Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 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 9:

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre defended his campaign focus, despite criticism that he should prioritize Canada-US relations. While some Conservative insiders have expressed concerns over a loss of polling momentum, Poilievre says he remains committed to his "Canada First" agenda, emphasizing tax cuts, crime policies, and economic reforms. He acknowledged US trade tensions but argued that domestic issues like affordability and drug policy remain top priorities for voters.
  
  
• Poilievre promised to create a pre-approved national energy corridor to fast-track infrastructure projects like pipelines, transmission lines, and railways while repealing Bill C-69. He argued that excessive regulations have discouraged investment in Canada’s energy sector and that his plan would attract billions in new investment.
  
  
• Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled a housing plan to double annual home construction to 500,000 units by creating Build Canada Homes - a new government agency to oversee affordable housing projects. The plan includes reducing municipal development charges, reviving tax incentives for rental buildings, and expanding the Housing Accelerator Fund. Carney emphasized the need for a government-led approach.
  
  
• The NDP is pledging to retrofit 3.3 million homes over the next decade by reallocating $1.8 billion annually from oil and gas subsidies to fund energy-efficient upgrades. The plan includes free retrofits for 2.3 million low-income households and expanded low-cost financing for another one million homes, aiming to reduce energy bills by up to $4,500 per year. The party also committed to maintaining the industrial carbon price, enforcing Canada’s emissions cap, and introducing a border carbon adjustment for imports from countries without carbon pricing.
  
  
• Maxime Bernier, Leader of the PPC, held a press conference to detail his policies regarding the Canadian military. He advocated for increased military spending and promised to eliminate all DEI programs applying to the military, reinstate those fired over vaccine mandates, and provide better care to veterans.