Lucas Powers

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...

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Lucas Powers

9 minutes agoJenna BenchetritHello! I’m Jenna and I’m your morning live page writer. All the major party leaders are campaigning in Quebec today. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet are speaking at 9:30 a.m. ET, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is on at 11:30 a.m. ET.

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Michael Woods |Lucas Powers |Jenna Benchetrit |Kate McKenna

20 minutes agoCarney asked about dropped Liberal candidateMichael WoodsRod Loyola is no longer the Liberal candidate in the riding of Edmonton Gateway. (Sheena Rossiter/CBC)Good morning. I’m a senior producer with the Parliamentary bureau’s digital team. Carney faced a question in Montreal today about the news that his party has dropped another candidate, this time in the Edmonton area.

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Meagan Fitzpatrick |Michael Woods |Lucas Powers |Jenna Benchetrit

30 minutes agoAnti-Trump sentiment in the ‘epicentre of the tariff war’Meagan FitzpatrickMary Guilbeault with her homemade 'Elbows Up' pin. (Meagan Fitzpatrick/CBC)Hello, I’m back in Windsor, Ont., reporting live on CBC News Network. At the Back Road Cafe, not too far from the Stellantis car plant that will be idle come Monday, there was a table full of guys having breakfast after playing hockey this morning. Some were fathers, sons and friends who have been playing together for more than 20 years.

3 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Jenna Benchetrit |Lucas Powers

World leaders, financial markets respond after Trump takes his trade war global | CBC LoadedMain party leaders expected to react to Trump’s global tariff planStarted 22 minutes agoConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will appear in Kingston, Ont., on Thursday morning, while Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement from Ottawa.