Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 33

Welcome to Day 33 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 33:

• At a rally in Nova Scotia, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sharply criticized Liberal MP Sean Fraser's record as a Minister who was responsible for immigration and housing, blaming him for Canada’s housing crisis and overcrowded conditions caused by rapid population growth. Poilievre vowed to reverse Liberal policies and build 2.3 million homes over five years if elected.
  
  
• Elections Canada is managing an unusually large ballot in Poilievre’s Carleton riding, where 90 protest candidates are challenging him to draw attention to electoral reform. The Longest Ballot Committee organized the protest to oppose the first-past-the-post system, leading to a two-column ballot.
  
  
• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told First Nations Chiefs that his party would fight for Indigenous rights, including clean water, treaty rights, and justice for residential school victims, while criticizing the Liberals for inaction unless pressured by New Democrats. Singh pledged to uphold UNDRIP, fully implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action, and end systemic underfunding in child and family services.
  
  
• Despite the Liberals holding a five-point lead over the Conservatives in recent national polls, 70% of bets placed on a third-party betting site are backing a Conservative win in the upcoming federal election. Most of these bets came after the campaign began, suggesting bettors believe momentum or underlying factors could swing the result.
  
  
• Speaking of polls, polling aggregator 338Canada projects that both Jagmeet Singh and Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May are at serious risk of losing their BC seats in the upcoming federal election. Singh is trailing in Burnaby-South and projected to finish third, while May is in a tight race in Saanich-Gulf Islands with a slight edge going to her Conservative opponent. The NDP is also in danger of falling below the threshold to maintain official party status.