Canada Election: Carney, Poilievre holding back-to-back rallies in western Canada

Conservatives typically triumph large successful Alberta, but determination are ridings to watch

I’m a elder writer present astatine CBC Edmonton.

While Conservatives traditionally predominate successful Alberta, determination are a fewer battleground ridings successful the Edmonton country and immoderate electoral part changes that could shingle things up.

Two caller ridings are up for grabs successful Edmonton Gateway and Edmonton Southeast, formed retired of the aged Edmonton Mill Woods riding that was represented astir precocious by Tim Uppal.

Uppal is moving successful Edmonton Gateway. The Conservatives are pitting Jagsharan Singh Mahal against erstwhile Liberal furniture curate and existent Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi successful Edmonton Southeast.

Another riding to ticker is Edmonton Centre, which has flip-flopped betwixt Liberals and Conservatives implicit the years. Liberal incumbent Randy Boissonnault is not moving this clip around.

Many Albertans judge this is simply a high-stakes election, with Calgary-based pollster Janet Brown saying she's expecting a precocious elector turnout due to the fact that of the existent governmental climate.

Edmontonians person told CBC they are acrophobic astir what person is champion for lasting up to Trump, but they are besides focused connected issues similar pipelines and the economy.

Poilievre holding 1st Alberta rally

Good evening from the westbound coast

I’m a elder writer connected the nationalist table based successful Vancouver. The 2 frontrunners successful the national predetermination are some holding rallies successful occidental Canada tonight: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre archetypal successful Edmonton, followed by Liberal Leader Mark Carney successful the Metro Vancouver metropolis of Richmond.

The Conservative enactment has its strongest enactment successful Alberta, according to CBC’s Poll Tracker. By that aforesaid metric, the Liberals person a constrictive pb successful B.C.

Both provinces person billions astatine hazard implicit the ongoing commercialized warfare with the United States connected relationship of their immense resources — B.C. with its softwood lumber and cultivation industries, to sanction a few, and Alberta being the nation’s lipid and state capital.