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In the Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, edition of Focus BC, host Richard Zussman interviews VPD Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson, also from the BC Association of Chiefs of Police, to discuss decriminalization in our province. Also, Conservative MLA Gavin Dew has more on the economic outlook and Keith Baldrey has more on the BC Conservative Party...

The stage is set for political drama in British Columbia, as voters head to the polls for a provincial election. It’s expected to be a nail-biting finish between the governing NDP and the Conservatives, who have rapidly risen in popularity in matter of months. Opinion polls have shown the two parties in a neck-and-neck race,...

After several delays and the election three days away, the BC0 Conservatives have just released their costed platform. In the 115-page document, the party lays out its priorities and a lot of big promises while pledging to eliminate the provincial deficit. Andrea Macpherson reports on what stood out from John Rustad’s platform unveiling.

It’s the last weekend before British Columbians officially head to the polls next Saturday. Here to break down the latest in the BC election campaign are partner at Core Firm Nikki Hill, political strategist Ashraf Amlani & president of the BC Conservatives Aisha Estey.

Voters in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick are all about to head to the polls. And those provinces’ three conservative parties are using Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a punching bag. David Akin explains why, and why it may not necessarily work.

The New Brunswick Conservative Party gathered in Fredericton on Saturday for their annual general meeting. Following a devastating defeat in the recent provincial elections, the party is looking at how to rebuild itself. Suzanne Lapointe has more.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reshuffled his cabinet in an effort to reset things after Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation on Monday. Now, NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, has joined the Conservative party in the push for Trudeau’s resignation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempted to brush off the bombshell resignation of Chrystia Freeland, his former top cabinet member, as a dispute between family at the Liberals’ national caucus holiday party on Tuesday evening. Trudeau also took aim at Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, calling him a “Grinch.”

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for his handling of the economy, saying the Bank of Canada was “forced into an emergency, panicked rate cut.” The central bank on Wednesday delivered a second consecutive interest rate cut of half a percentage point.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said in Ottawa on Sunday that Canada should “not get involved” following the toppling of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. “It’s not our fight,” he added.

Tenants and community groups in one of Montreal’s poorest areas – the Parc-Extension neighbourhood – met Saturday to discuss the need for social housing. And Quebec Conservative Party Leader Eric Duhaime is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.

Canada’s Conservative Party accused the Trudeau Liberals of making a “deal” with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to stop the government from falling in Monday’s Opposition Day non-confidence vote in the House of Commons. The Liberals survived the third attempt to topple their minority government on Monday, with the NDP and Liberals voting against the motion.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal cabinet for the late delivery of its fall economic update, saying they are “finally” releasing the economic plan, but “in the snow.” Following repeated questions about the update, Ryan Turnbull, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, blamed Parliamentary filibustering by the...

After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slipped up, making a comment about temporarily suspended sales taxes on “freshly-made produce,” rather than “products,” Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre responded criticizing the Liberal carbon pricing initiative. “He really does think that food comes from the grocery store, not from the farmers who actually grow the produce. That’s why...

Patrick Brown has said he will comply with a summons to appear before a committee investigating foreign interference. This comes as a CBC investigation claims agents of the Indian government had attempted to derail his campaign for leadership of the Conservative Party in 2022.

During question period in the Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, joking his Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, is “fighting” for his job, rather than handling recent threats against Canada made by president-elect Donald Trump.

During question period in the House of Commons on Thursday, Justice Minister Arif Virani condemned the Conservative Party, demanding rapid support for the long-proposed Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) — which the Liberal government split in two on Wednesday in order to prioritize passing measures to fight child sex predators swiftly. “Surely, for the love...

With the federal government under pressure to beef up border security in the face of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threat, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with opposition leaders to discuss the issue. David Akin looks at how Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre responded; the reaction from other party leaders; and what Trudeau is...

After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slipped up, making a comment about temporarily suspended sales taxes on “freshly-made produce,” rather than “products,” Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre responded criticizing the Liberal carbon pricing initiative. “He really does think that food comes from the grocery store, not from the farmers who actually grow the produce. That’s why...

Speaking in Charlottetown, P.E.I., on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre on his refusal to go through security clearance to have access to top secret government meetings relating to national security. “This is something that is entirely inexplicable to the vast majority of Canadians,” Trudeau said.