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Liberal staffers responsible for planting phoney buttons have been reassigned, Carney says
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday it was "totally unacceptable" for some members of the party's war room to plant phoney campaign buttons at a conservative gathering in Ottawa last week and those campaign staffers have been "reassigned" as a result.
Carney has renounced his British and Irish citizenships, pays his taxes in Canada: campaign
Liberal Leader Mark Carney has renounced his British and Irish citizenships, a spokesperson for the campaign told CBC News on Monday.
Poilievre takes aim at Carney's ability to handle Trump and his tariffs
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at his Liberal opponent Thursday over his handling of the American relationship saying Mark Carney has so far "failed" to secure any U.S. tariff relief for Canada, even as other countries get something of a break.
Poilievre tries to draw voter attention to violent crime as Trump concerns dominate
As the stock market swings wildly and a U.S.-induced trade war carries on, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is forging ahead with a campaign focused on the other issues he wants voters to think about on election day — and on Wednesday, it was a new tough-on-crime policy proposal.
Carney lays out plan to help economy along amid Trump-induced market chaos
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday he has a plan to prop up the Canadian economy as the U.S. careens toward a recession resulting from President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff actions.
Carney hits back at Trump's auto tariffs, warns U.S. trade action will 'rupture the global economy'
Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's move to levy tariffs on virtually every country will "rupture the global economy," torpedo economic growth and prompt devastating consequences for workers and businesses in this country and around the world.
Trump slaps retaliatory tariffs on dozens of countries but Canada is spared the worst this time
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday his long-awaited plan to impose what he's calling "retaliatory" tariffs on imports coming from dozens of countries — but the White House said there will be no more across-the-board levies applied to Canada than what has previously been announced.
Poilievre lays out his plan to deal with Trump and help Canada weather the tariff storm
On the day U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to hit Canada with a slate of new tariffs that could torpedo cross-border trade, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre laid out his plan to take on the Americans and help this country get through what's expected to be a tumultuous economic period.
Poilievre catches heat from opponents for talk of 'biological clocks'
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is facing criticism for saying too many young people can't buy affordable homes before their "biological clocks" have run out — a comment he's made in the past, but one that's igniting online pushback now as he faces more scrutiny in this election campaign.
Poilievre says the federal election can't just be about Donald Trump
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre mounted a defence of his campaign messaging Monday, saying he has no qualms about focusing on issues like the housing crisis, cost of living concerns and relatively weak economic growth, even as some of his critics say he should go all in on Canada-U.S. relations.