Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 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 4:

• Voters can now register, check their registration, or update their address online through Elections Canada's Online Voter Registration Service. Registered voters should receive a voter information card by April 11th, and 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.
  
  
• Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged a $2 billion fund to strengthen Canada’s auto sector and counter potential US tariffs, emphasizing domestic manufacturing to reduce reliance on cross-border trade. Speaking in Windsor, he framed the plan as a strategic move to protect jobs and insulate the industry from trade threats under Trump. Carney also vowed to prioritize Canadian-made vehicles in government procurement to support union jobs.
  
  
• Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives are promising tax relief for working seniors, allowing them to earn up to $34,000 tax-free and delaying mandatory RRSP withdrawals until age 73. The plan also commits to keeping the retirement age for Old Age Security, the Guaranteed Income Supplement, and the Canada Pension Plan at 65.
  
  
• The NDP is promising to raise the tax-free income threshold to $19,500 for individuals earning under $177,882, resulting in annual savings of approximately $505. They also plan to eliminate the GST on essentials like children's clothing and heating bills, which they estimate will save a family of four $1,450 per year. To fund these measures, expected to cost $19 billion, the party plans to enforce corporate tax compliance and restore the previously proposed capital gains tax increase.
  
  
• The Green Party also released a tax plan, proposing to raise the tax-free income threshold to $40,000, providing up to $3,675 in annual tax relief for taxpayers earning under $100,000. The plan would be funded by increasing corporate tax rates and cutting subsidies.
  
  
• Maxime Bernier, leader of the People's Party of Canada, addressed concerns about "splitting the vote" among conservative-leaning voters, emphasizing that his party offers distinct conservative policies not reflected by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Bernier criticized Poilievre for not addressing key issues like equalization transfers and Western Canadian concerns, positioning the PPC as a necessary force to push for true conservative values.