Why some Liberal MPs want to reserve the right to oust Mark Carney | Conservative Jonathan Rowe wins Terra Nova-The Peninsulas following recount | Party status for NDP likely not 'on the table,' says Liberal House leader
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Why some Liberal MPs want to reserve the right to oust Mark Carney; Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters during an availability following a cabinet retreat, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in Ottawa\.

Why some Liberal MPs want to reserve the right to oust Mark Carney

May 23 , 2025 at 05:57:37 p.m. EDT • :

Some Liberal MPs say they plan on voting to adopt the Reform Act on Sunday so caucus has more power and can reserve the right to trigger a vote to topple Prime Minister Mark Carney as party leader.

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Conservative Jonathan Rowe wins Terra Nova-The Peninsulas following recount; A smiling man wearing a black sweater\.

Conservative Jonathan Rowe wins Terra Nova-The Peninsulas following recount

May 23 , 2025 at 04:30:00 a.m. EDT • :

Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe has defeated Liberal Anthony Germain by 12 votes in the Newfoundland district of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas following a judicial recount.

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Party status for NDP likely not 'on the table,' says Liberal House leader; Minister of Jobs and Families Steve MacKinnon arrives on Parliament Hill for a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U\.S\. Relations and National Security, Thursday, March 27, 2025 in Ottawa\.

Party status for NDP likely not 'on the table,' says Liberal House leader

May 23 , 2025 at 04:38:10 p.m. EDT • :

The government House leader says he doesn't expect the NDP to gain official party status in the House of Commons.

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Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after 1-vote loss; Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné lost by one vote after a judicial recount in the riding of Terrebonne\. She says in light of an error by Elections Canada, a new election should be held in the riding\.

Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after 1-vote loss

May 23 , 2025 at 03:17:56 p.m. EDT • :

The party says there is doubt about who won the riding in the April 28 federal election because a mail-in vote from a Bloc supporter was returned to the sender.

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Federal public service shrinks for 1st time in a decade; Of the nearly 10,000 federal public service jobs cut over the last year, more than 6,000 were at the Canada Revenue Agency\.

Federal public service shrinks for 1st time in a decade

May 23 , 2025 at 11:05:36 a.m. EDT • :

The federal public service has shrunk for the first time since 2015, after shedding nearly 10,000 jobs over the last year, according to new data released by the Treasury Board Secretariat.

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Carney's heavily scrutinized chief of staff to remain in role for now; Prime Minister Mark Carney says former MP Marco Mendicino, right, will remain as his chief of staff into the summer\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 08:06:57 p.m. EDT • :

Carney's heavily scrutinized chief of staff to remain in role for now

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'Easier ways to send messages' to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador; U\.S\. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says the American government will closely listen to the content of the upcoming throne speech because 'it is the platform of the ruling party\.'  

May 22 , 2025 at 04:44:35 p.m. EDT • :

'Easier ways to send messages' to Trump than bringing in the King: U.S. ambassador

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Conservative Kathy Borrelli narrowly upholds win in federal Windsor-area riding recount; Kathy Borrelli with federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from April 2025\.  

May 23 , 2025 at 08:17:24 a.m. EDT • :

Conservative Kathy Borrelli narrowly upholds win in federal Windsor-area riding recount

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Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources; Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters outside of West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 15\.  

May 22 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources

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Here's the itinerary for the King's visit to deliver the throne speech in Ottawa; King Charles and Queen Camilla visit Canada House in London on Tuesday to mark 100 years since it opened\. The King and Queen will visit Ottawa on May 26 and 27, where King Charles will open Parliament by reading the speech from the throne\.  

May 20 , 2025 at 12:47:15 p.m. EDT • :

Here's the itinerary for the King's visit to deliver the throne speech in Ottawa

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