Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 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 8:

• Elections Canada is hiring over 200,000 temporary workers for the April 28th federal election, with roles paying at least $20 per hour. Positions include poll workers, registration officers, and supervisors, with eligibility requirements such as Canadian citizenship and non-participation in political activities during employment.
  
  
• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a Canada First Reinvestment Tax Cut, which would defer capital gains taxes if the proceeds are reinvested in Canada, aiming to boost domestic investment and counter US economic competition. He argued the policy would help rebuild industry, expand infrastructure, and strengthen Canada’s economy against American tariffs.
  
  
• Poilievre stated that a Conservative government would not intervene if Quebec’s Bill 96 reaches the Supreme Court, emphasizing provincial jurisdiction. In contrast, Liberal Leader Mark Carney pledged to challenge the law, arguing that its use of the notwithstanding clause undermines the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said his party would not intervene, supporting the law’s goal of protecting the French language.
  
  
• NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to help first-time homebuyers by expanding the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s mandate to offer low-interest, public-backed mortgages. Singh criticized Carney and Poilievre for siding with banks and speculators, arguing that the housing system has favoured investors over families for too long.
  
  
• The Green Party of Canada pledged to end the "rip-ship" economy, advocating for keeping raw resources in Canada to create jobs and boost domestic industries. At a campaign stop in Nanaimo, Party Co-Leader Elizabeth May criticized US President Donald Trump's tariffs and called for strategic reserves to ensure Canadian resources benefit local workers.