Trump said Wednesday that his 25% auto tariffs “could go up” for cars made in Canada, as he seeks to drive auto manufacturing back to the United States
- “I really don’t want cars from Canada. So when I put tariffs on Canada — they’re paying 25 per cent, but that could go up in terms of cars — when we put tariffs on, all we’re doing is saying, ‘We don’t want your cars, in all due respect, we want really to make our own cars,’ which is what we’re doing in record numbers.” (Global News // Video » CTV)
The Polls
Liberals leading in tightening race, but still hold the seat advantage
- Liberals 42.2% / Conservatives 38.5% / NDP 8.8% / BQ 6.0% / Green 2.3% / PPC 1.5%
While the margin between the Liberals and the Conservatives continues to tighten, the Liberals still hold a wider lead than they had going into the last two elections and are favoured to win the most seats thanks to their enduring leads in Ontario, Quebec, B.C. and Atlantic Canada. The Conservatives still trail in the polling average in these battlegrounds, while the Bloc Québécois and New Democrats remain on track to suffer significant seat losses. (CBC Poll Tracker – April 24, 2025)
Liberals cementing lead over Conservatives on key trust questions
- 44% of survey respondents said they most trusted the Liberals led by Mark Carney to steer Canada’s economy, while 35% chose the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre. Jagmeet Singh’s New Democrats were the choice for 6% of respondents, 3% chose the Bloc Québécois and 1% most trusted the Green Party. (The Logic)
On The Campaign Trail
Conservatives update platform to include omitted ‘anti-woke’ promise
- 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)
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.’ (CBC)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is at risk of losing his Ottawa-area riding as the party scrambles to send in volunteers to save the seat he has held since 2004
- Party headquarters has for the past two weeks been sending workers into Mr. Poilievre’s riding, including experienced campaigners who would normally be assigned to tight races across the country.
- Poilievre Conservatives are also deploying troops from the party’s Ottawa war room to Conservative-held ridings, a sign in the final days of the campaign that the party may be poised to lose seats to the Mark Carney-led Liberals.
- It is standard practice in the final week of a campaign for war-room staff to be sent to ridings that are either vulnerable or have the chance of an upset victory. (Globe and Mail)
- ‘This is a national election inside a local riding,’ says Fanjoy in his bid to oust Poilievre in Carleton (The Hill Times)
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Conservative party war room staff have been instructed to aid efforts in Carleton. Sources said they have been told they must do at least one shift per week canvassing in the largely rural and suburban riding. Staff working on Carleton Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy’s campaign, meanwhile, have told the Star that constituents have informed them of Conservative volunteers canvassing the riding from as far away as Calgary. (Toronto Star)
Poilievre promises to amend the Criminal Code, to make it a criminal offence to be homeless, to allow police to dismantle tent encampments, arrest, and jail occupants (CBC)
