John Paul Tasker
Senior reporter
J.P. Tasker is a journalist in CBC's parliamentary bureau who reports for digital, radio and television. He is also a regular panellist on CBC News Network's Power & Politics. He covers the Conservative Party, Canada-U.S. relations, Crown-Indigenous affairs, climate change, health policy and the Senate. You can send story ideas and tips to J.P. at jp.tasker@cbc.ca
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McGuinty and Erskine-Smith among those being named to Trudeau's cabinet in Friday shuffle: sources
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet Friday, multiple sources have told CBC News. He's got big gaps to fill on his front bench after a spate of resignations in recent months, including Chrystia Freeland's bombshell departure earlier this week.
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What's next for Justin Trudeau now that some of his own MPs want him gone?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces an acute crisis as a growing number of his own MPs demand that he resign and accuse him of mismanaging his relationship with Chrystia Freeland, once his most trusted lieutenant.
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Some Liberal MPs repeat calls for Trudeau to quit after Freeland debacle — but he still has defenders
Some Liberal MPs said Tuesday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can't carry on as party leader after the humiliation of Chrystia Freeland's public resignation from cabinet and another bruising byelection loss in B.C.
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Trudeau faces frustrated MPs after Chrystia Freeland's shock resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced frustrated MPs at a hastily arranged caucus meeting late Monday following Chrystia Freeland's shocking decision to resign from cabinet just before she was poised to deliver the government's much-anticipated fall economic statement.
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'We can't just roll over': Doug Ford doubles down on threat to shut down energy exports to the U.S.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he's dead serious about withholding energy exports to the U.S. if president-elect Donald Trump goes ahead with his plan to hit Canadian goods with steep tariffs that could cripple the economy.
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Trudeau says Kamala Harris's election loss was a setback for women's progress
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that Kamala Harris's loss in the U.S. presidential election was a setback for women's progress — and cited several recent incidents that he said suggest women's rights are under attack by "regressive" and "reactionary" political forces.
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Trump taunts Trudeau by calling him 'governor' of 'a great state'
President-elect Donald Trump took a jab at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, calling him a "governor" and referring to Canada as a "great state" — another suggestion by the incoming president that this country should be part of the United States.
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Minister Harjit Sajjan skipped the Taylor Swift concert following the fracas over free tickets
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan didn't go to the Taylor Swift concert in Vancouver he was set to attend with free tickets he got from a B.C. Crown corporation, a spokesperson for the minister told CBC News on Monday.
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Chrystia Freeland to present her fall economic update on Dec. 16
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her much-anticipated fall economic update next week — a document that will give Canadians a look at the federal books at a time of great economic uncertainty.
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Poilievre pushes Freeland to present fall economic statement to give Canadians a look at the books
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday it's time for Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to present a fall economic statement to reveal the state of the country's finances.
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