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Special interview: Canadians head to the polls — and into the Trump vortex
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Special interview: Canadians head to the polls — and into the Trump vortex

For insights on the upcoming Canadian election, GZERO’s Tasha Kheiriddin sat down with two senior advisors at Eurasia Group: Vice Chairman Gerald Butts, former advisor to Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and John Baird, former Cabinet minister under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Canadian Liberal Party leader Mark Carney faces Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in this composite, with Donald Trump hovering in the background.​
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Canada’s new PM is a technocratic banker who’s never been elected — and that might help him

Liberal Party leader Mark Carney’s previous, purported liabilities — being a staid, low-key, globalist technocrat who’s never been elected — may now be seen as strengths as he prepares to call a snap election in the coming days. David Moscrop explains why.

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.

Leader of Canada's Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, speaks during a 'Spike the Hike - Axe the Tax' rally in Edmonton, on March 27, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Speaker ejects Poilievre from Parliament

Speaking of performative legislative moves, Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday for calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko” and refusing to withdraw his remark when asked to do so by Speaker Greg Fergus.

Totality fails to eclipse politics
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Totality fails to eclipse politics

The moon blotted out the sun across much of North America on Monday, but it did not put politics entirely out of mind.

In April, Hillary Clinton visited Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
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A Clinton in Ottawa

Canadian Liberals are gathering in Ottawa on Thursday with a special guest from the former US top diplomat.