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As the world cooks, why have our political leaders gone cold on global warming?

Climate change has been all but ignored in the Australian election campaign, and world leaders are giving up on the cause, even as the heat rises.

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Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat at the election.

Canada’s conservative leader was a shoo-in for PM before Trump. He couldn’t even hold his seat

Mark Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses supporters after his Liberal Party won the Canadian election, in Ottowa, Ontario, on Tuesday.

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: Stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney waves after his speech at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won the Canadian election in Ottawa, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Justin Tang//The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadians choose Carney to take on Trump in stunning election victory

National broadcaster CBC has called the election, but it’s not yet known whether the Liberals would form a majority government.

  • Michael Koziol
Supporters of Mark Carney outside a federal leaders’ election debate in Montreal.

The other poll where Trump looms large

Canadian voters will choose their next government largely based on who they think is the best person to deal with the upheaval, threats and animosity being thrown at them from Washington.

  • Michael Koziol
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When brilliance is not enough: What it takes for an outsider to become one of the political greats

Mark Carney is leaning heavily on his outsider status in his appeal to Canadian voters, but it may not be an advantage in the long run.

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‘Elbows up!’ How Canada stopped playing nice with Trump

Donald Trump has suggested making Canada the 51st US state. Could he? And how are (usually polite) Canadians fighting back?

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Trump’s made nationalism great again, just not in America

Rather than jingoistic chest-thumping, Trumpism has stirred a stoical civic pride in the things that differentiate individual countries from the US.

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Canadians are not happy about being residents of “the 51st state”.

‘He wants to break us’: Canada’s newbie PM calls snap election as Trump looms large

Canadians will go to the polls at the end of April in an election that will be as much about their neighbour as their own country.

  • Michael Koziol
Justin Trudeau finishes his speech at the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa, Ontario.

How Trudeau stood up to Trump - and brought his party back from the brink

Just two months ago, Canada’s prime minister was in trouble. Then along came the US President.

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