed him the election

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

The prime minister’s refusal to embrace a feminist foreign policy did not get him a single vote. Nor did the abolition of an ambassadorship. But women are taking notice.

Liberal women are taking notice, Carney would be wise to remember the estrogen wave that handed him the election

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

The prime minister’s refusal to embrace a feminist foreign policy did not get him a single vote. Nor did the abolition of an ambassadorship. But women are taking notice.

Post-election donation dip deepens as Grits and Tories deadlocked at $4M range in third quarter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Advance voting in Canada continues to rise—and it’s changing campaigning

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘Sunshine is what is needed’: 2025 election, foreign interference issues on deck for PROC this fall

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Candidates ‘unchallenged’ and ‘uncovered’ in federal election as a fallout of dying local media: report

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

MPs not running in the next election

Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

BY EDITORIAL

Carney Liberals moving to the right opens up a potential opportunity for the NDP

BY KEN POLK

The dog days of summer for Pierre Poilievre

BY ELEANOR WAND

NDP shapes leadership race as cracks form between HQ and grassroots members

Feds should appoint ‘eminent person’ to head Leaders’ Debates Commission, says Green Leader May

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS

The independent body has been without a commissioner for two years and is on its final year of approved funding.

Feds should appoint ‘eminent person’ to head Leaders’ Debates Commission, says Green Leader May

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS

The independent body has been without a commissioner for two years and is on its final year of approved funding.

Carney Liberals missed winning majority by only 60 votes despite 19.5-million votes cast in last election, say pollsters

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Nation-building or ‘bulldozing’ consent: pledge for Major Federal Project Office prompts questions

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Canada Strong and Free fundraising emails using ‘crisis rhetoric,’ to stoke distrust in government and media, say comms experts, pollsters

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Prime Minister Carney’s $5M Liberal leadership war chest fuelled by billionaires, bankers, and Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods

NewsBY STUART BENSON

BY MARLO GLASS

Former NDP MP Julian raises alarm over future of pharmacare program

BY TIM POWERS

Recount survivors displayed grace under political fire

BY GEOFF NORQUAY

A Conservative postmortem: Tory MPs should conduct a rigorous, fact-based review of what worked, what didn’t, and determine their future

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't surprising given the Liberal government's 2024 budget forecast the population to shrink by attrition.

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

The 2.7 per cent dip as of March 2025 represents the first time the public service hasn't grown since 2015, which experts say isn't surprising given the Liberal government's 2024 budget forecast the population to shrink by attrition.

‘It makes a lot of things easier’: ex-staffers turned MPs say Hill experience proving a boon

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘Really scared, anxious, and horrified’: advocates decry lack of voice for Canadians with disabilities in cabinet

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s winning Liberal leadership run cost $3.9M, and posts $1.2M surplus

NewsBY STUART BENSON

A Liberal by the same name is not necessarily the same Liberal

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

BY ABBAS RANA

To limit critics’ time to organize against Poilievre, some senior Conservatives explore moving convention to this fall

BY ELEANOR WAND

‘Feeling forgotten’ and ‘left behind’: why more young men are voting Conservative

BY MARLO GLASS

‘When we hear government efficiency from Carney, we’re worried we’ll see DOGE-lite’: public service unions react to new ministers Lightbound and Ali