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Jamie Sarkonak: Trump's belligerence left Poilievre's campaign no room for error

6 hours ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Advertisement 1Little missteps proved fatal, but the Conservative movement still has hopeArticle contentThe Conservatives couldn’t control the one big thing that went wrong for them in the campaign, but they could control the mounting pile of little things. With an election so close — the Liberals winning 167 seats, the Conservatives, 145, as of 3 a.m. ET Tuesday — those little things amounted to a fatal speed bump.
Liberals hold their breath as they await election results and possible fourth term

1 day ago | nationalpost.com | Catherine Levesque |Catherine Lévesque

Advertisement 1Mark Carney, a political novice, was chosen as leader of the Liberal party seven weeks agoArticle contentOTTAWA — Liberals are holding their breath awaiting the results of an election that could give their party what they could only dream of mere weeks ago: a majority fourth term.
Millions of Canadians head to polls after 'useless' five-week campaign dominated by Trump

1 day ago | nationalpost.com | Christopher Nardi

Advertisement 1The final Leger poll of the election suggested the Liberals maintained a four-point lead over the ConservativesArticle contentOTTAWA — Millions of Canadians are expected to cast a ballot today, capping a 36-day election campaign dominated by threats of annexation and tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump and affordability concerns.
Jamie Sarkonak: Carney's immigration plan a recipe for more overcrowding

1 day ago | nationalpost.com | Jamie Sarkonak

Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Many of Canada’s problems in the last 10 years can be traced back to over-immigrationArticle contentIt’s good that Liberal Leader Mark Carney at least understands his party’s role in overpopulating Canada faster than it can grow capacity, but it’s a problem that he doesn’t have a plan to wind it up.
It's the 'most important election of our lifetime.' Just like all these other ones

1 day ago | nationalpost.com | Christopher Nardi

Advertisement 1A deep dive into the archives shows that Canada has had the 'most important election' of a lifetime once every decadeArticle contentOTTAWA — In late March, Liberal Leader Mark Carney set foot for the first time in his Ottawa-area riding’s campaign office and began his speech to volunteers with a stark declaration: “This election is the most important election of our lifetime”.
Parties recalibrate campaigns after Vancouver 'car ramming attack' kills nine

2 days ago | nationalpost.com | Christopher Nardi

Advertisement 1'Currently, we do not believe that there is any active threat to Canadians,' Mark Carney said Sunday morningArticle contentPolice believe the suspect in a “car ramming attack” at a Vancouver Filipino community event that killed nine people and injured over 20 acted alone and that there is no “active threat” to Canadians, Prime Minister Mark Carney said as the final day of the federal election campaign began on a dark note.
'Bodies everywhere': Multiple people killed, injured at Lapu Lapu Day in Vancouver

2 days ago | nationalpost.com | Cayley Dobie |Cheryl Chan |Kim Bolan |Patrick Johnston |Stephanie Ip

Advertisement 1Witness describes the carnage after someone drove into a crowd of people near Fraser Street and 43rd Avenue in Vancouver: 'There's people flying'Article contentContent warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of violence and injury. Those who have experienced trauma can contact VictimLinkBC by phone or text at 1-800-563-0808 or by email at [email protected] for immediate crisis support and resources. VictimLinkBC is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Chrétien predicts Liberal majority at Ottawa campaign stop

2 days ago | nationalpost.com | Catherine Levesque |Catherine Lévesque

Advertisement 1At age 91, the former PM is stumping for his party on the final weekend of the electionArticle contentOTTAWA — At age 91, Jean Chrétien is still on the road, campaigning for his party. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentArticle contentThe former prime minister says he has travelled to Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario to ask voters to re-elect the Liberals for a fourth mandate.
Why Pope Francis's signet ring must be destroyed with a silver hammer | National Post

3 days ago | nationalpost.com | Joseph Brean

Among the traditions that mark the funeral preparations for Pope Francis is the destruction of his signet ring, the Ring of the Fisherman
Higher stakes, higher profile campaigns? Not so much

3 days ago | nationalpost.com | Simon Tuck

Advertisement 1A Liberal source said that Carney is a much different candidate than Trudeau, who kept a frenetic paceArticle contentOTTAWA — If this Canadian election is the most important in a generation, why do the two main parties seem to be running less public — or at least lower profile — campaigns? Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.