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Conservatives stick with Poilievre

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Federal Conservatives decided to stay the course Friday evening.

Pierre Poilievre will remain leader of the party for now, following a leadership review in Calgary.

Poilievre received votes from 87.4 per cent of the delegates at the party’s convention, more than enough to continue as leader.

The review was required after the Conservatives lost the federal election in April.

The loss came after the party lost a 20-point lead in the polls following Justin Trudeau’s resignation and the rise of political rookie Mark Carney.

Poilievre lost the Ottawa-area seat he’d held for two decades and had to run in a byelection in Alberta just to hold on to his post as leader of the official opposition.

In a statement on behalf of the Liberals, three MPs said the Conservatives made the wrong choice.

“Yesterday, Conservatives doubled down on Pierre Poilievre and the divisive, American-style politics Canadians rejected last spring,” the statement from Corey Hogan, Taleeb Noormohamed and Rachel Bendayan.

“In Pierre Poilievre’s 20 years as a politician, he has delivered little for Canadians but empty slogans, reckless stunts and pandering to the far-right.”

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‘Landmark’ Canada-China trade deal to lower tariffs, bring more EVs

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It’s being called a ‘landmark’ trade deal.

Canada and China have a strategic partnership in place, that will see up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles enter the country.

The tariff rate on the EVs will be lowered to 6.1 percent, down from 100 percent.

Half of those vehicles are expected to cost less than $35,000 by 2030, according to a release from the federal government.

In return, China will slash tariffs on canola seeds and get rid of tariffs on lobsters, crabs and peas.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s extremely pleased.

“This will not only deepen our bilateral ties to the benefit of our peoples, but in my judgement, this will help improve the multilateral system,” said the Prime Minister at a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Carney announced the deal during the first visit to China by a Canadian Prime Minister in nine years.

The tariff changes will take effect on March 1 and last until the end of the year, and will unlock nearly $3 billion in export orders, according to Carney.

The PM adds, they’re building on the best of their relationship.

“To create a new one, adapted to new global realities, that will deliver stability, security and prosperity to people on both sides of the Pacific.”

The Canola seed tariff is expected to be lowered to 15 percent, well below the current 85 percent mark.

China is Canada’s second-largest export market.

Meanwhile, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Carney has to explain how China went from being Canada’s ‘biggest security threat’ to this strategic partnership.

He says the agreement jeopardizes security and auto jobs.

Poilievre says there’s no guarantee that tariffs on canola and other good will be permanently eliminated, while farmers still have a 25 percent tariff on pork.

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Harper Gives Support to Pollievre in CP Leader Race

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A former Canadian Prime Minister is giving his name in support of the front runner in the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race.

In a video statement, Stephen Harper detailed that Pierre Poilievre is the candidate whom he believes will win the next election for the Tories.

There are a total of five names in the race to be the leader of the current opposition party. The party election will be taking place this September.

Harper served Canada as the Prime Minister for the Conservative Party from 2006-2015.

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Poilievre Announces Bid For Tory Leadership

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Pierre Poilievre has become the first person to announce his intention to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada.

In a video posted to Twitter, Poilievre made note of the high cost of living that Canadians are experiencing before declaring his bid to be the next prime minister.

“See, here’s the problem, Trudeau thinks he’s your boss. He’s got it backwards – You are the boss. That’s why I’m running for Prime Minister,” Poilievre said.

A Member of Parliament for the Ontario riding of Carleton, Poilievre was first elected in 2004 to the riding of Nepean-Carleton, which was re-established ahead of the 2015 federal election.

Under the Stephen Harper government, Poilievre served as Minister for Democratic Reform and Minister of Employment and Social Development.

Poilievre has used his current role as the party’s finance critic to frequently take aim at the record levels of inflation being recorded in Canada.

The 42-year-old is the first person to publicly announce his intention to run in the Tory leadership race since Erin O’Toole was ousted last week. Candice Bergen was voted in as the interim tory leader.

The announcement comes before the party has created an election committee, and thus no rules have been released.