FRIDAY RECAP: Carney makes time for U.S. media, huge ballot in Carleton
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LILLEY: CARNEY MAKES TIME FOR U.S. MEDIA
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Mark Carney is once again proving that he is elbows up and all in for Canada by skipping passed Canadian media in favour of American media.
As he’s done several times since officially entering politics in January, the Liberal Leader has sought affirmation of how awesomely Canadian he is by seeking out the blessing of an American.
This time, it’s Professor Scott Galloway, host of the Prof G podcast. Galloway is marketing professor at New York University, a consultant, author and highly successful podcaster.
One thing Galloway isn’t is Canadian, but that seems to be the way Carney likes his media.
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CARLETON VOTERS FACE HUGE BALLOT
As advanced polls opened Friday morning in suburban Ottawa, voters in the riding of Carleton were certainly spoiled for choice.
Carleton – the riding targeted by perennial election protest group The Longest Ballot Committee – presented electors a choice of 91 candidates on a nearly metre-long ballot.
Nearly every voter standing in line Friday morning at Stittsville’s CARDELREC community center expressed some degree of bemused shock at the sheer size of the ballot, which needed to be folded six times to fit into the ballot box.
A returning officer told this reporter that Elections Canada has special trucks patrolling the riding to provide a steady stream of fresh ballot boxes, which fill quickly with the giant ballots.
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LIBERALS TO UNVEIL PLATFORM SATURDAY
The Mark Carney Liberals will unveil their 2025 election platform on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters Friday morning from a press conference overlooking Niagara Falls, Carney said the platform will “build a new Canadian economy” built on new housing, clean energy and standing up to American aggression.
“Our task over the next weeks, months and years is to think big, and act bigger,” he said. “That’s what my government’s platform, our strategy, our plan will do.”
Surviving the U.S. trade war, Carney said, is all about being prepared – and realizing that U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimate goal is to break Canada’s resolve before taking over completely.
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ENGLISH DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
It was a fantastically underwhelming debate for such an important election.
Pundits were mixed on who came out on top after Thursday night’s English language debate that saw Canada’s major party leaders spar on live television as Canadians prepare to cast their ballots.
Melanie Paradis, veteran Conservative campaigner and president of Texture Communications, thought that while Liberal Leader Mark Carney came across as dull but well-prepared, the night belonged to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“I thought that it was Poilievre’s best night of the election so far,” she said.
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POILIEVRE TO END PLASTICS BAN
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected.
Poilievre says he would repeal all the bans the Liberals implemented on plastics including grocery bags, cutlery.
He would also end Liberal plans to standardize plastic packaging and labelling to make it easier to recycle, referring to it as a “plastic tax” on food packaging.
The previous Liberal government banned six single-use plastic items in 2022 after designating plastic manufactured items as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
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WHERE THE LEADERS ARE FRIDAY
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is campaigning in Montreal this morning, as he and other federal leaders returned to the campaign trail following the two national leaders’ debates Wednesday and Thursday.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney is campaigning in Hamilton later Friday, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is also holding an event in Quebec.
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