Politics

The federal Liberals are emerging as frontrunners in a tightly-contested election with a five-point lead over the Conservatives, who have maintained steady support as both parties are locked in a two-horse race on Day 8 of the federal election campaign.

While the U.S. is implementing tariffs across the board on Canadian imports, Canada is retaliating with a more targeted approach that takes aim at specific products and industries, including some unusual ones like false beards, manatee meat and church bell cases.

Affordability measures dominated discussion on the federal election trail on Saturday, with the NDP focused on capping the price of some food items and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offering more tax writeoffs to some trades workers.

Amid a changing global security landscape and ongoing sovereignty taunts from U.S. President Donald Trump, one military expert says Canada may need to reconsider its position on nuclear weapons.

Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton is cautioning not to read too much into the more positive tone struck by U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney following Friday’s phone call between the two.

An incumbent Liberal candidate is apologizing for comments he made in January about a Conservative candidate who had a bounty placed on him by Hong Kong police last December.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tried to keep his campaign focused on policy announcements and not U.S. tariffs Friday, as he wrapped up the first week of the election on the West Coast.

Both Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke of 'very' constructive talks on Friday, even though planned U.S. tariffs on Canadian vehicles are still expected to go ahead on April 2, after which Canada is expected to retaliate with counter-tariffs.

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is heading into the end of the first week of the campaign with a pledge to ban corporate landlords from buying existing affordable rental properties.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are on the campaign trail, proposing ideas on housing and crime as Liberal Leader Mark Carney deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats.

Mike Le Couteur, senior political correspondent with CTV National News who is currently covering the federal Conservative campaign, shares some observations from having attended a few of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s rallies on the campaign trail so far.

Canadians are in the midst of a federal election at a time when they can’t access news on the most popular social media platforms, as Donald Trump’s ally Elon Musk uses his own platform to meddle in the politics of other countries.

Mark Carney’s work for Brookfield Asset Management before embarking on a career in politics continues to draw heat from rival leaders in the federal election campaign.

Pierre Poilievre says a Conservative-led government would allow Canadians to make a $5,000 top-up to their Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), but only if that money is being invested in Canadian companies.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promising to help the Canadian auto sector as it faces 25 per cent U.S. tariffs.