Canadian Politics

Some media companies have been denied status by Ottawa as a so-called Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization, eligible to claim payroll tax credits from Ottawa’s $595 million news media bailout. They will also thus likely be unable to receive payments from Google’s promised $100 million annual contribution to Canadian media under the Online News Act.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has historic ties to Rebel News owner Ezra Levant, the right-wing media personality at the epicentre of a controversy that has engulfed Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission.

Ontario premier and PC Party leader Doug Ford has broken his silence on the Canadian election, backing criticisms made by his of campaign manager Kory Teneyc...

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A deeply flawed argu­ment has slipped into the national elec­tion con­ver­sa­tion. It goes like this: there isn't much policy dif­fer­ence between front­run­ners Mark Car­ney and Pierre Poil­ievre, so it really comes down to who can best handle Don­ald...

The policy differences between Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre are huge. Nurtured in right-wing extremism, the Conservative leader is ready to dismantle Canada.

Over the past five years, exercise of the fundamental freedom of speech in Canada has been curbed and discouraged by a federal government increasingly intolerant of even the mildest criticism or dissent. Particularly affected have been organizations dependent on government funding which advocate for human rights and women’s equality. Their voices have been stifled, some completely silenced, by cuts to their budgets. Also financially throttled have been individuals and groups that speak out for reproductive rights, humanitarian immigration policies, and for changes in Canada’s foreign policy in the Middle East.

With the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian politics is headed for a shake-up, with observers anticipating a federal election shortly after the Liberals choose their new leader in March. In the polls, Liberal support is at a low ebb with essentially all of that going to the federal Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre.

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney framed his fiscal and spending plan on Saturday in terms of a crisis. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed it as a 'spending bonanza' that Canada can't afford.

Despite disclaiming Trump's policies on the campaign trail, talks from the Conservative Party candidate's allies at Peterson's ARC conferences hew closely to MAGA.

The Conservative leader voted in favour of protecting the planet only 13 times in 20 years as an MP, a DeSmog analysis of his voting record reveals.

Canada Proud Background Canada Proud is part of a network of conservative groups and social media pages initially founded by conservative activist Jeff Ballingall. According to its website, Canada Proud describes itself as “a grassroots group of Canadians working to defeat Justin Trudeau,” the liberal prime minister of Canada from 2015-2025. “Since launching in September […]

In recent months, federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly voiced support for discredited “tough on crime” policies that will ultimately fail. In February alone, Poilievre vowed to introduce mandatory ...

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s proposed “three strikes” law is a discredited “tough on crime” policy imported from the United States.

By Benjamin Perrin — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has said that, if elected, he would override constitutionally protected rights and freedoms to implement his controversial “tough on crime” agenda. He would be th...

Voter suppression works. Ask the Kochs, Trump and our very own robocall fakers.

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A quarter of Canadians believe in online conspiracy theories, an expert on radicalization and terrorism told a parliamentary committee Thursday.

A special dispatch about Alberta's conspiracy-theorist-in-chief and her penchant for antisemitic blogs.

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's "Canada First" approach might put him on a collision course with Trump in the short term – but the two have a "shared worldview," said Naomi Klein.

If it walks like a Trump, quacks like a Trump, and looks like a Trump… Let’s dive into some unsavoury truths about the racist underpinnings of Pierre Poiliev...

IJF analysis shows hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and subsidies for Trump ally’s companies

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IJF analysis found Tory candidates disclosed investing in company they accused of dodging taxes

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called accusations a party candidate in B.C. has denied the history of residential schools "misleading," and said he stands by his nominee.