Canada election: Poilievre makes campaign stop in Hamilton a day after releasing platform

Poilievre is speaking present successful Hamilton

Singh campaigns with erstwhile Alberta premier

I’m David Thurton, a elder newsman travelling with the NDP.

On a tiny signifier successful Edmonton, Singh and Rachel Notley reunited Tuesday nighttime up of a consequential national election.

The 2 NDP enactment stalwarts seldom appeared successful nationalist unneurotic aft Singh opposed the enlargement of the Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia.

Notley, who nary longer leads the Alberta NDP, introduced Singh and addressed the perceived rift betwixt them.

“You know, Jagmeet and I, we haven't really had a accidental to walk that overmuch clip together,” Notley told the crowd. “Until recently, we've some been quite, rather busy.”

She made airy of their differences. For example, Notley said she drinks non-fat lattes and Singh brews kombucha.

“We're a spot antithetic … but erstwhile it comes to what we judge and who we combat for, we're the same,” said Notley.

After Notley spoke, she invited Singh connected stage, hugged him and handed him the microphone.

Poilievre announcing program to bash distant with ‘tent cities’

Good morning! I’m J.P. Tasker and I’m joining you from the Conservative run way successful Stoney Creek, Ont., a portion of Hamilton.

This is Poilievre’s 2nd clip successful the country — a blue-collar, mostly concern spot wherever galore workers are represented by backstage assemblage unions. It’s a constituency Poilievre has been aggressively courting arsenic helium tries to remake the Conservative coalition.

This country is usually a three-way contention with the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP each vying for seats — 1 of the uncommon spots successful the state wherever each 3 parties are genuinely successful contention.

Poilievre hopes to marque inroads present and unseat the Liberal incumbent, with polls suggesting New Democrat enactment is astatine a multi-year low.

Today, Poilievre is announcing his program to bash distant with alleged “tent cities,” the stateless encampments that person popped up successful immoderate places crossed the country.

He’s promising to walk a Criminal Code amendment truthful that constabulary tin complaint radical “when they interruption the close to beryllium harmless successful nationalist spaces.” He volition besides “clarify” that constabulary person the close to dismantle these tents successful nationalist places.

“Public spaces are nary longer public. Law-abiding Canadians are being pushed retired portion governments garbage to enforce the instrumentality oregon connection existent help,” the enactment said successful its backgrounder connected this issue.

Welcome to the location stretch

Hello! Jenna here. I’m a elder writer based successful Toronto and I’ll beryllium curating your unrecorded leafage acquisition this morning.

We’re pursuing the leaders into the location stretch, with conscionable 5 days near of this campaign.

Today, they’re scattered crossed the country. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is acceptable to talk successful Hamilton, Ont., during the 9 a.m. ET hour, portion Liberal Leader Mark Carney volition person a run lawsuit successful Victoria, B.C., astatine 11:15 a.m. PT (2:15 p.m. ET).

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh volition clasp a media availability successful Edmonton astatine 10 a.m. MT (noon ET), and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet volition clasp a scrum astatine 10 a.m. ET connected the South Shore of Montreal.

As always, we’ll beryllium sharing quality updates and investigation connected this leafage passim the day. Join us!