Canadian Conservatives Back Poilievre After Election Defeat
Prominent Canadian Conservatives say Pierre Poilievre should remain as party leader, even after losing his own seat on Monday.

Prominent Canadian Conservatives say Pierre Poilievre should remain as party leader, even after losing his own seat on Monday.
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre — once heavily favored in the polls to become the next prime minister — not only lost to Liberal Mark Carney in Monday’s election, but he appears to have lost the parliamentary seat he has held for 21 years at press time.
Canadian voters handed the nation’s center-right Conservative Party a historic loss on Monday night in an election that, three months ago, the party was winning by over 25 points.
National polls in Canada published on Wednesday and Thursday show the leftist Liberal Party holding on to a slimming lead against their Conservative challengers — one that a pollster referred to as a “marginal tie” compared to the larger lead even a week ago.
The Conservative Party of Canada published its official platform on Tuesday, promising millions of dollars in spending cuts while simultaneously lowering taxes and increasing spending on law enforcement and border control.
Canada held prime minister debates on Wednesday and Thursday, the first in French and the second in English. The Thursday debate was, by all accounts, a more spirited joust between interim Prime Minister Mark Carney and his rivals from the Conservative, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois parties.
Leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacted with outrage on Thursday when confronted about why he had taken photos with the leaders of a Chinese influence operation in Toronto, claiming he did not know what the group was.
A Canadian government Task Force that monitors election interference by foreign countries revealed on Monday that Chinese state-linked social media posts were amplifying messages promoting unelected leftist Prime Minister Mark Carney as a “rock star economist” and worthy adversary to President Donald Trump.
The Conservative opposition in Canada demanded Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fire a Toronto-area candidate, Paul Chiang, for suggesting that anti-Communist Conservative Joe Tay be handed over to the Chinese government for a bounty.
Liberal Party of Canada leader Mark Carney, who became prime minister upon Justin Trudeau’s resignation two weeks ago and will run as his party’s candidate in the April 28 snap election, has been accused of plagiarism in his 1995 thesis for a doctorate in economics from Oxford University.
Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday hammered his Liberal rival Mark Carney for taking a sweetheart $250 million loan from a state-owned Chinese bank.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warned on Monday that China and India could meddle in next month’s snap election to replace leftist former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Unelected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declined to participate in a French-language debate against his election rivals.
Canada’s recently installed Prime Minister Mark Carney called on Sunday for a snap election to be held at the end of next month as he seeks to gain an election mandate to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in the trade war.
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” President Donald Trump responded to Canada’s Liberal Party appearing to gain ground electorally by saying that “I think it’s easier to deal, actually,
Canada’s new prime minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Carney, snapped at reporters on Monday when they questioned his potential conflicts of financial interest, which probably cannot be resolved with full public transparency before the next general election.
Radical leftist Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau promised to remain “boldly and apologetically Canadian” long after his decade-long term in power, expected to end of Friday morning, ends in a video message to supporters.
Former central banker Mark Carney, who was elected leader of the Liberal Party last weekend in a landslide vote, will be sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday.
Former central banker Mark Carney, chosen to lead the Liberal Party of Canada at the party conference on Sunday, met with outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday to plan the next steps in Canada’s political transition.
Chrystia Freeland attracted a paltry eight percent of support from Liberal voters on Sunday, crushed in a race prominent Liberals encouraged her to join.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke down in tears Sunday during his farewell speech during a Liberal Party conference.
The Justin Trudeau era is coming to a close in Canada, with the governing Liberal Party selecting former central banker Mark Carney as its new leader and eventual prime minister on Sunday.
Canada’s Liberal Party looked set Sunday to choose a former central banker and political novice as its next leader, replacing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as it confronts threats from US President Donald Trump.
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on Monday rolled out his “Canada First” response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, borrowing Trump’s branding strategy while insisting his tariffs on Canadian goods are “unjustified.”
Chrystia Freeland, a leading candidate to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the helm of the governing Labour Party, has suggested that Britain and France could be called on to provide a nuclear deterrent against the United States.
Canada’s Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) task force on Friday said it has detected “coordinated and malicious activity” from accounts linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), directed against former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, a leading candidate from the Liberal Party of Canada to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, currently favored to be the next prime minister, expressed support for President Donald Trump’s executive order recognizing only two legal human sexes on Wednesday.
Former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland penned a somewhat humorous, but also rather menacing, op-ed for the Washington Post on Sunday in which she warned incoming President Donald Trump not to “doubt Canada’s resolve.”
Radical leftist Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau confirmed on Wednesday that he would not be running for a seat in Parliament during the election cycle, effectively ending his career in public office in the near term.
The Liberal Party of Canada confirmed on Thursday that it would replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a new leader on March 9.
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre walked a tightrope in rebuffing Donald Trump’s offer to annex his country.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, launching both the process of his Liberal Party choosing a new leader and his country electing a new prime minister.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday, ending a tumultuous second term.
Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre condemned radical leftist Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on Monday that he would relinquish leadership of his country and the Liberal Party, dismissing it as a “trick” for the Liberals to stay in power and continue Trudeau’s policies.
Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Monday as both prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Trudeau said he will remain as caretaker PM until the Liberal Party selects its new leader.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reportedly resign from his position as party leader this week amid conservative opposition and dismal approval ratings.
Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, on Friday demolished Jagmeet Singh of the left-wing New Democrat Party (NDP) for pretending to criticize embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while dancing away from votes that could have removed Trudeau from office.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s many woes include accusations of sexism, as the self-described “proud feminist” tried to shift blame for his policy failures to his trade minister Chrystia Freeland, who resigned from his Cabinet this week rather than accept a humiliating demotion.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been fending off no-confidence votes and calls for his resignation for months, found his position increasingly perilous on Monday following the resignation of his deputy prime minister and minister of finance, Chrystia Freeland.
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most powerful and loyal minister, announced Monday she was resigning from the Cabinet as Trudeau struggles with declining popularity.