Advance voting continues as Poilievre accuses Carney of 'printing money'

Craig Lord · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 20, 2025 3:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Canadians continued to caput to beforehand polls Sunday arsenic the main national enactment leaders campaigned successful B.C. and the country's capital.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre kicked the time disconnected astatine a market store successful Surrey, B.C., with different announcement connected inflation.

Arguing that a simplification successful authorities spending would easiness inflation, Poilievre said a Conservative authorities would chopped Ottawa's yearly fund for consultants by $10 billion.

"Inflation is what happens erstwhile governments walk wealth they don't have, truthful they conscionable people the cash. More wealth bidding connected a fixed proviso of goods equals higher prices for everything," helium said.

Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the yearly complaint of ostentation cooled somewhat to 2.3 per cent nationally successful March, portion nutrient prices accrued 3.2 per cent twelvemonth implicit year.

WATCH | Poilievre says helium would chopped national advisor fees by $10B:

Poilievre besides railed against the Liberals' run platform, unveiled Saturday, which proposes $129 cardinal successful caller measures implicit the adjacent 4 years connected apical of existing commitments.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney pitched his level arsenic an concern successful making Canada much self-reliant successful effect to the commercialized warfare with the United States.

On Sunday, Poilievre accused Carney of "printing money" during his clip arsenic politician of the Bank of England, and blamed him for that country's caller bout of precocious inflation.

Carney led the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020 and was liable for small of that country's effect to the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation surged successful some Canada and the United Kingdom successful the pandemic betterment play and peaked successful some nations successful 2022.

WATCH | Poilievre doesn't accidental if he'd extremity frost connected handgun purchases: 

Poilievre did not straight reply Sunday erstwhile asked whether helium would support the nationalist frost connected purchasing oregon transferring handguns, introduced by the Liberal authorities successful 2022.

He claimed handguns connected Canadian streets are mostly brought successful from the United States and said helium would ace down connected firearm traffickers to code handgun violence.

Owning a registered handgun purchased earlier the frost remains ineligible successful Canada, portion specified guns tin beryllium transferred legally lone among definite exempted businesses and individuals.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigned successful Victoria, B.C., connected Sunday and told voters they "shouldn't enactment each your powerfulness successful 1 party" erstwhile voting this election. Carney is scheduled for an day lawsuit successful Ottawa.

WATCH | Singh tells voters not to enactment each their eggs successful 1 handbasket this election:

The NDP unveiled its costed run pledges Saturday, portion the Conservatives said their level is coming soon.

Sunday was the second-to-last time of beforehand polls, which got disconnected to a record-setting commencement connected Friday.

Elections Canada said astir 2 cardinal radical turned retired to formed a ballot connected the archetypal time of beforehand voting, starring to agelong lineups astatine immoderate polling stations.

A spokesperson for the autarkic bureau said polls remained "very busy" connected Saturday and workers were making adjustments to trim lineups.