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While Quebec Premier François Legault is 'happy' with Carney's victory, his expectations are high. Mark Carney didn’t even know how many MPs the Liberals would have in Quebec on Tuesday morning when he got a taste of what awaited him.
In the three-party battle for Trois-Rivières, the Bloc Québécois MP will be on the ballot, but not the campaign trail. On Friday morning, René Villemure filed his candidacy with Elections Canada. He went to the book fair to meet his constituents, attended a few meetings, and returned home to rest. Villemure, first elected in 2021, will not campaign, deliver any...
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he will “unleash hundreds of billions of dollars of investment” by pre-approving areas for companies to build mines, data centres, pipelines, LNG plants and other large infrastructure in Canada. The “shovel-ready zones” will be areas that are already permitted for development before applications are even submitted.
The Conservative party launched its biggest radio, TV and online ad campaign to date in Quebec. A new French-language advertisement starring Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre begins uncharacteristically for a campaign ad, with Poilievre offering an admission that his style of politics can seem brusque at times, especially to Quebecers.
The Liberal leadership candidate is facing scrutiny for saying one thing in English and something different in French. Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney’s campaign said it needs to “tighten up” his message after he said in English that he would use federal emergency powers to push major energy projects through traditional roadblocks if he were prime minister, but then told...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with his cabinet on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump took office and renewed his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods. Trump told reporters on Monday evening that he will levy the tariffs on Canada for allowing “vast numbers of people to come in and fentanyl to...
Pierre Poilievre’s recent interview with Jordan Peterson was popular with a lot of people, judging by its nearly four million YouTube views. But Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon didn’t like what he heard, and he’s spoiling for a fight with the federal Conservative leader in what looks like a preview of what Poilievre can expect as he faces off...
Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne both announced they won’t run to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Meanwhile, Government House leader Karina Gould is expected to launch her leadership campaign later this week. Clark, who was one of the most prominent potential candidates, announced to supporters Tuesday morning that she won’t run because...
A day after many Liberal MPs argued that their next leader must speak French and understand Quebec, one of their caucus colleagues — who doesn’t speak the language — announced his candidacy in the party’s leadership race.
Jean-Yves Duclos accused Poilievre of being against several agreements and transfers worth billions of dollars that are favourable to Quebec
It was a beautiful evening in Old Montreal. The sun wasn’t quite setting and the temperature was a perfect 25 degrees Celsius. Article content Article content But that was outside the swanky Place d’Armes Hotel. Inside, the atmosphere was chillier. Gathering only 87 people in a ballroom for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wasn’t exactly...
Justin Trudeau may have had a positive meeting with the U.S. president-elect last week in Mar-a-Lago, but Canadians’ confidence in his ability to handle Donald Trump is low. A majority of Canadians also agreed with the president-elect that “Canada should take significant measures to increase border security,” according to a new Léger poll. Just, 29 per cent of the poll’s...
A poll showing the Conservatives leading among young voters struck the Quebec political scene like lightning this week. And it’s all the more remarkable in a province that remains generally wary of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. In October, all eyes were on the Bloc Québécois and its leader Yves-François Blanchet, who had threatened to overthrow the Trudeau government if two...
The race for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party has not yet officially begun, but Canada’s economic performance under Trudeau’s liberals is already being used as an attack against the front-runner. And the feds don’t like it. For months, provincial Liberal parties across the country have been distancing themselves from Trudeau’s Liberals. The Quebec Liberals are the latest. And...
The Bloc's decision will put the spotlight back on the NDP, which propped up the Liberal government for more than two years before tearing up their deal in September
Over the course of just a few days, the Liberals lost a former stronghold in Montreal, their Quebec lieutenant jumped ship, and the premier of Quebec called on MPs to bring down the federal Liberal government. The Liberal Party of Canada has had bad weeks before. This past week was one of the worst.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to launch a campaign for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party soon, Liberal sources say, leaving the party without a vital operator in the province. Nothing is set in stone yet, but Rodriguez is assessing the level of support he could obtain from the QLP members and caucus, according to sources familiar with...
Yves-François Blanchet's recent raving about his party's poll numbers is unusual in Canadian politics, analysts say.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is said to be sharpening his knives to take on a Liberal fortress in Quebec’s largest city in the next general election. And after the party’s stunning byelection victory in a formerly safe Liberal seat on Monday, the Conservatives seem more confident than ever.