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A planned BC Conservative caucus meeting and news conference with leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay Monday, have both been cancelled, following a major exodus in recent weeks. Keith Baldrey has the latest on if more members are expected to leave the party soon.

Another week, another defection from the embattled BC Conservative Party. As Ben O’Hara-Byrne reports, the latest MLA to jump ship once again cites problems with the new leader.

More turmoil for the BC Conservatives as two MLAs team up to try to form a new political party. Global News Morning speaks with University of the Fraser Valley Political Scientist Hamish Telford about whether a new party could split the centre-right vote and what it means for Kerry-Lynne Findlay and the BC Conservatives heading...

As the trade war with the U.S. continues, the Conservative Party of Canada is stuck trying to defend our country, while still being an effective opposition to Prime Minister Mark Carney. Amanda Galbraith, from The Oyster Group, joins Miranda Anthistle with more on how opposition leader Pierre Poilievre should respond.

The snap election call comes as the Opposition is in disarray. The new interim leader of the B.C. Conservatives is moving quickly to reunite the party, starting by bringing back several MLAs who left to join CentreBC. Jordan Armstrong reports.

It’s been two weeks since BC MLA Peter Milobar left the BC Conservative Party. His departure opened the flood gates and five others have followed in his footsteps. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has the latest.

Manitoba’s Opposition Progressive Conservative party is proposing a new Crown prosecutions division dedicated to prosecuting property crimes.

The leader of the BC Conservative party says it is time to tackle street disorder in the province. This as the BC NDP is promising shorter wait times for health care scans and surgeries. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has the details.

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre grilled the Liberal government during Question Period Wednesday, blaming the increasing costs of diesel on “Liberal laws that prevent us from refining diesel for every Canadian.” After Energy Minister Tim Hodgson shared that prices for diesel went down three cents a litre this week, Poilievre shut down his “good news,”...

Two more B.C. Conservative M.L.As stepped away from the party Wednesday to sit as independents. Donegal Wilson and Scott McInnis both took shots at party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay on their way out the door. Ben O’Hara-Byrne reports.

There are eleven days to go until election day in Quebec. The five party leaders are back on the campaign trail following Wednesday night’s heated debate. Much of the focus now lies in the conservative party leader Éric Duhaime’s plan to cut public services to asylum seekers. Tim Sargeant reports.

During question period in the House of Commons on Thursday, Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre called rising diesel prices across Canada “a full-scale diesel price crisis,” as he lambasted Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government for not cutting fuel taxes such as the fuel standard tax.

The turmoil within the BC Conservative party continues as three MLAs are kicked out of caucus. The move apparently comes because they were part of a larger group of caucus members calling for the resignation of leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has the details.

In British Columbia, provincial politics have become somewhat of a spectators’ sport. There’s speculation Premier David Eby could call a snap election within days, two years early. The governing NDP, with a razor-thin majority, has been rising in the polls as the B.C. Conservative party grows smaller by the day. Sarah MacDonald reports.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party (UCP) have suffered an unexpected byelection loss to the NDP ahead of the province’s separation referendum. Heather Yourex-West looks at the possible reasons voters in the conservative stronghold of Calgary-Shaw leaned to the left.

An Alberta riding has flipped in Monday’s Calgary-Shaw byelection. NDP candidate Kyle Campbell received 7,461 votes, beating Mike Derry of the United Conservative Party. Drew Stremick has more.

After Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his government will “seek private investment through long-term concessions to operate Canada’s four largest airports,” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre questioned whether the idea will “end up being sweetheart deals for corporate power brokers and Liberal insiders at the expense of hard-working Canadians.”

Join us for a critical Canada-U.S. trade war analysis, updates on the BC Conservative Party, and a 9/11 remembrance.

Leaked audio from a BC Conservative caucus meeting alleges the leader offering a new role to the MLA willing tp step down to let her run. The meeting took place back in July and since then one MLA has stepped aside. Ben O’Hara-Byrne has more.

On the seventh day of Quebec’s election campaign, both the CAQ and the Conservative Party of Quebec want to cut the number of civil servants. Meanwhile, the Liberals want to renovate aging infrastructure, the Parti Québécois is focusing on education reform, and Québec solidaire wants to make housing more affordable for first-time homebuyers. Tim Sargeant...