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Justin Trudeau’s unreal rail plan

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Mark Carney has a different idea of budget discipline

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Can Canada stop buying American as it beefs up defence?

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Liberal leadership race is contest that isn’t testing anyone

12.02.2025 10

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Donald Trump sparked a movement toward economic nationalism. Where will Canadians take it?

10.02.2025 10

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Oh how Trump loves to leave his neighbours hanging on his whim

04.02.2025 10

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The Trump shock: A trade war that will reshape North America

03.02.2025 10

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The unwavering confidence of the Liberals’ longshot outsider

31.01.2025 10

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Foreign interference findings are not as simple as outing traitors in the House

29.01.2025 30

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Liberal leadership campaigning in Quebec with one arm tied behind their back

28.01.2025 20

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Doug Ford calls for snap election before his record catches up

27.01.2025 10

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The candidate running from herself to get away from Trudeau

24.01.2025 10

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Trump’s psychology is not the hard thing to figure out

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Carney staked out ground but his first day didn’t dazzle

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Premiers talk tactics for a game of tariff chicken

16.01.2025 5

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Not-so-outside Liberal outsiders

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Liberal data guru Pitfield steps back from Carney campaign and commits to staying neutral

14.01.2025 10

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Say goodbye to the U.S. we knew, and plan for the next one

13.01.2025 10

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A Liberal search for the face of the future when the mission is to save the furniture

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Jan. 6. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Everyone who runs...

08.01.2025 10

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Justin Trudeau waited until all the options were gone, painting the party and country into a corner

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as Liberal leader and prime minister outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on Jan. 6. Sean...

07.01.2025 10

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Trudeau appoints a cabinet of caretakers for his government’s dying days

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Dec. 20. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press...

21.12.2024 5

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Justin Trudeau is the political issue, despite all the others

Chrystia Freeland's resignation letter is a powerful blow to Mr. Trudeau’s last hopes for political revival. It is one thing when voters doubt a...

18.12.2024 6

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Freeland’s grenade brings crisis on top of crisis to a flailing Trudeau government

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speak at a news conference in Ottawa, on Oct. 1, 2018. PATRICK...

16.12.2024 3

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This week’s Liberal revival plan from a minister who might not survive 48 hours

While Chrystia Freeland is set to unveil the fall economic statement Monday, the Prime Minister is in discussions to try to recruit former Bank of...

16.12.2024 4

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Tensions in Team Liberal over finances held hostage to political desperation

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland leaves after a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill in...

11.12.2024 6

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Poilievre changes the channel to get back on message

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters as he leaves the Prime Minister's office in the West Block after taking part in a meeting...

05.12.2024 10

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The return of Trump has Poilievre talking about a crackdown beyond the U.S. border

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in a hotel ballroom in Ottawa on Dec. 1. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press The election...

03.12.2024 7

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A Mar-a-Lago coup with a value as unpredictable as Trump’s tweets

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a hotel in West Palm Beach, after a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump last night at...

02.12.2024 5

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Trudeau isn’t going to muster a Team Canada to take on Trump’s tariffs this time

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa, on Nov. 27. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Justin Trudeau is talking about...

28.11.2024 3

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The precursor to four more years of Trump tariff threats

U.S President-elect Donald Trump gestures after speaking during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, on Nov. 14, in...

27.11.2024 10

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Canada’s politicians rush to panic in a call to cut Mexico loose

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right to left, Chrystia Freeland, Robert Lighthizer, former U.S. president Donald Trump, Ildefonso Guajardo...

25.11.2024 10

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Justin Trudeau’s amazingly unsubtle pre-election giveaway

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at Vince’s Market in Sharon, Ont. to make an announcement regarding a two month suspension of GST on selected...

22.11.2024 6

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Trudeau’s only mistake in admitting a mistake is not doing it sooner

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves to the crowd after taking part in a fireside chat with Michael Scheldrick, co-founder and Chief Policy, Impact...

19.11.2024 5

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A textbook case of a system set up for waste and abuse

Travellers use their phones as they line up at the Ottawa International Airport on Dec. 23, 2022. The scandal around the ArriveCan app, which was...

16.11.2024 30

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Stuck in the middle, and risking union support

Cranes sit idle at the Port of Montreal on Nov. 12. Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon had to do something to...

13.11.2024 30

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Sprinkle a little notwithstanding on every governing headache

Ewan Sauve, right, press attache, walks along as Quebec Premier Francois Legault walks to a news conference prior to question period at the...

08.11.2024 4

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Same Trump. Different Canada. Different world

Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, on Nov. 6, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Evan Vucci/The...

07.11.2024 3

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Parliament has no motivation to make the process of government work

A Canada flag is backlit atop the East Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 31. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Just before lunchtime on...

01.11.2024 3

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Trudeau seeks to dodge the verdict of his own party

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question Period, in Ottawa, on Oct. 29. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press It’s obvious why Justin Trudeau...

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Conservative housing proposal puts Liberals on the back foot

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 28. PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press The Conservatives promised...

29.10.2024 5

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The day Justin Trudeau (sort of) admitted a mistake on immigration

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 24 Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press For a moment,...

25.10.2024 5

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Liberals limp out of confrontation without closure

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Oct. 23. Patrick Doyle/Reuters Is the Liberal...

24.10.2024 10

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Now it’s Poilievre facing the fire on foreign interference

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period in the House of Commons, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Oct. 21. Sean...

23.10.2024 10

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MPs try to tell Justin Trudeau his personal magic has become a toxic touch

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the federal inquiry into foreign interference in Ottawa on Oct. 16. Some of the Prime...

21.10.2024 30

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Trudeau came to the foreign-interference inquiry to hurl a grenade at his opponent

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Oct. 16. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press...

17.10.2024 5

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From the start, India’s expelled high commissioner came to talk tough with Ottawa

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to participate in the Intergovernmental Leaders Forum in Ottawa on May 8, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian...

16.10.2024 7

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Marc Miller and a mea culpa makes a rare success

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller speaks during a news conference, Sept. 18. By capping the number of new international...

14.10.2024 5

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Bill Blair doesn’t know what happened in his office, and he’s fine with that

Minister of National Defence Bill Blair speaks with reporters as he arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in Ottawa, on Oct. 7. Justin...

12.10.2024 2

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Former Liberal aide’s testimony on 54-day delay for CSIS warrant leaves a blank space

Zita Astravas, former Chief of Staff to the Minister of Public Safety, arrives to appear as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in...

10.10.2024 3

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What happened in Bill Blair’s office during unexplained 54-day gap?

Bill Blair speaks with reporters as he arrives for a meeting of the federal cabinet in Ottawa on Oct. 7. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Things went...

09.10.2024 4

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