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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Lucas Powers
Canada election: Leaders campaign in Quebec before hunkering down to prepare for debates | CBC LoadedConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are all in the Montreal area this morning to make announcements. We’ll also hear from Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, who is fighting to hold on to his party’s seats in Quebec.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Michelle Song |Lucas Powers |Michael Woods
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that “sometimes the truth hurts” when asked about criticisms of Poilievre’s campaign. Ford’s former campaign manager Kory Teneycke has been outspoken in his criticism of the federal Conservative campaign, saying on a recent podcast appearance that “blowing a 25-point lead and being like 10 points down is campaign malpractice at the highest level.”Asked today about those remarks, Ford made some eyebrow-raising comments of his own.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Meagan Fitzpatrick |Jenna Benchetrit |Lucas Powers
Hello! It’s Jenna, your morning live page writer. It’s debate week in Montreal. Yesterday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre were put under the microscope with appearances on Tout le monde en parle, the ultra-popular talk show hosted by Radio-Canada’s Guy A. Lepage. Both are campaigning this week in Quebec, where they’ll navigate a unique political landscape in an attempt to win over Francophone voters.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Lucas Powers
Hello! It’s Jenna, your morning live page writer. It’s debate week in Montreal. Yesterday, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre were put under the microscope with appearances on Tout le monde en parle, the ultra-popular talk show hosted by Radio-Canada’s Guy A. Lepage. Both are campaigning this week in Quebec, where they’ll navigate a unique political landscape in an attempt to win over Francophone voters.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Michael Woods |Lucas Powers |Meagan Fitzpatrick
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, when asked about Poilievre’s plan to use the notwithstanding clause, had this to say: “When you are in the position of a person that wants to be prime minister of Canada, you should rely more on improving [the] justice system and laws than removing yourself from their application.” Blanchet also spoke briefly about the clause’s significance in Quebec, referencing what’s known among provincial nationalists as la nuit des longs couteaux, or “the...
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Verity Stevenson |Holly Cabrera |Jenna Benchetrit
17 minutes agoCarney calls GM layoffs 'deeply painful news'Verity StevensonCarney leaves a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)Liberal Leader Mark Carney has reacted to the GM plant shutdown in Ingersoll with a statement on X. "We will fight every day for the workers who build this country," Carney said.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Holly Cabrera |Jenna Benchetrit |Marina von Stackelberg |Michael Woods
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is urging Canadians to send more New Democrats to Ottawa to hold the future government to account. In recent days, he’s stopped saying that he’s running for prime minister. “Because people voted for us, we were able to hold the government to account,” Singh told reporters today in Ottawa. He pointed to instances when the NDP pushed for the minority Liberal government to proceed with social programs like dental care and pharmacare.
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1 week ago | 
cbc.ca | Holly Cabrera |Jenna Benchetrit |Marina von Stackelberg |Michael Woods
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet wants the federal government to create a border minister to oversee security. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) currently reports to the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness. Speaking in Montreal, Blanchet said that a federal minister specifically dedicated to border control would improve accountability. He also took aim at former immigration minister Marc Miller.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Meagan Fitzpatrick |Benjamin Lopez Steven |Verity Stevenson
Poilievre is going on the offensive against Trump over the U.S. president’s tariffs. At his campaign event in Milton, Ont., the Conservative leader opened by condemning Trump for keeping tariffs on Canada “all while he offered a 90-day pause on tariffs for dozens of other countries.”“It remains a mystery why the president treats Canada worse than dozens of other far-away countries who are not America’s best friend,” Poilievre said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbc.ca | Benjamin Lopez Steven |Jenna Benchetrit
Hey! I’m an associate producer with CBC Politics. I’m waiting for Poilievre to speak at 10 a.m. ET in Milton, Ont., and then Carney will be speaking at 10:30 a.m. ET in Brampton, Ont. I’ll be expecting reporters to ask Carney about Canada’s response to Trump’s tariffs. The White House was unequivocal yesterday when it warned countries to not retaliate — and alluded to rewards if countries negotiate trade deals with the United States.
