Canada
Carney vows 'deliberate' action on tariffs.
From Tuesday's Global National...
Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from weakening Canada with impending new tariffs on Canadian imports. Mackenzie Gray looks at Carney's message to Canadians.
Why the Conservatives abruptly dropped 2 candidates
The Conservative Party of Canada has dropped two of its candidates for the 2025 federal election in under 24 hours. Mercedes Stephenson explains the past comments Mark McKenzie and Stéfan Marquis separately made that led to them being ousted.
Poilievre's push to win over Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada has been a federal Liberal stronghold for the past decade, but the Tories are trying to change that. Heidi Petracek looks at how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is trying to win over the region, and how voters there feel about his campaign so far.
Actually, the CPC dropped 3 candidates yesterday
Near midnight, the Conservative Party confirmed that real estate agent Lourence Singh was no longer the party's candidate in New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville. The party gave no reason why but these 10-year-old tweets might give a clue. These are just a smattering of them. There's lots more juvenile sexist tweets if you care to go through his timeline. In the seven federal campaigns I've covered, I cannot recall any party dropping three candidates in one day. -DA
[Readout] Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. The leaders had a productive call, discussing the importance of building upon the strong trading and investment relationship between the two countries, to benefit Canadians and Mexicans alike ...
GTA swing riding turned from Conservative 'slam dunk' to 'confusing'
Nominated back in December 2023, [Sandra Cobena] was the first of the party’s candidates in York Region in place. She boasts an army of about 350 volunteers and estimates to have knocked on thousands of doors. Poilievre himself has visited the riding at least four times, including to go door-knocking with Cobena, who recounts having to keep up with him as he ran down the street, greeted by passersby. Cobena is a senior manager of commercial lending at TD bank, she holds a degree from the London School of Economic, she's female, an immigrant, from a GTA riding. The leader has personally invested in her election. Sounds like a potential finance minister in a Poilievre government to me.
No, Pierre Poilievre's net worth is not $25M, despite what dubious AI-generated articles say
This is the story about how an obscure website featuring little-read articles that appear to be AI-generated became one of the most influential sources of information on the web when it comes to Canadian party leaders' personal finances.
The Provinces
B.C. ends its carbon tax on consumers after marathon debate in legislature
The NDP government fast-tracked legislation in an effort to kill off the tax on Monday, in time to coincide with today's demise of the federal version of the tax, but it was around 1:30 a.m. before it finally passed its third reading in the legislature.
U.S. lists Quebec’s language law as ‘trade barrier’, Legault has ‘no intention of softening’
Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier François Legault said Tuesday after the U.S. listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expects some industries to escape new U.S. tariffs
Danielle Smith says that since Canada doesn't tariff imports of U.S. oil or most food products, she expects those industries to remain unscathed.
Elsewhere
White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump’s sights
It’s the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage. (🎁 link)
Science and tech
What Really Happens in a Data Breach (and What You Can Do About It)
You can’t prevent a data breach, but you can control how resilient your data is to criminals when it's stolen. We explain what a data breach is and how you can limit its impact.
The Calendar
- 0900 ET: Toronto - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivers a speech and speaks to reporters.
- 1030 ET: Winnipeg - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh makes and announcement and speaks to reporters.
- 1030 ET: Causapscal, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks to reporters about softwood lumber.
- 1200 ET: Amqui, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet meets with forestry sector stakeholders.
- 1400 ET: Whitby - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigns in the riding of Whitby
- 1430 ET: Winnipeg - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh joins a picket line in support of striking workers.
- 1500 ET: Trois-Pistoles, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet campaigns in the riding of Rimouski -- La Matapédia
- 1800 ET: Kingston, ON - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a rally in the riding of Kingston and the Islands.
- 1800 ET: Quebec City - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet campaigns in the riding of Quebec Centre
- 1900 ET: Toronto - CPC candidates and incumbent MPs Melissa Lantsman, Don Stewart and Michelle Ferreri lead a campaign event.
