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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories
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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories

Conservative members of Parliament say the Liberals are playing politics with COVID-19 border restrictions, and talk of scrapping those restrictions may have to do with the new Tory leader.  The Liberals are considering whether to make changes to the mandatory use of the ArriveCan app, and rules about vaccine mandates for foreign travellers and random...

New Tory leader Poilievre drops in on Quebec caucus before meeting with MPs, senators
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New Tory leader Poilievre drops in on Quebec caucus before meeting with MPs, senators

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre visited members of the party’s Quebec caucus Monday after nearly sweeping the province in a landslide victory over its former Premier, Jean Charest. Many of the 10 Quebec MPs endorsed Charest in the contest, but Saturday’s leadership results revealed Poilievre won almost all of the 78 ridings. “Having a surprise visit...

Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces ‘white replacement theory’
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Tory leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces ‘white replacement theory’

Pierre Poilievre, a high-profile contender in the Conservative party’s leadership race, on Monday denounced the “white replacement theory,” which was believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as “ugly and disgusting hate-mongering.”  In a statement provided to The Canadian Press, the longtime Ottawa MP, who has been attracting massive crowds as he...