There is a stark divide playing out in the current federal election. It may not be dominating the headlines right now, but it’s definitely there — bubbling below the surface with the potential to erupt at any moment.
It’s the divide between generations, between the old, who are comfortable with the status quo, and the young, who are desperate to break free towards a brighter future.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada’s problems weren’t created by the Trump administration as he made an impassioned pitch for Pierre Poilievre to become Canada’s next prime minister and downplayed Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s role during the 2008 global financial crisis.
Mr. Harper appeared at Mr. Poilievre’s rally in Edmonton on Monday night to introduce the Conservative Leader to a crowd of thousands who packed into at a warehouse south of the city. The rally, which is the 11th of the campaign, was the largest one so far, with organizers saying upwards of 10,000 people registered for the event.
With polls showing his party mired in third place in the federal election campaign, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday he has no regrets about how he handled his party’s governance deal with the Liberals.
With the data all pointing toward a two-horse race, Singh said his party’s accomplishments through the supply and confidence agreement with former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government should convince more people to support the NDP.
Venal is as venal does.
For more than a year, immigration has been at the forefront of the political agenda, and the subject of heated exchanges in the Commons. Polls have shown that Canadians’ long-standing support for increasing the number of new arrivals has dropped in the past two years, amid fears about the cost of housing and strains on health care.
But during the election campaign so far, immigration has been relegated to a second-tier concern. The threat to the economy and job security posed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and other “pocketbook issues” has eclipsed it as an issue, even though border security – fuelled by Mr. Trump’s barbs about illegal migration from Canada – has been in the spotlight for months.
Having spent decades in intelligence and security, and through the research presented in “The Mosaic Effect,” the book I co-authored, I’ve seen firsthand how Beijing uses sophisticated non-military tools—what we now define as hybrid warfare—to infiltrate and influence democratic institutions. At the core of this strategy is the United Front Work Department, an agency of the CCP that specializes in co-opting elites, manipulating diaspora communities, and shaping foreign policy in target nations.
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney joked it would be “a bad idea” to send Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada.
Smith fired back at Carney on Monday at a press conference in Edmonton.
I suspect Carney is acting on instructions from Beijing.
Pierre Poilievre’s campaign pivot to focus more on Donald Trump’s trade war may be helping the Conservatives narrow the polling gap with Mark Carney’s Liberals in the April 28 election.
According to the Star’s election predictor, the Signal, as of Monday the Liberals led with 42.3 per cent to 40 per cent for the Tories.
That’s slightly closer than on Friday when the Vox Pop Labs aggregator, which crunches publicly available polling information in a supercomputer, had the Grits at 43.2 per cent and the Tories at 39.9 per cent.
I think Carney is becoming “Known” as part of the braintrust behind Trudeau’s misrule and that is the real cause of his erosion in public perception.
Elections are supposed to help voters differentiate between candidates so they can decide who to support. The idea is to get a clear grip on what the rival contestants are all about. But two weeks into the federal election campaign, differences between the two front-runners are less apparent than they once seemed. In style and personality they may be worlds apart, in their plans for running Canada there’s less substance than either might claim.
‘Who do you think was guiding the Trudeau government all these years?’
OK, the Trump tariff dump is in the rearview mirror, and we have a better idea of what to expect.
So, it’s time to put the Canadian federal election back in the headlines and what we can expect from that, as we navigate the hallways of promises, exaggerations and, too often, pure BS.
Advocate of Trump tariff playbook to speak at Canadian conservative think tank taking place during election campaign
A prominent Canadian conservative think tank has invited the top tariff power broker from Donald Trump’s first cabinet to a conference in Ottawa this week that includes a who’s who of premiers, former politicians and Conservative strategists.
Former U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, who supports dramatically higher tariffs and dismisses concerns about tanking the global economy, will be the keynote speaker at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference.
A new Angus Reid poll shows support for Western independence remains significant, with many respondents indicating the outcome of the federal election is a significant factor.
About 30% of Albertans and 33% of Saskatchewanians said they would leave Canada if Mark Carney and the Liberals win the federal election on April 28 — otherwise, the numbers drop to 25% and 20% respectively.
But …
Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta independence is a pipe dream
Separated from Canada, we’d be a landlocked economic basket case
A network of X accounts is “artificially” amplifying misinformation about Canada’s economy and leadership, according to a report shared with The Logic from digital threat research group Reset Tech.
A coordinated campaign from these accounts spread false stories about businesses decamping for the U.S. as a result of Canada’s alleged economic decline, as well as Canadian support for Donald Trump’s goal to annex the country. The network, which is made up of 73 accounts and “likely hundreds more,” shares material from U.S. right wing sites, as well as Toronto-based Canada Free Press and Montreal-based Post Millennial.
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre said a Conservative government would complete environmental assessments of major infrastructure projects within one year and push through approval of 10 pending major resource projects.
If the Conservatives are elected on April 28, Poilievre said Monday that the days of innumerable environmental reviews by multiple governments and endless waiting for large infrastructure projects to be approved would be over.
As one of the “most consequential” election campaigns enters its third week, the Liberals are leading in the polls, and if the Conservatives hope to win, they will need to seriously undermine Mark Carney’s credibility—much like Brian Mulroney’s Tories did to John Turner’s Liberals in the 1988 campaign.
“Remember, in 1988, the Tories said that they had to bomb the bridge on John Turner,” said Greg Lyle, president of Innovative Research, in an interview with The Hill Times. “Well, the job of the Tories in 2025 is to bomb the bridge of Carney’s credibility.”
So Mark Carney is now Canada's new Prime Minister.
Take a moment to hear what his former boss Liz Truss,who knows his game all too well,has to say about him…. pic.twitter.com/ZK8jNUX8GQ— Richard (@ricwe123) April 6, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s election security watchdog has accused the Chinese government of promoting Liberal Leader Mark Carney in what it’s calling an “information operation” taking place on Chinese-language social media.
In a Monday morning press conference, Laurie-Anne Kempton, of the Privy Council Office, said the operation is currently being undertaken by Youli-Youmian — the most popular news site on the WeChat social media platform.
It’s official: China is currently INTERFERING in the Canadian election to help Mark Carney become Prime Minister.
Vote Mark Carney, sell out to China.pic.twitter.com/gnWOXaMD4w
— mistersunshinebaby (@mrsunshinebaby) April 7, 2025
h/t Neocon
