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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in March issued something between a threat and a prediction: The winner of the federal election will have six months to roll out policies friendly to the energy industry or face an “unprecedented national unity crisis.”...

The Conservative party confirmed late Friday afternoon it has dropped Payette as a candidate – just the latest in a slew of candidates shed by the Liberals and Conservatives this week over contentious comments ahead of Monday’s nomination deadline.

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The party did not comment on its reasons for parting ways with Loyola. Loyola has not responded to request for comment.

The party's decision to drop him as a candidate comes after the National Post reported they had found a video from 2009 in which he appears to be praising Hezbollah and Hamas at an anti-NATO protest. Both are listed as terrorist groups in Canada.

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People's Party of Canada will not attend, commission says

The Green Party will participate in two federal leaders' debates this month after meeting the minimum requirements to attend, organizers said Tuesday.

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As people search for info about party leaders' net worth, we tested 4 chatbots to see what answers they gave

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The development was first reported by CTV News. The broadcaster said it unearthed a 2022 podcast recording where McKenzie expressed support for public hangings and jokingly suggested Justin Trudeau should receive the death penalty.

He was no longer listed as a candidate on the party's website as of Tuesday morning.

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Federal Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault was in Whitehorse on Monday, pitching a plan to build a 120,000-person civil defence corps, and expand Canada's reserve forces.

He also proposed free civil defence training for any Canadian who wants it.

He also promised optional defence skills training for "tens of thousands" of Canadians, such as firearms training, survival techniques, and tactical first aid.

Pedneault also promised to expand Canada's reserve forces by 20,000 people, to fund the expansion of the Canadian Rangers, overhaul the Canadian Service Corps. for youth, and to "place Inuit, Dene, Gwich'in, and other Indigenous nations at the heart of our Arctic Indigenous strategy."

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A real solution to the Housing crisis! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf7d_5wGAIM&list=WL&index=1&t=1735s

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Invasion of Canada would spark decades-long insurgency