Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 25

Welcome to Day 25 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 25:

• Registered voters should have received a voter information card already. If not, you can register, check your registration, or update your address online through Elections Canada's Online Voter Registration Service. Registration remains open until April 22nd at 6:00 pm. (You can still register in person, at the polls too). Advance voting will take place from April 18th to 21st.
  
  
• The French-language debate is tonight - but it has been moved two hours earlier to 6:00 pm ET to avoid conflicting with a Montreal Canadiens game. The time change came after requests from the Bloc Québécois and NDP, aiming to maximize viewership of the only French debate. There is a live English translation version of the debate available as well.
  
  
• Tonight’s debate will focus on cost of living, energy and climate, the US trade war, Canadian identity and sovereignty, and immigration and foreign affairs. The English-language debate tomorrow night will cover themes including affordability, crisis leadership, public safety, and international trade threats.
  
  
• The Green Party was removed from both leaders’ debates early this morning, after the Leaders’ Debates Commission was pressured into actually following their own rules, once it became clear that the Green Party hadn't actually met the criteria the Commission had themselves set to participate in the debate. The Greens had previously told the Commission they were running a full slate of candidates, but by the registration deadline, they actually only had candidates in about two-thirds of ridings. Green co-leader Jonathan Pedneault criticized the move as undemocratic.
  
  
• A Japanese news report suggesting Honda may move production from Canada to the US sparked debate, with both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre using the moment to push their leadership cases amid rising trade tensions and new tariffs. Canadian officials and Honda Canada refuted the report, affirming that no such move is planned and that Canadian operations will continue at full capacity.