Morning Update: Carney clinches a majority | Unpublished
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Publication Date: April 14, 2026 - 06:41

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Morning Update: Carney clinches a majority

April 14, 2026

Good morning. Three by-election wins last night delivered Mark Carney’s Liberals a majority government – more on that below, along with Ontario’s big changes to its school boards and Donald Trump’s beef with the Pope. But first:



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OTTAWA — No general election, no imminent cabinet shuffle, and greater control over Parliamentary committees to prevent opposition MPs from “showboating” with talk of “cats and dogs.” Those are some of the commitments Prime Minister Mark Carney made about how he planned to wield his newfound majority government hours after the Liberals secured seats in three Ontario and Quebec byelections on Monday. Carney spoke to reporters from Parliament’s West Block the day after the byelections, which capped a historic jump from a Liberal minority government to a majority. That was largely due...
April 14, 2026 - 13:53 | Christopher Nardi | National Post