Kate McKenna
Kate McKenna is a senior reporter with CBC News. She is based in the parliamentary bureau. kate.mckenna@cbc.ca.
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Conservative fundraiser casts doubt on whether all votes were 'accurate and counted' in leaked call
A fundraising call from the Conservative Party of Canada claimed that Liberals and media seek to “scrutinize” and attack the results of two judicial recounts won by Conservatives, according to an audio recording obtained by CBC News.
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Carney met with former prime minister Harper on day of throne speech: sources
During a visit to Ottawa to watch the King deliver the speech from the throne, former prime minister Stephen Harper met privately with Prime Minister Mark Carney, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Poilievre reaches out to Ontario premier after Conservative election loss
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's team has reached out to Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office to arrange a call between the two, an apparent bid to ease tensions after Poilievre's party lost the federal election.
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Tensions with N.S. premier simmered as Poilievre made his sole stop in the province
For the first time this campaign, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a stop in Nova Scotia on Thursday — the second province he's visited led by a Progressive Conservative premier conspicuously absent from the federal party's events.
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Liberal staffers responsible for planting phoney buttons have been reassigned, Carney says
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday it was "totally unacceptable" for some members of the party's war room to plant phoney campaign buttons at a conservative gathering in Ottawa last week and those campaign staffers have been "reassigned" as a result.
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Liberal operatives planted 'stop the steal' buttons at conservative conference
Two Liberal Party staffers attended last week's Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference where they planted buttons that used Trump-style language and highlighted division within the Conservative Party.
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Poilievre tries to capitalize on NDP weakness but Liberal surge could complicate things
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spent much of the first week of this election campaign targeting NDP-held ridings that could be up for grabs now that polls suggest New Democrat support is in free fall. But the Liberal surge has scrambled the electoral equation.
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Conservatives fear 'dysfunctional' campaign and 'civil war' in the party: sources
As Conservative infighting over how the campaign is handling Donald Trump’s tariff threats spills into the open, sources within the party are describing a “dysfunctional” campaign with too much centralized power and belittling and aggressive treatment of staff.
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New Brunswick premier calls for 'free trade area' within Atlantic region
The premier of New Brunswick is calling on the other three East Coast premiers to join her in making Atlantic Canada a "free trade area" with a single market operating with one set of rules governing trade and labour mobility.
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After 11 election wins, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is retiring
"It's a tough decision, but it's been a decision that has been very heavily discussed, with my family in particular, for 10 years," MacAulay said in an interview with CBC News.
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