Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 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 5:

• A recent Ipsos poll ranked immigration as the seventh-most important issue for Canadians. The Conservatives want to cap immigration, restrict temporary foreign workers except in rare cases, and crack down on fraud. The Liberals plan to maintain the current immigration caps, and the NDP wants to reform the system and ensure that foreign workers who contribute to the economy have a pathway to permanent residency. The Greens support adjusting immigration caps based on consultations with provinces and Canada’s ability to integrate newcomers. The People’s Party of Canada is proposing a full moratorium.
  
  
• While Canada is in the middle of an election, President Trump announced 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars and light trucks, threatening even larger tariffs on Canada and the EU if they collaborate against the US. Liberal Leader Mark Carney called the move a “direct attack” on Canadian workers, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre warned that imposing tariffs on Canada would harm the US-Canada trade relationship. He vowed that a Conservative government would build a "Canadian economic fortress" within four years, making the country strong, self-reliant, and capable of standing up to the US.
  
  
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, campaigning in BC, announced a “Canada First TFSA Top Up.” The plan would allow Canadians to contribute an additional $5,000 each year for investments in Canadian companies.
  
  
• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledged to support Canada’s auto sector by waiving the GST on Canadian-made vehicles and ensuring government agencies buy only domestic cars. He also vowed to prevent publicly funded manufacturing equipment from being moved abroad.
  
  
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre unveiled his Quebec platform, promising “responsible federalism” and to respect the province’s autonomy, protect its language and culture, and reduce non-permanent residents by half. He pledged not to impose federal policies in provincial jurisdictions without consent.