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Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise
The Conservative Party has republished the English-language version of its platform after what it says was a "publishing oversight" resulted in the omission of a previous commitment to crack down on "woke ideology" in the public service and federal funding for university research.
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Poilievre isn't pivoting, but he's stepping lightly around a few things
Pierre Poilievre is an ideological conservative who believes there is an inherent value in lower taxes and lower public spending. The campaign platform he tabled on Tuesday broadly hews to those principles. But at least some of the debate now will involve the Conservative Party's math.
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Mark Carney lays out his plan for 'the biggest crisis of our lifetimes'
Liberal Leader Mark Carney framed his fiscal and spending plan on Saturday in terms of a crisis. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed it as a 'spending bonanza' that Canada can't afford.
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Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre see very different threats to Canada
The result of a modern debate is always something of a blur. But what this year's encounters underlined is that this election is primarily about both two very different candidates for prime minister and two very different ideas of what the greatest threat to the country actually is.
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Carney and Poilievre are fighting an election that's about both change and stability
According to survey data released last week by Pollara, Canadians are evenly split on whether they want this federal election to result in "change" or "stability." The next two weeks might be about what mix of change and stability Canadians want — and who they believe can deliver it.
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In 2021, there was nearly a consensus on climate change. In 2025, Carney and Poilievre are far apart
The Liberals and Conservatives may now be as far apart as they have ever been on the issue of climate change — even while the Liberals have arguably moderated their own position.
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A new ballot question: How should Canada define its relationship with the U.S.?
There is some general agreement that Canada must act urgently in response to what is happening in the United States. But Mark Carney’s recent statements point to what might be a split in the way the Liberal and Conservative leaders view the tumult that is unfolding.
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Is Pierre Poilievre too 'in sync' with Donald Trump?
The most controversial statement of the federal election so far was uttered before the campaign even started — and not by a federal politician, but the premier of Alberta.
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The reality of Donald Trump crashes into the federal election
The first few days of the 2025 federal campaign bore a certain resemblance to a normal election. The norm-defying reality of Donald Trump finally intruded on Wednesday.
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This election is about Donald Trump — and a lot more
One way or another, these 37 days will be about beginning to answer the myriad questions currently and to be posed by a changed and changing world — not least the question of who should lead the country at this unnerving moment.