FRIDAY RECAP: Conservatives can still win election, Jordan Peterson talks Trump's effect on election

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FAR FROM OVER, CONSERVATIVES CAN STILL WIN

Elections are decided by those who bother to show up. Which is why a Conservative victory on Monday is still possible and desirable.

Speaking earlier this week with Darrell Bricker, the Global CEO of Public Affairs for Ipsos, he said that with the Conservatives have the momentum right now and with all the fluidity we’ve seen in the electorate, we could see a surprise come Monday. 

Canada can’t afford another four years of the policies that got us into this mess. Get out and vote. 

Read the full column from Brian Lilley here.

TRUMP’S THREATS SCREWED POILIEVRE: PETERSON

Jordan Peterson opened up about the Liberals’ bounce back from near-“extinction,” and how Canada and U.S. President Donald Trump are “going to pay” if Mark Carney is elected prime minister.

The Canadian psychologist appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience on Wednesday where talk quickly turned to Canadian politics.

When Rogan asks if Carney is going to win, Peterson sighs and notes the polls not only indicate that but the Liberals could even come away with a majority government.

“Carney showed up just in the nick of time to save the burning damsel from the train tracks or whatever the hell it is,” Peterson said, referring to Trump and how the American president’s threats were “so badly” timed at a time when a Conservative majority seemed like a sure thing.

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GRIMSBY JEWELRY STORE ROBBED THIRD TIME, NO THANKS TO LIBERALS ‘SOFT-ON-CRIME APPROACH’

Dean Allison says he’s “never seen anything like this’ after serving as Conservative Niagara West MP for the last 21 years — until now.

On Thursday, Allison posted a video on social media that was shared with him of a jewelry store, Harmony Jewellers, near his campaign office in Grimsby, Ont., east of Hamilton, being robbed that day around 11:25 a.m. for the third time since January — most recently with a truck being backed through the front window.

He said the Liberals’ “soft-on-crime approach” is not helping matters one bit.

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TORONTO POLICE ASSOCIATION WANTS POLITICIANS TO KEEP ‘VIOLENT IDIOTS’ IN PRISON

The Toronto Police Association wants to see the former Trudeau government’s widely criticized Bill C-75 repealed. Among the catch-and-release law’s most controversial elements was giving bail to repeat offenders at all costs.

That has led to countless violent crimes committed by killers out on bail. The law demanded that the courts focus on release instead of detention.

In their responses to a questionnaire sent out by the TPA, the Tories were more specific on the criminal justice file, the Liberals more general.

Read the full story here.

POILIEVRE RIDING TOPS ADVANCED VOTING

Almost half of the eligible voters in Carleton cast ballots in advance polls, giving the closely watched Ottawa riding the highest voter turnout in the country — by a significant margin.

There are 105,091 people who are eligible to vote in Carleton, the riding that has long been held by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. During advance polling over the long Easter weekend, 43,394 of them voted.

High turnout at advance polling is often attributed to a wish for change on the part of voters.

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LIBERAL CANDIDATE DEFENDS CAMPAIGN WORKER

The online backlash against a London-area Liberal campaign volunteer who was photographed making an obscene gesture outside a Mark Carney rally is unacceptable, the federal candidate for whom he’s working says.

David Goodwin is running for the Liberals in Elgin-St. Thomas-London South and in a statement sent to The Free Press defended the volunteer, Matt Janes, who has been pilloried on social media over the picture of him giving a photographer two middle fingers.

“I strongly condemn the harassment that a small group of toxic ideologues has inflicted on Matt, his family, and the residents, business owners and community organizations of Elgin-St. Thomas-London South,” Goodwin said, noting Janes has faced “threatening calls and emails.”

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CARNEY TALKS TARIFF THREATS

Liberal Leader Mark Carney visited the Algoma Steel factory in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Friday morning to highlight his party’s promise to forge a procurement strategy that relies on homegrown materials.

It’s part of the party’s pledge to build an all-in-Canada auto manufacturing network using domestic steel, aluminum and critical minerals.

POILIEVRE PITCHES CRIME REFORM

WHERE THE LEADERS ARE FRIDAY

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is set to begin his day in Saskatoon, where he will hold a press conference, before holding a rally in Nanoose Bay, B.C., in the evening.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has a busy day in Ontario, beginning with a press conference and visiting a small business in Sault Ste. Marie.

He is later set to participate in the virtual Assembly of First Nations forum, meet with community members in Georgetown, hold a meet and greet in Cambridge and hold a rally in London.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh will be campaigning in Liberal-leaning ridings in Toronto, Hamilton and London today.