Jean Chrétien

In an interview that aired Sunday on MSNBC, he said Canada is ready to respond with retaliatory tariffs should president-elect Donald Trump follow through with a threat to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico when he takes office next week.

Gerald Butts wrote in a Substack newsletter that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's surprise resignation from cabinet last week dealt Trudeau a staggering blow that loosened his already tenuous grip on the party.

The most recent projections from poll aggregator Canada338.com show that if an election were held today, the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre would win a crushing majority of 232 seats. The site suggests the Bloc is running a distant second with 45 seats — but ahead of the Liberals with 39, the NDP with 25, and the Greens with two.

With the Liberals lagging in the polls, LaSalle—Émard—Verdun could be up for grabs this time around, with one survey suggesting both the NDP and the Bloc are competitive. Voters will go to the polls on Sept. 16.

A momentary snapshot can send the public a strong signal about what a politician's fate could be. It can seem to seal that fate.

The only thing New Democrats and Liberals dislike more than Conservatives is each other. But if they want to put an end to a future Pierre Poilievre government, they might have to find a way to put it aside and join forces more permanently.

He would have deserved to be honoured as the "Greenest PM" for only half of what was accomplished.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was remembered by politicians of all political stripes on Thursday as a "giant" and a "visionary," as the country absorbed the news of his death at the age of 84.

Tributes to Mulroney and his substantial political and personal legacy are sure to dominate when the sitting resumes March 18. 

Five days after Steven Guilbeault was appointed Canada's environment minister in October 2021, he headed to Scotland for the annual United Nations climate talks being held in Glasgow.

If Shakespeare thought misery acquaints people with strange bedfellows, he may well agree that mourning a cherished monarch may also bridge some political divides.

The toll of bells, crescendo of bagpipes and echo of drums abruptly gave way to sombre silence early on Monday, September 19, 2022, morning as state funeral proceedings for Queen Elizabeth got underway at historic Westminster Abbey.

Mourners assembled outside Westminster Abbey stood in respectful silence on Monday, September 19, 2022, as Queen Elizabeth's coffin was carried out of the historic church at the end of her official state funeral.

Canada is sending a handful of celebrities alongside its official delegation to the queen's state funeral on Monday, September 19, 2022, in London, England.

Sheila Copps pulls the sheet back and reveals what happens when you run a campaign and how a party could recover after a previous loss.