RECAP: Carney, Poilievre vow to fight for workers affected by upcoming layoffs at GM assembly plant in Ontario | Carney convenes Canada-U.S. committee, warns tariffs slowing both global and Canadian economies | Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count
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RECAP: Carney, Poilievre vow to fight for workers affected by upcoming layoffs at GM assembly plant in Ontario; Two men in suits are seen speaking from podiums\.

RECAP: Carney, Poilievre vow to fight for workers affected by upcoming layoffs at GM assembly plant in Ontario

April 11 , 2025 at 08:58:25 a.m. EDT • :

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Carney convenes Canada-U.S. committee, warns tariffs slowing both global and Canadian economies; Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee meeting on Canada-U\.S\. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday\.

Carney convenes Canada-U.S. committee, warns tariffs slowing both global and Canadian economies

April 11 , 2025 at 01:50:25 p.m. EDT • :

Liberal Leader Mark Carney emerged from a meeting with his Canada-U.S. committee in Ottawa Friday warning the global economy is starting to slow, and saying he's directed officials to prepare for negotiations with the Trump administration. 
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Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count; Poilievre and Carney's rally crowds are smaller than they claim\. We counted

Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count

April 11 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Crowd sizes have become a discussion point in this election. The CBC News's visual investigation unit looks at some of the images from those rallies to try to determine whether the reality fits with the campaigns' claims.
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Sask. Party MLA who called Jagmeet Singh a 'terrorist' stripped of additional MLA duties; Saskatchewan Party MLA Racquel Hilbert apologized earlier this week for comments she made about federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh\. She has now been removed from her additional responsibilities as an MLA, the party says\.

Sask. Party MLA who called Jagmeet Singh a 'terrorist' stripped of additional MLA duties

April 11 , 2025 at 02:57:10 p.m. EDT • :

Racquel Hilbert, the Saskatchewan Party MLA who called federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh a terrorist in the provincial legislature last month, has been removed from additional MLA duties, the party says.
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Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines; Jasper, Alta\., Mayor Richard Ireland, second from the left in blue, looks at what is left of his home of 67 years during a tour of the devastation after last summer's fire that destroyed over 300 buildings\.

Canadian mayors push federal leaders for action on climate, not pipelines

April 11 , 2025 at 04:00:59 a.m. EDT • :

Municipal politicians across Canada have written a letter to the five main federal party leaders calling for climate-related actions they say would improve the country's resilience to environmental calamities.
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Some Conservative supporters question whether the polls can be trusted; Conservative supporters Sarah and Paul, who didn't want to share their last names, hold a banner questioning the federal opinion poll results outside party leader Pierre Poilievre's Wednesday evening rally in Brampton, Ont\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 06:48:41 p.m. EDT • :

Some Conservative supporters question whether the polls can be trusted

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Conservatives are limiting media access to Poilievre. Is it helping or hurting him?; Poilievre limits media access, only allows handpicked reporter questions  

April 10 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Conservatives are limiting media access to Poilievre. Is it helping or hurting him?

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Carney announces sweeping plan to crack down on crime, strengthen the border; Liberal Leader Mark Carney says his plan would empower law enforcement and border security officers across the country\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 03:53:41 p.m. EDT • :

Carney announces sweeping plan to crack down on crime, strengthen the border

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Brookfield used Cayman Islands to register 3rd fund managed by Carney; Liberal Leader Mark Carney speaks during a campaign stop in Calgary on Wednesday\.  

April 10 , 2025 at 01:05:46 p.m. EDT • :

Brookfield used Cayman Islands to register 3rd fund managed by Carney

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Asked to clarify if he sees genocide in Gaza, Carney says he 'didn't hear that word'; Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he didn't hear the word 'genocide' when he commented on the situation in Gaza during an appearance at a rally in Calgary on Tuesday\.  

April 9 , 2025 at 03:55:26 p.m. EDT • :

Asked to clarify if he sees genocide in Gaza, Carney says he 'didn't hear that word'

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