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Poilievre to release platform Tuesday with details on new spending and cuts
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday the party will release its costed platform Tuesday, giving voters a sense of what a government led by him would do and where it would cut to pay for it all.
Poilievre dodges questions about repealing national handgun ban
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dodged questions Sunday about whether he would repeal the federal government’s handgun ban, a measure brought in to tamp down on the diversion of legal firearms into the hands of bad actors.
Poilievre says costed platform is coming 'soon,' becoming last leader to release a plan
With about a week left before election day and well over two million ballots cast so far, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still hasn't released a costed platform outlining his vision for the country and how he'd pay for his multibillion-dollar commitments.
Fractious debate sees leaders trade blows over Trump, Trudeau and the cost of living
With polls showing Liberal Leader Mark Carney is the front-runner in this federal election, the other three main party leaders on stage for Thursday's English-language debate spent much of the contest trying to tear him down.
Front-runner Carney faces jabs from all sides at French-language debate
Liberal Leader Mark Carney faced jabs from his opponents at Wednesday's French-language leaders' debate with accusations he's out of touch with working people and won't offer enough change from his unpopular predecessor — charges he denied as he fought back saying he's the best candidate to handle the U.S. threat and a slumping economy.
Nearly 900,000 fewer people went to the U.S. in March as cross-border travel plummets
The number of cross-border travellers going from Canada to the U.S. dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year, according to the latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data — easily one of the worst year-over-year drops recorded outside of the COVID-19 health crisis.
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.
Carney has renounced his British and Irish citizenships, pays his taxes in Canada: campaign
Liberal Leader Mark Carney has renounced his British and Irish citizenships, a spokesperson for the campaign told CBC News on Monday.
Poilievre takes aim at Carney's ability to handle Trump and his tariffs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at his Liberal opponent Thursday over his handling of the American relationship saying Mark Carney has so far "failed" to secure any U.S. tariff relief for Canada, even as other countries get something of a break.
Poilievre tries to draw voter attention to violent crime as Trump concerns dominate
As the stock market swings wildly and a U.S.-induced trade war carries on, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is forging ahead with a campaign focused on the other issues he wants voters to think about on election day — and on Wednesday, it was a new tough-on-crime policy proposal.