Conservative Leader says obligations of seeing top-secret documents would restrict his ability to discuss and hold the government to account on what he had learned

The Progressive Conservative leader said Ontario would maintain its share of funding for EV battery production subsidies even if U.S. President Donald Trump tears up the Inflation Reduction Act.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has argued that he won’t be muzzled by secrecy constraints that accompany security clearances.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is rejecting the terms of a briefing from Canada’s spy agency regarding foreign interference because it won’t enable him to act on the information, his office says.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Liberals to recall Parliament and work with opposition leaders on a potential support package for workers who could be hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs as early as Feb.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is seeing his lead melt away, according to new polling from EKOS Research AssociatesPhoto courtesy Federal Conservative Party For a couple of weeks now I’ve wrestled with what to do about the unique data coming from Frank Graves,

Now that a Gazan ceasefire has been in place since Jan. 19, rallies have continued unabated, often with calls for Palestinian “resistance” to continue until Israel’s complete destruction. “The fight isn’t over. In fact, it has just begun,” Toronto4Palestine said in a statement released in the wake of a ceasefire announcement.

It has to hit hard. We have to be very pinpoint and surgical,” said Poilievre, who has drawn comparisons to President Trump.

Poilievre is generally press-averse, partial to friendly platforms—his own YouTube and Instagram channels, Jordan Peterson’s podcast. The Lake Report pounced, sending both of its reporters. They asked first thing about how Poilievre would handle the government’s support of local journalism.

Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.

The next Liberal Party leader remains unknown. Earlier this week, rumours circulated in Ottawa that the Trudeau government is preparing a major tariff response plan—similar in scale to pandemic measures—should the United States follow through on its threat to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian exports.

The uncertainty caused by Donald Trump’s young second presidency is garnering a lot of Canadian attention, and it deserves to. But the effects of politics closer to home are also important and shouldn’t be lost or forgotten in the headlines of the coming year.