Canada election: Poilievre details promise to cut taxes for seniors at stop in Quebec

Poilievre successful Conservative country

Poilievre is present speaking astatine the podium aft a delay. He ever begins successful French, truthful our livestream volition spell to him erstwhile helium switches to English.

He’s successful Côte-du-Sud-Rivière-du-Loup-Kataskomiq-Témiscouata, the archetypal Conservative-held riding he’s visited since the run kicked disconnected (barring the motorboat of his section run office).

The different locations he’s visited up to this constituent successful the run were successful Liberal-held ridings.

Ontario seniors measurement successful connected what matters to them

Good afternoon, I’m a elder newsman with CBC News. Today, I’m astatine the St. Thomas Seniors Centre successful southwestern Ontario.

Members present are enactment dancing to Shania Twain and talking astir the election.

Almost each of the seniors present hold this is the astir consequential predetermination of their lives. When asked why, they accidental it’s due to the fact that of the commercialized war, threats to Canada’s sovereignty and the affordability situation they accidental galore seniors are feeling.

Everyone here, they archer me, knows idiosyncratic who is reliant connected nutrient banks, struggling to marque ends conscionable oregon moving arsenic a store greeter to get by good into retirement.

Most of the seniors present accidental they are paying adjacent attraction to the enactment platforms and what is being pledged — particularly astir increases to Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement — and that each small spot helps.

One retiree told maine she isn’t arsenic focused connected “seniors’ issues” arsenic she is connected what this predetermination means for the aboriginal of her children and grandchildren and this country’s survival.

Food banks, lodging costs and the election

Hi, I study unrecorded connected CBC News Network. Today, I’m connected determination astatine the Parkdale Community Food Bank, 1 of galore nutrient banks successful Toronto that is serving a increasing fig of clients.

This 1 serves much than 13,000 radical a month. Executive manager Kitty Raman-Costa says the request for nutrient banks is tied to the outgo of housing, which is apical of caput for galore voters successful this national election.

She says galore clients walk astir oregon each of their income connected rent, with small oregon thing near implicit to bargain nutrient oregon different necessities.

"We request options for assemblage members for rent geared to income. Truly affordable lodging is 1 of the astir important things for us," said Raman-Costa.

I met a pistillate named Rosemarie Legault, a dedicated unpaid and besides a client. She shares a one-bedroom flat with her spouse and teenage daughter.