The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership — prompted in large part by growing concern about Russia's war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing talk of annexing Canada.

Audrey Champoux, Carney's lead press secretary, says the prime minister has been clear that top priorities for his government include defending Canadians in the face of unjustified trade actions by the U.S., supporting workers and strengthening the economy.

In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have "risen considerably," as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events.

On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney began the process to end the consumer carbon price on things like gasoline.

The new government includes 20 Trudeau-era ministers along with three new faces from the Liberal caucus.

Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet on Friday morning — a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos.

The Leger poll, which sampled more than 1,500 Canadian adults from March 7 to March 10, suggests that more than half of workers in Ontario were concerned about job security, the highest in the country, while just under one in four in Atlantic Canada said they were worried.

The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies, says that the number of people saying they're proud to be Canadian has jumped from 80 per cent in November 2024 to 86 per cent this month.