Canadian election leaders appear ahead of 2025 vote

April 19, 2025, 6:20 am

These stories report on a high-profile gathering of leaders from Canada’s main political parties on Saturday, April 19. They capture the event’s significance as the nation gears up for the federal election, outlining each leader’s campaign stance and the overall political implications as voters receive firsthand insights into their visions for the country.

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torontosun.com / New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says early voters set a new record for turnout on the first day of advanced polls. Nearly two million people showed up to cast a ballot on Friday, the first of four days for advanced voting in the federal election. Many of those voters were met with long lineups at...

edmontonjournal.com / Lorne Gunter: Poll shows fear a major motivator steering Canada toward disastrous fourth Liberal term

This week, Postmedia and the pollsters Leger released the most disturbing poll of the federal campaign so far. No, not one showing the Liberals under Mark Carney with a double-digit lead. I never believed those polls anyway. I believe the Liberals are ahead, for now. And so long as the Liberals can...

thestar.com / New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says early voters set a new record for turnout on the first day of advanced polls.

torontosun.com / EDITORIAL: Liberals fooling us twice on deficits

It looks like the Mark Carney Liberals are gearing up to fool Canadians on deficits in 2025 — the same way the Justin Trudeau Liberals did in 2015. Carney is promising a balanced budget by the end of his government’s first term in office, the same as Trudeau promised in the 2015 election that...

ledevoir.com / Le NPD promet une couverture en santé mentale et des rabais pour les véhicules verts

Le parti a dévoilé son programme électoral chiffré samedi.

ottawacitizen.com / Liberals promise to use AI, merge programs to make PS more 'efficient'

The Liberal Party is promising to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and merge similar programs and services to make the public service more efficient.

torontosun.com / KINSELLA: Pierre Poilievre and Mark Carney both have pluses and minuses aplenty

With election day just over a week away, let's take a look at what's good and bad about the two main party leaders

globalnews.ca / Federal NDP pledges mental-health coverage, non-Tesla EV rebates

Like all the main parties, the NDP are only releasing their platform after both leaders' debates and while advance polls have already opened.

globalnews.ca / Liberal Party of Canada releases late-stage election platform

The Liberal platform includes a pledge to introduce legislation to remove the consumer carbon tax while also planning to re-tool the industrial carbon price.

nationalpost.com / John Ivison: Mark Carney’s platform relies on fiscal alchemy and hopeful assumptions

These documents are not drawn up under oath and there appear to be a number of highly presumptuous assumptions

globalnews.ca / Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues

With just over a week left in the campaign, the Liberals and NDP released costed platforms Saturday, as Mark Carney pledged billions in new spending to boost investment.

thestar.com / NDP pledges mental-health coverage, non-Tesla EV rebates in costed platform

OTTAWA - The federal NDP are pledging tax reforms, mental-health coverage and more homebuilders in their costed electoral platform, as well as a promised wealth tax on the "super rich" which it says could raise upwards of $22 billion each…

winnipegfreepress.com / NDP pledges mental-health coverage, non-Tesla EV rebates in costed platform

theglobeandmail.com / NDP election platform pledges to improve health-care access, while adding $48-billion to deficit over four years

It added details on a promised wealth tax, which would range between one per cent and three per cent, targeting wealth between $10-million and $100-million

globalnews.ca / ‘You, sir, are not a change’: Party leaders target Carney in final election debate

Liberal Leader Mark Carney faced sharp attacks in the final English debate after refusing to disclose his assets, prompting opposition claims of a potential conflict of interest.

globalnews.ca / Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promised to strike down a key element of the Liberal government's environmental policy, ending the ban on single-use plastic straws.

winnipegfreepress.com / Letters, April 19

Shelve the insults Re: Rookie challenges incumbent who has politics in his blood (April 16) It was very disappointing to see unknown Winnipeg South Centre Conservative candidate Royden Brousseau use […]

ledevoir.com / Carney dévoile finalement le cadre financier du programme libéral

Ses nouvelles mesures totalisent près de 130 milliards de dollars. La part du lion? La défense nationale.

torontosun.com / Liberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver

OTTAWA — The Liberals and the NDP both say they will release their costed electoral platforms today. The documents come after advance voting began Friday with voters packing polling stations across the country. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will release his party’s costed platform in Whitby, Ont.,...

thestar.com / Liberals release platform in waning days of election campaign

WHITBY - The Liberal party released a late-stage election platform Saturday that pledges billions in new spending and charts a major internal change in priorities from the party's 2021 platform under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

winnipegfreepress.com / Liberals release platform in waning days of election campaign

cp24.com/ / Carney platform promises $130B in new spending, deficits until 2029 - CP24

Carney platform promises $130B in new spending, deficits until 2029 CP24

theglobeandmail.com / Liberal Party releases election platform that includes larger deficits, $28-billion in undefined spending cuts

Mark Carney’s platform projects a deficit of 1.96 per cent of GDP this fiscal year

nationalpost.com / Liberals promise $130B in new spending and no timeline to balance the budget

The platform maintains previously announced funding for Trudeau-era child, dental and pharmacare programs

thestar.com / Liberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver

OTTAWA - The Liberals and the NDP both say they will release their costed electoral platforms today.

winnipegfreepress.com / Liberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver

globalnews.ca / ‘Feels empowering:’ New Canadians excited to cast ballots in federal election

New Canadians like Naiwen Cao are excited to vote for the first time, with new data showing that 92% of new Canadians intend to vote this upcoming election.

citynews.ca / Liberals to release fully costed platform as election campaign hits the homestretch

Canada’s federal leaders have hit the homestretch of the election with nine days of campaigning to go. Saturday brings another day of campaigning and advance polls, with eligible voters being able to cast their ballot between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. local time. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to...

winnipegfreepress.com / ‘Feels empowering:’ New Canadians excited to cast ballots in federal election

torontosun.com / LILLEY EXCLUSIVE: Poilievre on campaigning with your kids

WATCH INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHT: Toronto Sun’s Brian Lilley had a relaxed and casual interview with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. In this selected clip, Poilievre is asked what it’s like to campaign with his kids. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send...

lapresse.ca / Politique et charmeurs de serpents

Avant d’arriver à mon sujet du jour, je dois vous parler d’un instant de bonheur vécu récemment. Lorsque, à la fin du débat, j’ai vu tous les chefs se serrer la main, se féliciter et échanger des sourires devant les caméras, une onde de grande satisfaction a traversé mon corps.

thestar.com / Canada federal election 2025: Where the leaders are on Saturday, April 19

Here's where the leaders of Canada's main political parties are today.

winnipegfreepress.com / Canada federal election 2025: Where the leaders are on Saturday, April 19

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