As a federal election looms, P.E.I. candidates say they're already campaigning
CBC
With a federal election widely expected to be called at some point this week, candidates on Prince Edward Island are busy getting ready.
Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's prime minister less than a week ago, but he's an unelected leader without a seat in the House of Commons.
Since his victory in the Liberal leadership race to replace Justin Trudeau, many senior elected officials have said Canadians need a government with a strong mandate to lead the country and stare down the economic threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Speculation is building that Carney will trigger an election campaign within days.
On the Island, James Aylward spent Tuesday delivering campaign yard signs to supporters in anticipation of the call coming soon.
The former MLA and provincial cabinet minister won the Conservative Party of Canada's nomination for the eastern P.E.I. riding of Cardigan last July.
"I think we're very ready. We've been knocking on doors now for quite some time. I've certainly talked to a lot of individuals all across Cardigan," he said.
Up until this month, Aylward thought he would be going up against the Liberal incumbent, Lawrence MacAulay, but then the longtime federal cabinet minister announced he won't seek re-election after 11 straight wins in the riding.
Instead, the Liberal nominee will be Kent MacDonald, a seventh-generation dairy farmer from Little Pond who announced on Tuesday that he had been acclaimed to represent the party.
The field in Cardigan so far also includes the NDP candidate, Lynn Thiele, and the People's Party of Canada's Lauchlan Taylor.
With MacAulay now out of the race, Aylward said his campaign strategy won't change.
"I was elected [provincially] three times here in Stratford and… my mantra, how I present myself, has always been the same," he said. "You need to get to the doors, you need to talk to people — but more importantly you need to listen."
In the riding of Charlottetown, Sean Casey and his team were busy putting the final touches on his campaign headquarters Tuesday.
This will be the Liberal MP's fifth federal election campaign, and Casey said he's ready to go.
Toronto's 2026 FIFA World Cup committee wants to spend nearly $11 million on ticket packages for the upcoming games and resell them at marked up prices, with some councillors saying the move would amount to "scalping" with taxpayers' money.
Ontario universities host both the men's and women's U Sports hockey championship tournaments this week, but teams from New Brunswick and Alberta enter as the top seeds with games set to begin on Thursday.
The amount and duration of shore ice around Prince Edward Island has been changing in recent years, and researchers say shorter seasons are a concern because the ice provides a protective shield against winter storms and erosion.
Canada's national defence minister says plans for a naval facility project in Nunavut failed to consider the local context, and that his department has learned lessons from that.
Canada's new prime minister is facing growing criticism from advocacy groups upset that ministers solely dedicated to their issues are no longer around the cabinet table.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the flow of the deadly drug fentanyl across the border must be stopped.
Premier Doug Ford's new cabinet will be sworn in Wednesday, and some conservative strategists expect familiar ministers to be sitting around that table as the re-elected Progressive Conservatives try to project stability in the face of U.S. tariffs.
London's two major school boards are ending in-person summer school, a move that has caught teachers' unions off-guard and some say will hurt students.
N.S. Opposition wants dismissal provisions for civil servants halted until PCs can explain rationale
The minister in charge of Nova Scotia's civil service said Tuesday a bill that would allow the province to get rid of non-union government employees without cause will proceed unchanged.
The Holt Liberal government is projecting large budget deficits as far as the eye can see.
Montreal has put in place new rules that will limit most short-term rentals to the summer months in an attempt to ease the city's shortage of affordable housing.
NDP candidate Shannon Corbett will be the next MLA to represent Transcona in the Manitoba Legislature.
SaskPower is buying 10,000 tons of steel amid U.S. tariffs, but Saskatchewan's minister of Crown corporations says the long-term answer is to build more pipelines.