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Apr 24 2025

The Roundup: Quebec’s turn. Soul-searchers. Trump’s tariffs.

THU APR 24 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Quebec’s turn. Soul-searchers. Trump’s tariffs.
Canada
Trump threat casts shadow over Quebec voters in election campaign
Quebec's electoral landscape has swung dramatically in the federal Liberals' favour since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office. Mike Armstrong looks at how Quebec voters have put separatism on the backburner during the 2025 federal election campaign, and how Quebec will be critical in deciding the vote's final outcome.

Canada election 2025: Carney aims to swipe NDP seats in B.C.

The federal NDP usually performs well in British Columbia, but the party has bled support during the 2025 election campaign. Mackenzie Gray looks at how Liberal Leader Mark Carney is aiming to win over that province's NDP voters, and how Jagmeet Singh is fighting to keep as many of his party's seats as possible.
 
Canada election 2025: Poilievre tries to woo swing voters in Ont.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has travelled through suburban Toronto and Hamilton, Ont. trying to lure centrist voters. Touria Izri looks at the issues Poilievre is focusing on, and what he says he won't cut if his party wins. [Global National]
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking from Edmonton in the final week of the campaign, told reporters ‘people have rejected Pierre Poilievre and I think that’s pretty clear he’s not going to win this election.’ He added a caution to voters about giving Mark Carney 'all the power.' [CBC]
“In elections, results matter,” said Matthew Green, seated in his Hamilton campaign office. “At a time when we could have been capturing the public’s attention about what a more caring, compelling future of the country was, we didn’t.” [NP]
The two sources from the Ontario party, and a senior federal Liberal, all with access to internal polling, say that Mr. Poilievre is in a dead heat with Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy in Carleton, a riding the Conservative Leader won with 52 per cent of the vote in 2021 and 46 per cent in 2019. [Globe and Mail] (🎁 link)
The Conservative Party has republished the English-language version of its platform after what it says was a "publishing oversight" resulted in the omission of a previous commitment to crack down on "woke ideology" in the public service and federal funding for university research. [CBC]

The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, a non-partisan think-tank at the University of Ottawa, released its grades Tuesday for the three main parties' campaign platforms. It gave the Liberals a rating of "good" while the Conservatives and NDP both received a "pass."

The final scores for each of the parties were actually quite close: 35/44 for the Liberals, 33.5/44 for the Conservatives and 31/44 for the NDP.

The institute criticized both the Liberal and Conservative platforms on the question of "prudence" — how they account for fiscal and economic risks and unforeseen events.

In North Preston, Canada's largest Black community, some say they're feeling disconnected to the area's new riding. [Global]

Hundreds of jobs are available with less than a week to go before the big day. [Elections Canada]
Carney leads restaurant's 'bunofficial' poll
The Liberal Mark Carney Burger is the top choice for Burger Heaven customers followed by the Conservative Pierre Poilievre Burger. Carney made a whistle stop Wednesday at this burger joint. [Vancouver Sun]
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From the provinces
Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare and college workers
Jean-François Roberge says "everything is on the table" when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province. [Global]

Both former premiers stated they weren't surprised by each other's opposing  endorsements. [Global]
Aurora
Elsewhere
Trump says 25% auto tariffs ‘could go up’ for Canada ‘at some point’
Trump made the comment after declining to weigh in on Canada's federal election, which has been dominated by the growing trade war with the U.S. [Global]
At least nine people were killed in an overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv. Russia hit at least seven other Ukraine regions in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian officials. [Radio Free Europe]

The U.S. is showing signs that it is increasingly willing to withdraw from a peace process that has grown more complex in recent months. [NPR]
Media
During a press conference Wednesday morning in Stoney Creek, Poilievre said he can commit to backing local independent journalism, including the local journalism initiative, when asked by BurlingtonToday. [Burlington Today]
Rebel News a reçu près de 200 000$ pour influencer la campagne électorale fédérale
La chaîne qui a court-circuité les débats des chefs reçoit d’importantes sommes pour des activités partisanes. [TVA]
Science and Tech

If you're a Mac user with a Windows PC background, you'll probably know how to use the typical copy and paste commands in macOS. But there's a handy clipboard trick that's worth keeping in mind. [MacRumors]
The Calendar
  • 0830 ET: Halifax, - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
  • 1030 ET: Winnipeg, - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
  • 1030 ET: Montreal, - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
  • 1145 ET: Québec City, - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigns in the riding of Louis-Hébert 
  • 1200 ET: Port Moody, BC - LPC Leader Mark Carney makes an announcement and speaks to reporters.
  • 1300 ET: Longeuil, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet campaigns in the riding of Longueuil--Saint-Hubert
  • 1500 ET: Farnham, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks to reporters.
  • 1615 ET: Saint-Alexandre, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet campaigns in the riding of Saint-Jean
  • 1830 ET: Saskatoon, - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters.
  • 1830 ET: Winnipeg, - LPC Leader Mark Carney speaks to supporters.
  • 1940 ET: Sainte-Julie, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet campaigns in the riding of Mont-Saint-Bruno -- L'Acadie 
  • 1945 ET: Toronto, - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in the riding of Toronto--Danforth
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