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Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• Angus Reid's poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote Conservative. But that 10-point spread is reversed for committed voters, and Shachi Kurl said the challenge for the Liberals is to ensure that voting intention becomes a reality.

Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• Angus Reid's poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote Conservative. But that 10-point spread is reversed for committed voters, and Shachi Kurl said the challenge for the Liberals is to ensure that voting intention becomes a reality.

No ‘perfect’ solution in Carney asset disclosure calls, say law and political science experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Despite dip in polls, Conservative path to victory remains possible, say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Liberals’ lead could change if domestic concerns surpass U.S. tensions, says pundits, pollster

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Campaigns quick to cut ties with candidates, have ‘less tolerance’ for controversy, in the age of social media, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Alberta Premier Smith calls retaliatory tariffs ‘most harmful’ to Canadian business, wants CUSMA negotiation after federal election

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada ‘isolated’ as most nations rebuff retaliatory tariffs on America, says former CUSMA negotiator Verheul

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Public sector unions raise spectre of Trump, Musk in election campaign against cuts

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Poilievre vows to renegotiate North American pact, but Trump’s repeated trade breaches imperil plan

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• BY STUART BENSON

Conservatives’ tight grip on media access not living up to promise to be ‘most accessible and transparent campaign,’ say reporters

Experts urge parties to rethink immigration priorities

NewsBY KATRYA BOLGER

• For decades, Canada has positioned itself as a welcoming place for newcomers. The party that wins the federal election on April 28 will be tasked with restoring confidence in a system that many view as broken.

Experts urge parties to rethink immigration priorities

NewsBY KATRYA BOLGER

• For decades, Canada has positioned itself as a welcoming place for newcomers. The party that wins the federal election on April 28 will be tasked with restoring confidence in a system that many view as broken.

Tories’ creative daily ad content bests Grits’ sophisticated distribution strategy, says digital marketing critic

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Key hands behind Pierre Poilievre’s 2025 Conservative campaign

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Grits lead in polls for new Canadians’ support, but Tories can still gain traction as loyalties remain up for grabs, say researchers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Conservatives target labour vote as NDP support wanes, but union leader says there’s ‘no substance’ behind catchy slogans

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Canadian International Council co-hosts conference on ‘Liberal democracy in the rearview mirror?’ April 15 in Toronto

Podcast

Why you should believe the polls, with Frank Graves

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

ListBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | UPDATED TODAY, 11:06 am

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

Podcast

Hot Room explainer: The ‘third party’ advertisers filling up your screens

Real chance of global recession due to U.S. trade war, say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• U.S. President Donald Trump is ‘playing with matches and gasoline when it comes to trade wars,’ according to Fen Hampson, professor of international affairs with Carleton University.

Real chance of global recession due to U.S. trade war, say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• U.S. President Donald Trump is ‘playing with matches and gasoline when it comes to trade wars,’ according to Fen Hampson, professor of international affairs with Carleton University.

Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Liberals could pick up five to six seats in Alberta, but NDP’s bleed in votes could also help Conservatives, say strategists

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada needs a national strategy for security, trade, and economy to contend with Trump, say political science experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

AFN election priority report urges parties to make ‘clear, firm’ pledges to First Nations

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Arctic security takes spotlight as Canadian sovereignty remains key campaign issue

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

Parliamentary Calendar

Mayor Olivia Chow, Premier Danielle Smith among top guests at competing Progress Summit, Canada Strong and Free Network events starting April 9

Podcast

‘No magic math’—Why cutting waste won’t fund election promises

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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The federal public servants running in election 2025

Podcast

Carney’s cabinet, Trump in trouble: Peter Mazereeuw gets you up to speed

Major third parties wind down ads in writ period, but organic ‘authenticity’ better than polished spots, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Political groups like Protecting Canada and Canada Proud previously spent tens of thousands of dollars on Facebook and Instagram, but have since logged off since the election campaign began.

Major third parties wind down ads in writ period, but organic ‘authenticity’ better than polished spots, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Political groups like Protecting Canada and Canada Proud previously spent tens of thousands of dollars on Facebook and Instagram, but have since logged off since the election campaign began.

‘Completely unpredictable’: will Trump’s words upend Canada’s vote?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Who’s who on Mark Carney’s 2025 Liberal campaign team

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Defence pledges have unprecedented electoral spotlight, but more ambition may be needed to match allies: experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Trade infrastructure pulls ahead of housing crisis as election priority, says industry experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• The Canadian Construction Association said 'In this federal election, construction will no longer be ignored,' in a March 27 press release.

Trade infrastructure pulls ahead of housing crisis as election priority, says industry experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• The Canadian Construction Association said 'In this federal election, construction will no longer be ignored,' in a March 27 press release.

Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Election to likely hinge on 50 most competitive ridings, but things could shift greatly by polling day, say politicos

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Election to likely hinge on 50 most competitive ridings, but things could shift greatly by polling day, say politicos

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Politics This Morning

Day 23: Poilievre and Carney speak in Montreal; Singh targets a Liberal Toronto riding

Day 20: Carney dons his prime ministerial hat, Poilievre rallies in Windsor

Day 19: Carney hits Brampton, Poilievre targets Kitchener area

Day 18: Conservatives get Trumpy in the capital

COVID-19

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

Election

Pundit panel: who’s got the biggest rally?

Cost of living, housing the top priority for young voters, not Trump

The 120,000 voters Canada counts—and the almost three million it doesn’t

The West wants out? That’s not how this works

Politics

Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

Superstore’s Mark McKinney plays Mark Carney on 22 Minutes

The theatre of leaders’ debates

If gap narrows, number of seats with a margin of less than 1,000 votes could decide the election

Foreign Policy

There goes the neighbourhood

There is no Team Canada strategy without Indigenous people

Election campaign should be about creating a new economy, not extending and expanding the old one

Rediscovering the Commonwealth foreign policy

Finance and Budget

Canada’s productivity is declining. So how do we fix it?

The world waits to see how long Trump’s attack on the global economy can last

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

Lobbying

Mexico and the U.S. play rough with public records and information regulators. What about Canada?

Trade tensions with U.S. motivate economic lobbying in January

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

Legislation

Time for Canada to strengthen its digital sovereignty

MP Serré reups call for extra funds, legislation to address northern Ontario seat loss

Why Indigenous rights must be integrated into Canada’s regulatory process

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

Public Service

Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform

Phoenix pay system: the real story of a public servant

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

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