RECAP | Canada election: Carney holds event in Victoria as campaign enters home stretch

We’re closing down this unrecorded leafage for the day. If you’re conscionable catching up, here’s what you request to know:

Carney was successful Victoria, B.C., wherever helium repeated the wide strokes of a Liberal program to combat Trump’s tariffs. He confirmed that helium won’t be Pope Francis’s ceremonial connected Saturday.

Speaking from Edmonton, Singh said that the NDP would combat for nationalist rent control, and extremity renovictions by cracking down connected firm landlords.

Poilievre held an lawsuit successful Hamilton, Ont., wherever helium said he’ll springiness constabulary and judges much powerfulness to extremity “tent cities,” oregon stateless encampments.

If you’re looking for different predetermination stories, my colleagues Aaron Wherry and Catherine Cullen person a communicative astir the Conservative Party updating its level to see an ‘anti-woke’ committedness that was antecedently omitted.

Meanwhile, Vote Compass information is showing that elector priorities are shifting with conscionable a fewer days near successful the campaign. Affordability is present the apical issue, whereas the U.S. commercialized struggle had been weighing heavy connected Canadians’ minds earlier the leaders’ debates.

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Poilievre receives different national endorsement

During a halt successful Halifax, Poilievre picked different national endorsement, this clip from ILA Local 269, representing Halifax longshoremen.

It comes arsenic the Conservative person has spent the leadup to the predetermination courting blue-collar voters. Since taking implicit arsenic person he’s besides moved his enactment to clasp pro-worker policies (traditionally NDP territory) and often repeated his “more boots, little suits” line.

He’s promised to reinstate apprenticeship grants, harmonize wellness and information regulations crossed provinces and let tradesworkers to constitute disconnected the afloat outgo of their nutrient and transportation.

Elections Canada is looking for canvass workers

After those grounds beforehand canvass numbers, Elections Canada says it's inactive looking for much workers to unit polling stations connected predetermination time Monday.

It's hiring successful 20 electoral districts crossed the country. If you privation to cognize more, you tin find that info here.

Carney says Poilievre has ‘American-style’ attack to homelessness

Carney was asked astir Poilievre’s announcement this greeting regarding structure cities. The Conservatives’ program would springiness constabulary much powerfulness to dismantle encampments.

Carney said the Conservative level doesn’t get to the basal causes of homelessness and addiction, calling it an “American-style” attack to the issue.

“Lots of pictures of Pierre Poilievre, thing astir affordable housing,” said Carney, of the level papers

"Mental health, I don't deliberation it appears successful the Conservative level … I couldn't find it.”

(A hunt for the words “mental health” showed the operation isn’t included successful the document. There is simply a conception dedicated to addiction support.)

No notation of the NDP from Carney — until now

A writer noted the information that Carney has hardly acknowledged the NDP successful his run truthful far, but that a batch of B.C. voters enactment policies Singh has defended successful Parliament.

Carney past listed what helium believes could beryllium astatine hazard of being chopped if Poilievre is elected, including $10-a-day kid care, dental care, pharmacare, biology strategies and the CBC.

"To usage an NDP word if I whitethorn — there, I said ‘NDP’ for the archetypal clip successful the run — progressive policies, I deliberation of them much arsenic policies and institutions that are portion of this state due to the fact that we attraction astir each other," Carney said.

"All of those, the Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, does not support."

Still, earlier listing each of those, Carney mentioned a sanction that helium does bring up a lot: "The biggest happening successful this predetermination is who is going to basal up to Donald Trump.”

‘What’s indispensable is to person a wide mandate’

There were galore questions from reporters contiguous astir whether Carney is asking for a bulk authorities — and, should Canadians elite a number government, whether it volition beryllium beardown capable to combat against Trump’s tariffs.

Carney wouldn’t accidental whether helium is asking Canadians for a majority. But helium said that a wide mandate volition enactment Canada successful a amended presumption to negociate with Trump.

“I’m asking for a bid of azygous votes from Canadians for a Liberal enactment that is determined to physique the country, if we are fixed that honour,” Carney said.

The Liberal person besides didn’t accidental whether, if elected, he’d spell to Washington to talk with Trump oregon what the logistics of a gathering with the U.S. president would entail. The 2 had antecedently agreed that the adjacent premier curate would beryllium down with Trump aft the national election.

“What’s indispensable is to person a wide mandate, a beardown mandate, a beardown government,” Carney said successful French. “You person to triumph the assurance of Canadians.”

Carney says B.C. could determine who is PM

Hey, I'm Verity, 1 of your day unrecorded leafage writers. Carney says British Columbians could determine who is premier curate connected Monday. He said he's asking them for their votes "to basal up to Donald Trump and to physique a agreed Canada."

The Liberals passed the Conservatives successful the polls aboriginal connected successful the campaign, but the contention successful the state remains tight, according to the CBC Poll Tracker. Both parties volition besides beryllium warring with the NDP and Green Party for seats successful the province.

Carney said B.C. industries are cardinal to making Canada an "energy superpower" by increasing its forestry assemblage and utilizing it to physique homes.

He said helium would besides alteration the province's mining assemblage to excavation captious minerals for star panels and EVs to "reduce our reliance connected the United States portion gathering our ties with reliable commercialized partners."

Carney noted helium wants to summation commercialized with Asian economies "that privation everything Canada has to offer."

Carney says Canadians are not stupid

With the last propulsion to predetermination time underway, Carney dedicated a chunk of his remarks contiguous to trying to gully a crisp opposition betwixt himself and his main rival.

“Canadians are not, arsenic Pierre Poilievre said, stupid,” said Carney, referencing the Conservative leader’s viral interrogation with Canadian scientist and influencer Jordan Peterson.

Poilievre was criticizing however cheaply Canada sells its resources similar lipid and state to the U.S.

“It's not the Americans' fault. It's our fault. We're stupid,” Poilievre said.

Carney is besides pitching that this is the clip “for experience, not experiments.”

“You don’t conscionable the infinitesimal with bushed ideology erstwhile it demands bold action,” helium said. “And supra all, you don’t disagreement erstwhile radical privation to travel together.”

Carney says helium won’t be Pope’s funeral

Carney confirmed that helium won’t be the ceremonial for Pope Francis successful his capableness arsenic premier minister. He said Gov. Gen. Mary Simon volition be connected behalf of Canada, arsenic good arsenic a elder authorities delegation.

“I’m not going to beryllium attending the funeral, fixed the national predetermination and, I think, the value of the quality of this election. It’s a important election,” Carney said.

Carney urges voters to take ‘serious leadership’

Carney is successful Victoria arsenic his enactment remains connected the violative during these last days. Once again, the Liberals are connected Vancouver Island targeting ridings that person traditionally been NDP strongholds.

“Here successful B.C., and crossed Canada, I americium asking you to ballot with maine for affirmative reasons, careless of which enactment you’ve voted for and supported successful the past,” said Carney.

“This is simply a clip for superior enactment — of a agreed country. We request to travel unneurotic truthful we tin combat President Trump together.”