Canada got a taste Thursday of what a head-to-head political fight between two people believed to want the country’s top political job — the post of prime minister —would look like.

L’ancien premier ministre Stephen Harper « ne restera pas les bras croisés » si Jean Charest décide de briguer la direction du Parti conservateur. Il compte utiliser l’influence qu’il a conservée au...

The two politicians met onstage in Antigonish at the opening of an Atlantic economic forum Monday night.

An undated photo circulating on social media Thursday shows Candice Bergen, the Manitoba MP for Portage-Lisgar and deputy Conservative leader, wearing a MAGA hat.

Recent polls suggest more than 70 per cent of Canadians like how Trudeau has been handling the crisis. Those numbers won’t likely remain that high, but for now they’re a sign most Canadians have...

“I am not a token, nor would I ever accuse another woman politician of being some man’s token - that is not how a feminist treats another woman," Freeland said.

The RCMP's union says it supports the "right" of RCMP officers to refuse to get vaccinated and will back up any member who refuses vaccination once the mandatory vaccination policy for the federal...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gambled just by showing up. And he appears to have won in the court of reasonable public opinion, Don Martin writes in an exclusive column for CTVNews.ca.

Organizers say between 1200 and 1400 people gathered at the Bonnett's Energy Centre Tuesday afternoon for a ra...

A P.E.I. pub has pulled photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from its social media accounts after getting a barrage of hate-filled comments and phone calls.

Liberal Leader ducks questions on whether cabinet confidences had gotten in the way of the RCMP completing the inquiry

Trudeau's ability to provoke completely irrational responses in the people who dislike him most was evident after his public dispute with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Pointing to his frustrations with the federal government, the head of the RCMP's Management Advisory Board has resigned after less than a year in the chair.

Canada's opposition leader is going viral once again, this time, aligning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his father Pierre with anti-capitalistic beliefs.

Bernadette Clement says Andrew Scheer’s social media post prompted angry calls to her office, racist abuse online, and a threatening phone call from a man saying he was coming to her house

New Democrats are planning to vote in favour of a Conservative motion to exempt all home heating fuels from the federal carbon tax.

A video tweeted by incumbent Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland, who served as deputy prime minister in Justin Trudeau's government, was given a warning label Sunday from Twitter, which marked it as...

If we want to ensure that our elected bodies look like the public they’re created to serve, we need to stop punishing the people in them for having private lives that include children and families,

NHL teams won't wear special jerseys for pregame warmups during themed nights next season, the result of a handful of players refusing to use rainbow-coloured Pride jerseys this past season and...

The House of Commons imposed a $500 penalty earlier this year on Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer after he broke the rules by filming a partisan video in his parliamentary office, CBC News has...

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The Canadian government has spent irresponsibly in its attempt to fend off the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to former prime minister Stephen Harper.

“Mr. O'Toole is outraged that anyone would accept donations from this individual and will be looking into the matter”

In times of crisis, systems matter, but leadership matters, too

The federal Conservatives have asked Canada’s ethics watchdog to launch an investigation into allegations of improper lobbying related to the government’s emergency wage subsidy program.

If values play a role in the next election—the values of Pierre Poilievre against Justin Trudeau's—don’t be surprised if the Less Shiny Pony pulls off another surprise. Especially when the punches...

It is likely not just that Trudeau thinks he can prevail in a battle against Poilievre but almost certainly that he believes he must, Chantal Hébert writes.

In the leadership attributes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trailing Pierre Poilievre by a double-digit margin, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.

You don’t get to cheat citizens in a democracy by holding a “press conference” where you muzzle the press and expect us to play along, writes Karyn Pugliese.

Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday the prime minister has no business weighing in on New Brunswick's Policy 713 on LGBTQ students and called on Justin Trudeau to "let parents...

The Liberals plan on restarting a war-time housing program in their latest attempt to ease the high cost of housing across the country.

A significant piece of the federal election debate in 2019 rests on what the government of British Columbia did on July 1, 2008 — and how you understand what happened after that.

The latest survey from Abacus Data has Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives leading the Liberals by seven percentage points, while more than 80 per cent of respondents said its time for a new government...

The new conservative leader has shown a knack for fomenting anger but not for proposing sensible economic solutions, writes Jim Stanford.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the aggressive verbal harassment he endured outside a campaign event in Peterborough, Ont. was one of the most troubling experiences of his political career.

Two-in-five (41%) say Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement working, 45% disagree June 19, 2023 – The Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement has been successful in keeping the Liberal...

Chronic weaknesses in the Liberal government weren't fixed, the former finance minister says in a new book, and Canada's prosperity suffered

We should continue to chase down egregious overpayments but also remember: the generous support averted a far bigger mess, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

If David Johnston had recommended a public inquiry into alleged Chinese interference in Canadian elections, the same people now slagging Johnston would be carrying him on their shoulders. Johnston’s...

Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough says it's likely that people who lose their jobs for not complying with employer COVID-19 vaccine policies will not be eligible for employment insurance (EI).

With recent polling highs, the Conservatives could go after safe Liberal and NDP ridings, says Dan Robertson, a former senior Tory strategist. The party could start their target riding list with the...

A new poll shows the Conservative Party and its leader have a healthy lead over the Liberal Party and Justin Trudeau

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault told Power Play host Vassy Kapelos it would 'greatly help' Canada's capacity to accelerate the fight against climate change if he didn't have to 'fight the...

One of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's most prominent supporters recognized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's political success during a conference on Tuesday.

The Conservatives want to cut 25 per cent from Canada's international aid budget. But they are fudging the numbers when it comes to claims about billions going to well-off nations or dictatorships.

The pundits are wrong, in large part thanks to Pierre Poilievre.

Andrew Scheer’s most recent tweets about a British child-killer coming to live in Canada have now also backfired, after the U.K. Government categorically confirmed that this is completely untrue,...

Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations says he’s called on the organization’s Human Rights Council to investigate whether China’s persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang province should be considered...

Newly obtained documents describe the campaign to create and run a ‘confidential and high-profile war room’ focused on the People’s Party of Canada leader

Beyond overt propaganda outlets, like Russia’s RT, disinformation spread through proxy sites and on social media messaging apps like Telegram, which was widely used by the convoy’s genuine grassroots

The foreign interference story has just begun to be told. Far from resolving all doubts, the Johnston report only succeeded in raising new ones