The scene: The Trudeau-Poilievre showdown begins as Canada, like many countries around the world, struggles with decades-high inflation that has followed the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s ...

OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s Liberals can no longer deny it. Pierre Poilievre, the fiery Conservative leader set on burning Justin Trudeau’s signature achievements to the ground, is the favorite ...

OTTAWA, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his brand-new Conservative rival Pierre Poilievre wasted no time Monday seizing on what could become a ballot-box question: Who should Canadians ...

Poilievre also mixes in bombast at rallies, hurling insults at the 51-year-old Trudeau’s government and faceless “gatekeepers” — even municipal officials who approve housing permits.