Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 29

Welcome to Day 29 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 29:

• Happy Easter! From the Canada Minute team, we wish you a wonderful day filled with warmth, joy, and time well spent with loved ones.
  
  
• A record-breaking two million Canadians voted on the first day of advance polls, according to Elections Canada. The high turnout has prompted the agency to make adjustments to manage long lineups at polling stations. Advance voting continues through Monday, April 21st.
  
  
• As food prices rise and food bank visits reach record highs, a majority of Canadians say they want a Prime Minister who will prioritize fighting food insecurity. Food Banks Canada reports that 84% believe reducing hunger is a non-partisan issue, and 86% support cutting hunger in half by 2030. Candidates from all major parties have addressed food security in recent debates.
  
  
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged to cut $10 billion annually in government consultant spending, returning it to levels last seen under Stephen Harper. He argued that outsourcing under the Liberals has doubled and costs families over $1,000 in taxes. He blamed inflated consultant fees and overall government spending for driving up inflation and reiterated his broader plan to cut waste, bureaucracy, and the carbon tax.
  
  
• Poilievre also criticized Liberal Leader Mark Carney, accusing him of contributing to the inflation crisis both at home and abroad. Poilievre blamed Carney’s tenure as governor of the Bank of England for high inflation in the UK, saying his reliance on money printing and loose monetary policy set a dangerous precedent. He argued that Carney, now with a platform proposing $130 billion in new federal spending, would deepen Canada’s cost-of-living crisis and drive the country further into debt. The Conservatives have yet to release a costed platform of their own, but say it is coming soon.