Party leaders campaign in Ontario, B.C. battlegrounds as election day nears

Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 26, 2025 1:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Party leaders blitzed cardinal ridings successful confederate Ontario and British Columbia connected Saturday with the last ballot successful the national predetermination present conscionable 2 days away.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney took his circuit done battleground ridings successful the Greater Toronto Area, arsenic good arsenic Windsor, Ont., a metropolis wherever U.S. President Donald Trump's car tariffs person created immense anxiety.

At a quality league astatine the Seneca College field successful King City, Ont., connected Saturday morning, Carney focused his connection heavy connected protecting Canada from Trump.

"President Trump is trying to interruption america truthful that America tin ain us," Carney said, repeating 1 of his astir predominant run statements.

"And well, that volition ne'er happen."

Carney said if Canada unites, "we volition triumph this commercialized war, and we volition physique the strongest system successful the G7."

When asked if that is an overly ambitious speechmaking of what economists expect to hap to the Canadian system successful the coming years, Carney responded that winning a commercialized warfare means becoming an vigor superpower with precocious amounts of commercialized with different countries and affordable housing.

WATCH | Carney rejects Blanchet's assertion that Canada is an 'artificial country': 

Carney rejected the comments Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet made connected Friday that Canada is "an artificial state with precise small meaning."

"I cull them completely. This is an unthinkable country," helium said. "What I would look to beryllium portion of is this process that is underway, of the state coming together, of unifying. And I privation to enactment that, not divide."

He likewise said helium aspires to beryllium a premier curate for each Canadians. Yet helium would not specify however helium would see supporters of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who accidental the state is headed for dire surviving conditions if Carney wins.

King City is successful the riding of King-Vaughan, conscionable northbound of Toronto, wherever the quality betwixt the Liberals and Conservatives successful 2021 was conscionable implicit 1,000 votes.

WATCH | Blanchet stands by his assertion that Canada is an 'artificial country': 

Carney's circuit is acceptable to breeze done respective much 905-area ridings connected Saturday — named for being successful the country astir Toronto that primitively each had a 905 country code.

Short stops were planned successful Newmarket, Aurora and Markham, each seats the Liberals won successful 2021 and request to support to beryllium victorious connected Monday.

Later Saturday, Carney is expected to hold rallies successful Mississauga and Windsor.

The Liberals person led the Conservatives successful Ontario passim the campaign, but galore of the ridings successful the 905 are plaything seats that tin marque the quality betwixt who forms authorities and betwixt a number oregon bulk mandate.

Poilievre is campaigning successful the Vancouver country Saturday, successful ridings successful Surrey and Delta, B.C., earlier flying to Sudbury, Ont., for an event Saturday night.

There are aggregate seats successful play successful the Vancouver portion connected Monday. The Liberals won Delta successful the past 3 elections but erstwhile furniture curate Carla Qualtrough isn't moving again truthful determination is nary incumbent.

In Surrey, astatine slightest 2 of the 3 seats are considered to beryllium successful play.

Sudbury, known mostly for its nickel mining industry, has conscionable 1 seat. It seems an improbable triumph for the Conservatives, though it was a smaller triumph for the Liberals successful 2021 than successful 2019.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, whose run has struggled from the beginning, is campaigning successful southwestern Ontario, wherever his enactment is trying to astatine slightest bent connected to the 2 seats it won successful 2021.

They look a stiff situation from the Liberals successful some Windsor West and London-Fanshawe.

Singh delivered snacks to run workers astatine a halt successful London and volition be a Unifor rally successful Windsor, Ont.

He told campaigners successful London this greeting to punctual voters that "their ballot that has really built this state by electing New Democrats, that person built up each the things that marque Canada, Canada."

He is aboriginal expected to be a Lapu-Lapu Day enactment with the Filipino assemblage successful Vancouver and an Eid meal with Muslims successful Burnaby, B.C.

Carney besides said helium wants to prosecute commercialized with India contempt a strain successful the narration which helium blamed connected New Delhi. Canada has accused Indian authorities agents of being down the assassination of a Canadian Sikh person successful British Columbia successful 2023.