MITCHELL – Conservative incumbent John Nater will return to his seat on the Opposition benches to represent Perth-Wellington in the next parliament.
Pierre Poilievre
Election 45: Poilievre’s favourability improves, but with party standings unchanged, is it too little, too late?
ONTARIO – Plus ça change. Little else may sum up the state of Canada’s 45th federal election campaign.
Trudeau, Poilievre, Singh all viewed negatively by majority of Canadians
VANCOUVER – The holidays are often a season of reflection, but for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the scale of personal deliberation is reportedly going to be gargantuan, as he will decide whether or not to lead his party into the next election or to step aside for a new Liberal leader.
Canada’s federal leaders less popular than ever
OTTAWA – Canada’s national party leaders have never been less popular, according to data released recently by the Angus Reid Institute.
Longfield announces he won’t run again
GUELPH – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield has announced he won’t be running for office in the next federal election.
Chong holds onto critic post; Nater replaced in shadow cabinet
WELLINGTON COUNTY – One of Wellington County’s two Members of Parliament has retained his position in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s new shadow cabinet, while the other has been replaced.
Conservatives open lead over Liberals as past PPC voters migrate to Poilievre
OTTAWA – The ascendance of Pierre Poilievre as leader of the Conservatives is giving his party an advantage in vote intent over the Liberals not seen in more than three years.
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre draws a crowd in Fergus
FERGUS – Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre made a campaign stop at the Centre Wellington Community Sportsplex on April 21 and a crowd came out to meet him.
Chong won’t seek Conservative leadership
WELLINGTON COUNTY – In a statement posted to social media on March 11, Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong announced he would not seek the Conservative leadership following the ouster of former party leader Erin O’Toole.
Politicians offer differing views on trucker vaccine mandate, Ottawa protest
OTTAWA - While the “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa has died down considerably since last weekend, political rhetoric appears to be heating up, with no consensus among politicians.