Original Publish Date » March 31 , 2025
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The Numbers

» Liberals enter second week of campaign as favourites to win

Liberals 42% / Conservatives 37.5% / NDP 9.1% / BQ 5.5% / Green 2.8% / PPC 2.2%

Éric Grenier at the CBC Poll Tracker writes » The Liberals enjoy a lead of about 4.5 points over the Conservatives in national polling and would very likely win a majority government if an election were held today. The Bloc Québécois is sliding in Quebec while the New Democrats are on track for one of the worst election results in their party’s history. It’s the weakness of these two parties that is pushing the Liberals into majority territory, as the Conservatives are polling at the same level of support that has normally been good enough to win them elections in the past. (CBC Poll Tracker – March 31, 2025)

» ‘Perfect storm’ for Liberals, ‘perfect terrible storm’ for Conservatives » Nik Nanos

The CEO of Nanos Reserch says Mark Carney’s Liberals have opened up an 8-point lead over Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

On The Campaign Trail

Liberal Leader Mark Carney, speaking from Vaughan, Ontario., announced a housing plan to double Canada’s current rate of residential construction to 500,000 homes per year.

A Liberal government would create a public organization called Build Canada Homes (BCH) that partners with the private sector to develop affordable housing. The organization’s mission would be to build affordable housing on public lands, stimulate a new housing industry, and give $10 billion in financing to builders focused on affordable housing.

“We can build things in this country again,” the Liberal leader said.

BCH would also provide $25 billion in debt financing and $1 billion in equity financing to prefabricated home builders. These are houses that are constructed in modular pieces at a factory and then assembled wherever the home will be.

The plan would also introduce a new tax incentive to spur rental housing across the country, and cut municipal development charges for certain builds, Carney said.

Full video available at Mark Carney’s YouTube channel »

» Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said that if his party forms government, it will fast-track approvals for projects such as transmission lines, railways, pipelines and other critical infrastructure. Poilievre would repeal Bill C-69, the law that enacts the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, which he called the “no new pipelines law.” (CBC)

» NDP walking away from consumer carbon tax, promises $300 million retrofit program. Leader Jagmeet Singh made the announcement Monday as part of the rollout of his party’s climate platform, promising a more ambitious plan to reduce emissions than his main rivals. This includes maintaining the industrial carbon price, removing $18 billion in oil and gas subsidies and imposing a carbon tariff on pollution-heavy imports. (iPolitics)

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» In Ottawa, officials from the Federal government’s Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force held a technical briefing on the upcoming federal election (Video)