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Canada's Liberal Party leadership candidates
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Canadian Liberals to get new leader

Canada’s Liberal leadership race wraps up Sunday after a rather tepid two-month campaign, largely defined by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.

​Canada's Liberal Party leadership candidate and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney
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Do the Liberals stand a chance after all?

Over the past year, everyone had counted the Liberals down and out – their chances of holding on to power after the next federal election in Canada had been somewhere south of slim. But now the party is enjoying a twin boost from two recent shifts in the political terrain and has closed the polling gap between them and the Conservative Party.

Trump brings Canadian Liberals back from the dead
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Trump brings Canadian Liberals back from the dead

Mark Carney is likely to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on March 9, and then take over from Justin Trudeau for two weeks before calling an election in which he must convince Canadians that he, not Pierre Poilievre, is the right person to handle President Donald Trump. Carney is taking a harder line than the Conservative leader.

Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada, is seen here officially announcing his bid for the federal Liberal Party leadership at Laurier Heights Community League in Edmonton, Canada, on Jan. 16, 2025. ​
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Is Canada set for a snap election?

An internal memo from Canada’s New Democratic Party is warning candidates to prepare for a federal election call as early as March 10. The memo suggests that if former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney becomes leader of the Liberal Party on March 9, he might announce an election the next day and send Canadians to the polls this spring.

​Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a campaign stop at Walker Construction in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 31, 2025.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford no longer likes Donald Trump

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who is seeking a new mandate in an election later this month, has been forced to explain a pro-Trump comment captured by a hot mic.

​Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announcing his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Jan. 16, 2025.
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Carney, Trump, and Trudeau shape Canadian political shift

Is federal public opinion changing in Canada? Several recent polls show a resurgence for the Liberal Party, paralleled by a decline in Conservative support.

​Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue speaks to reporters after the release of the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 28, 2025.
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Foreign interference report delivers mixed bag

The good news is there are no “traitors” in Canada’s parliament. The bad news? Foreign interference is still a problem and a big one.

​Canada's New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh takes part in a press conference before Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Dec. 16, 2024.
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A (brief) spring election freeze? Not so fast

When Justin Trudeau announced in January that he’d resign in March, launching a leadership race to replace him as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, a spring election seemed certain. Now, maybe not.

The Trump circus comes to Canada
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The Trump circus comes to Canada

The scale at which Donald Trump’s agenda and musings have reshaped politics in Canada is, as the president himself might put it, huge. The US president has turned the Canadian political landscape into a circus, affecting everything from the Liberal leadership race and the campaigns for the soon-expected federal election to the just-launched Ontario election and the trajectory of public policy.

​Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters, announcing he intends to step down as Liberal Party leader, from his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 6, 2025.
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Trudeau steps down, and a leadership race kicks off

On Monday morning, Jan. 6, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plan to resign.