
Peter Zimonjic
Senior writer
Peter Zimonjic is a senior writer for CBC News who reports for digital, radio and television. He has worked as a reporter and columnist in London, England, for the Telegraph, Times and Daily Mail, and in Canada for the Ottawa Citizen, Torstar and Sun Media. He is the author of Into The Darkness: An Account of 7/7, published by Vintage.
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Green Party dropped from leaders' debates for not running enough candidates
The Leaders' Debates Commission, which is tasked with organizing the French and English debates, has removed the Green Party from federal leaders’ debates for failing to meet participation requirements.
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Poilievre pledges to protect seniors by forcing banks, telcos to crack down on scammers
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to protect seniors by making it mandatory for financial institutions and phone companies to stop digital scammers in their tracks.
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Poilievre says he'll use notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple-murderers die in prison
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he’ll ensure multiple-murderers die in jail by becoming the first Canadian prime minister to override charter rights by invoking the notwithstanding clause.
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Carney convenes Canada-U.S. committee, warns tariffs slowing both global and Canadian economies
Liberal Leader Mark Carney emerged from a meeting with his Canada-U.S. committee in Ottawa Friday warning the global economy is starting to slow, and saying he’s directed officials to prepare for negotiations with the Trump administration.
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Carney announces sweeping plan to crack down on crime, strengthen the border
Liberal Leader Mark Carney laid out his party's public safety plan on Thursday, promising to crack down on gangs, protect children, reduce intimate partner violence and tackle the illegal flow of drugs and guns coming from the United States.
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Poilievre promises to cut municipal housing taxes in bid to boost home building
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in the vote-rich GTA Thursday, promising Canadians policies that will cut taxes to make homes more affordable.
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Asked to clarify if he sees genocide in Gaza, Carney says he 'didn't hear that word'
Liberal Leader Mark Carney clarified a remark he made on Tuesday suggesting he agreed with the allegation that Israel’s military action in Gaza qualifies as a genocide.
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Poilievre promises to raise up to $1B by cracking down on offshore tax havens
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to crack down on the use of offshore tax havens and recover as much as $1 billion a year in lost revenues.
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Party leaders promise to boost home building, help seniors and speed up resource project approvals
Federal party leaders unveiled a series of policies Monday that they said would boost housing construction, make life more affordable for seniors and speed up approvals for natural resource projects.
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Fissure among Conservatives undermining Poilievre's pitch he's a national unifier: experts
Long-simmering tensions within the Conservative movement are bursting out into the federal election, experts say — undercutting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s efforts to present himself as a unifier who can take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
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