What to Know About Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, Battling to Become Canada’s Next Leader

When Canadians vote in parliamentary elections on April 28, they will essentially be choosing between two starkly different candidates to lead their country through a crisis brought on by President Trump’s tariffs and festering economic and social issues. Mark Carney,…

Measles Outbreaks in Canada and Mexico Bring Grim Prognosis

As the United States struggles to contain a resurgence of measles that has swept through swaths of the Southwest, neighboring countries are responding to their own outbreaks. Canada has reported more than 730 cases this year, making this one of…

Canada Reschedules Political Debate That Conflicted With a Hockey Game

There’s a lot to discuss in Canada ahead of its April 28 election, including tariffs, inequality and President Trump’s threats to annex the country. But a political debate in Montreal on Wednesday night won’t have a prime time slot. That…

This Canadian Conservative Is Playing ‘Good Cop’ With Trump

As Canada barrels through one of the stormiest periods in its history toward an April 28 federal election, there’s a name that’s not on the ballot but is on people’s minds: Danielle Smith. Ms. Smith, the premier of Alberta, the…

Trump Tariffs Muddle Campaigning for Canada’s Conservatives

Until late Thursday, it appeared that Prime Minister Mark Carney might finally make it through a week of the current election without pausing his campaign because of President Trump’s trade attacks on Canada. But instead of shaking hands and making…

A Hit in Alberta, Poilievre’s Populism Falters Elsewhere in Canada

Back home for the first time since the start of the campaign, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader seeking to become Canada’s next prime minister, fired up his most ardent supporters with his greatest hits. Thousands had come to a cavernous…

Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses

The 25 percent tariff Canada began collecting on cars and trucks imported from the United States early Wednesday is not just the country’s latest act of retaliation against tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canadian exports. The estimated 8 billion…

Amid Trump’s Threats, Canada’s Conservative Leader Faces Uncertainty in National Election

Carrying his 6-year-old daughter on his shoulders, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Party leader running to lead Canada, was wading through a crowd of well-wishers in his electoral district in Ottawa. “Hey, there he is, Mr. Alexander!” he said, gripping the…

Trump, Tariffs and Carney: Canada Polls Show Liberals With Early Election Lift

Though Canada’s election began in earnest only late last month, public opinion polls have captured a gripping political narrative that has been unfolding since the start of the year. Between President Trump’s trade war, his threats of annexation and the…

In Canada’s Auto City, Tariffs Have Already Caused a Shutdown

Outside City Hall in Windsor, Ontario, it was apparent on Friday morning that at least one American thing wasn’t being boycotted. Fans dressed in Detroit Tigers clothing were gathering at a bus stop to cross the river to take in…