Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 15

Welcome to Day 15 of Canada Minute’s 2025 Campaign Roundup!

With the 2025 Canadian federal election now finally underway, we'll be bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

Campaign Roundup - Day 15:

• Today marks the 7th anniversary of the tragic Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney shared messages of remembrance.
  
  
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a $250-million-per-year plan to fund addiction recovery treatment for 50,000 Canadians, with funding tied to how long clients remain drug-free. The plan includes additional support for complex cases like homelessness and would be funded by cutting safer supply programs and suing opioid manufacturers.
  
  
• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that an NDP government would tie federal housing funds to the implementation of strict rent controls by provinces, aiming to address what he called a national housing crisis. Singh said rent control measures, including bans on renovictions and fixed-term leases, are essential to ensure long-term affordability. The plan would apply to both municipal housing projects and federally regulated housing.
  
  
• Polls project that the NDP could win as few as three seats - well below the 12 needed for official party status. Despite invoking the legacy of Jack Layton and insisting he’s running to be Prime Minister, Singh is facing dwindling support, sparse crowds, and questions about his political future.
  
  
• Liberal Leader Mark Carney tried to reassure Canadians - especially retirees - about the stability of their savings amid global market disruption. He criticized Donald Trump’s attempts to reshape the international trading system and promised that a Liberal government would respond by strengthening domestic infrastructure, building new trade relationships, and investing in Canadian workers to ensure the country not only weathers the storm but “wins” the trade war.