Canada election: Voters will be choosing ‘who stands up for them,’ Carney says at Ontario campaign stop

Carney’s stance connected reforming the electoral system

Years ago, erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau campaigned connected a committedness to betterment Canada’s electoral system. It ne'er happened.

Carney was asked contiguous whether helium has plans for reform, fixed that the contented wasn’t mentioned successful his platform.

“A premier curate should beryllium neutral connected these issues truthful that, [when] a process is developed, they’re nonsubjective and not beryllium seen to extremity the scales successful 1 absorption oregon another,” said the Liberal leader, adding that — successful his presumption — that cognition “might beryllium what stalled things” during Trudeau’s clip successful office.

Carney said that Canada’s economical and information issues person to beryllium prioritized earlier “those much structural issues successful our ideology tin beryllium addressed.”

Carney says ‘it’s not right’ to supply each details of Trump call

Carney is inactive being asked contiguous astir a Radio-Canada communicative published yesterday that recovered that U.S. President Donald Trump referred to Canada arsenic the 51st authorities during their March 28 call.

Some had criticized Carney for framing the call, afterwards, arsenic 1 successful which Trump respected Canada’s sovereignty. He maintained that stance today.

“It’s not close to supply each the details of specified a conversation, successful my opinion. What is important is to speech astir the result,” helium said successful French.

Carney reiterated what helium said was the result of that conversation: that Canada and the U.S. would participate negotiations aft the election, that Trump respected Canada’s sovereignty during the call, and that the country’s leaders would conscionable “as 2 sovereign nations” to sermon their economical and information concern aft the national election.

Carney beats drum connected program for industries, workers wounded by tariffs

With a radical of workers successful hard hats lasting down him, Carney went implicit immoderate of the large points of his platform, with a absorption connected alleviation for tariff-exposed industries.

“We volition maximize Canadian aluminum, alloy and captious minerals … to prehend this economical opportunity, to make higher paying jobs and yet to physique the strongest system successful the G7,” helium said.

He besides made his strongest entreaty yet for Canadians to ballot for him, travel predetermination day.

“This Monday, Canadians volition take who stands up for them arsenic their premier minister. And I’m asking for your ballot — for affirmative reasons — careless of which enactment you’ve voted for successful the past.”

On the way for NDP voters

I’m Marina von Stackelberg, 1 of the Parliamentary Bureau reporters travelling with the NDP.

On his mode to Sault Ste. Marie, it appears Carney has been trying to propulsion successful New Democrat voters.

The Liberal squad has been pursuing Singh’s run way the past fewer days.

After Singh near British Columbia earlier this week, Carney’s squad arrived, campaigning successful ridings antecedently considered New Democrat strongholds, similar Victoria.

Hours aft the NDP level took disconnected from Winnipeg yesterday, Carney’s squad landed there.

Both leaders are expected to run successful southwestern Ontario tonight.

The Liberal person is making an announcement astatine the Algoma Steel works successful Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Algoma is 1 of the companies deed by U.S. tariffs connected Canadian steel.

“We request high-quality, Canadian-made alloy to physique greater prosperity,” Carney said.

Poilievre campaigns successful Conservative-safe ridings

Hi! I’m Jenna, a elder writer based successful Toronto, and I’ll beryllium your greeting unrecorded leafage writer today.

With conscionable a fewer days near successful this race, the Conservative person is making stops successful ridings that polls amusement volition apt beryllium won by members of his party.

The itinerary includes Saskatoon — wherever Poilievre volition clasp a property league this greeting — and Nanoose Bay, B.C., the mounting of his evening rally.

A Conservative incumbent is moving successful each 3 Saskatoon ridings, portion Nanoose Bay is located successful the Courtenay-Alberni riding, 1 presently held by an NDP incumbent but could plaything bluish successful this election, according to modelling astatine 338Canada.

Meanwhile, Carney is astatine the Algoma Steel works successful Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., portion NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is making appearances successful Toronto and Hamilton, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is successful Shawinigan, Que.

Elections Canada has riding-by-riding beforehand elector data

Hi there, I’m a elder writer connected the nationalist desk. Elections Canada has updated its beforehand polling information with preliminary numbers for however galore registered voters formed aboriginal ballots successful each riding. We’re inactive missing broader information astir the full fig of registered voters and changes successful colonisation since the past election, but determination are a fewer tidbits to parse out.

Monday, April 21, was the busiest time for beforehand voting retired of the 4 days erstwhile beforehand polls were open.

Another standout fact: Ontario’s Carleton riding, wherever Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is moving for an eighth term, had the highest fig of beforehand voters with astir 43,300 ballots cast. Nepean, Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s riding close adjacent door, came successful astatine No. 5 with a small much than 32,600.

3 days near successful the campaign

Good morning, Canada. I americium a shaper based successful Toronto and I’ll beryllium curating our unrecorded leafage updates this morning.

We are really, genuinely successful the last agelong present of the 45th national predetermination arsenic predetermination time Monday approaches.

It’s different precise engaged time connected the run trail, truthful enactment tuned for each the latest developments and analysis.