| | | Hello, these are your top stories for Monday, March 31, 2025. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 03:55:15 p.m. EDT • : | It's the second week of Canada's 45th federal election. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is facing questions on Monday morning about a candidate who suggested a Conservative be turned into the Chinese consulate for a bounty. | Read more | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 01:15:18 p.m. EDT • : | Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre mounted a defence of his campaign messaging Monday, saying he has no qualms about focusing on issues like the housing crisis, cost of living concerns and relatively weak economic growth, even as some of his critics say he should go all in on Canada-U.S. relations. | Read more | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 01:58:18 p.m. EDT • : | The federal government says it's offering private-sector security services to election candidates who feel intimidated or threatened but do not meet the threshold for police protection. | Read more | | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 11:58:44 a.m. EDT • : | Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his signature housing policy Monday, promising to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to nearly 500,000. | Read more | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 09:33:20 a.m. EDT • : | Liberal Leader Mark Carney says Paul Chiang will remain a candidate under his party's banner, despite calls to drop the Markham-Unionville incumbent for suggesting people turn in a Conservative candidate to the Chinese consulate and collect a bounty. | Read more | | | | | | March 29 , 2025 at 11:59:58 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | March 31 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | March 30 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | March 30 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |