CBC - Politics (5 hours ago)
Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland would drop the consumer carbon tax — one of the Liberal government's signature environmental policies — if elected leader, said a source close to her campaign. And in his campaign launch on Thursday, Mark Carney did not defend the scheme as he had in the past.
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The return of Donald Trump — and his jokes about the 51st state — will likely provide new opportunities for Canada to decide how much and how loudly it wants to differentiate itself from its neighbour. In the process, could Trump also end up recharging Canadian patriotism or nationalism?
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't say whether he backs the premiers and prime minister's threat to impose export tariffs or restrict the supply of oil and gas bound for the United States as a possible response to president-elect Donald Trump's promised tariff regime.
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A federal election is potentially only months away and two of the Liberal government's landmark social programs are not fully in place. The majority of planned dental care recipients are still not eligible, and no deals have been signed with provinces and territories to pay for contraceptive and diabetes medications.
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In the days since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he'll be stepping down as leader, the list of potential candidates to replace him has considerably thinned. Here's a look at who's declared their intentions, who's still thinking it over and who is out.
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Christy Clark and François-Philippe Champagne announced Tuesday that they will not run in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. These announcements come alongside news that senior Liberals Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould and Mark Carney are expected to announce within the week their plans to run for the leadership.
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Christy Clark announced Tuesday that she will not run in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is also expected to announce imminently that he does not plan to run, sources say. He's expected to confirm his intentions in a speech at the Canadian Club in Toronto.
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Former prime minister Jean Chretien says U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is likely to walk back his threat of punishing tariffs and the resulting trade war with Canada, because the Americans are too reliant on a number of Canadian exports, namely in the energy sector.
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For those watching the 23rd prime minister announce his pending resignation as Liberal leader and prime minister on Monday, the contrast couldn't have seemed more stark. Trudeau delivered the news following his own walk in the snow to a podium outside Rideau Cottage — and after pages from his farewell speech blew away in the icy wind.
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Canada today recognized Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the legitimate winner of the July 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, one day before Nicolas Maduro is due to be sworn in. Mass protests in the country saw the opposition leader emerge from hiding, only to be acducted and then released.
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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will not run for Liberal leadership. Up to now, Joly was widely considered a potential successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Former premier of New Brunswick Bran Gallant also confirmed to CTV News that he will not be in the running for Liberal leader.
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Donald Trump's repeated musings on seeing Canada become a part of the United States have not been warmly received in Ottawa. And he's highlighted a persistent concern raised by some on this side of the border — fears that Canada faces potential risks to national sovereignty by getting too close to its southern neighbour.
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Less than two days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General to suspend Parliament, a legal advocacy group has already taken the issue to court, while another has said it plans to do the same. But several constitutional experts say the challenges aren't likely to succeed.
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Indian media outlets, including some of the country's most prominent and respected, ran false reports Thursday claiming that the four Indian nationals accused of murdering Canadian Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have been released from custody. CBC News has confirmed that those reports are false.
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Liberal MP Yvonne Jones speaks to reporters before a meeting of the Liberal women's caucus, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Jones announced this morning that she will not be running in the next federal election for her seat in Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Social media giant Meta's decision to move away from fact-checking and content moderation on its platforms like Facebook and Instagram could make it easier to interfere in Canada's next federal election and the Liberal leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau, say experts.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday dismissed U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's willingness to use 'economic force' to absorb Canada into the United States by reiterating what his Canadian government has said for some time: merging countries is not in the realm of possibility.
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The Liberals will be the first federal party to hold a leadership contest since the Hogue Commission on foreign interference revealed previous attempts by foreign governments to influence outcomes. Elections Canada would like to see such votes limited to citizens, but that's not what the Liberal Party's planning.
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Amid the passionate debates and policy proposals around immigration to Canada, a key voice has been absent: that of immigrants themselves. This set CBC News on a path to ask recent newcomers directly and in depth about their experiences in their adopted country.
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From coining "Justinflation" to saying Justin Trudeau is "not worth the cost," Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been unafraid to target the prime minister directly in his messaging. But following Trudeau's bombshell resignation, it will now be a different Liberal leader facing off with Poilievre in the federal election.
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It is impossible in the present to know what history will remember. But Justin Trudeau's time as a maker of history is now within sight. It is not too early to start considering what Canada's 23rd prime minister might leave behind. And there is much to consider.
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The 'state of the federal government' following the announcement that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would resign means Canada's premiers are taking the lead in the fight against threatened tariffs from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, British Columbia Premier David Eby said.
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