Pierre Poilievre wants Canadians to believe their national debt is a ticking time bomb, and Justin Trudeau lit the fuse. Here's the catch: his attempts to defuse it would almost certainly blow a hole in Canada's social safety net.
The most striking similarity between Poilievre and Trump is their ability to bend long standing members of their party to their will — and away from their own apparent ideas and ideals.
Justice Minister Arif Virani says the government is weighing its options as the March deadline looms. The first step, he says, will be to see what members of Parliament and senators recommend after committee hearings that probed the issue this past fall.
An anxious electorate, a new look and a bite out of Liberal polling numbers have all boosted the profile of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who was picked by editors across the country as The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year.
For traditional and moderate conservatives, the merger of Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance and Peter MacKay's federal PC party to form the Conservative Party of Canada has been a tragedy.
The polls are starting to show a meaningful bounce in Liberal support — one that could portend a much better year for Justin Trudeau's government in 2024 than it had in 2023.
Contrary to what Premier Danielle Smith keeps saying, the federal government's new emissions cap on oil and gas won't force Alberta to reduce its oil and gas production. That's going to be the market's job — one it's already starting to do.
The official Opposition continued to force the delay of government bills and billions in spending on Thursday in an attempt to get the Liberal government to remove the federal carbon-pricing plan from all home heating by the holidays.