Canada election: Polls now closed across Atlantic region as nation chooses its next Parliament

‘A batch of cautious optimism’ for Liberals, says outgoing MP

Liberal MP Arif Virani, who is not moving for re-election successful Toronto’s Parkdale-High Park riding, said “there’s a batch of cautious optimism retired there” astir his party’s predetermination time performance.

Appearing connected CBC’s predetermination nighttime special, Virani argued that voters are “gravitating” toward Carney and his program to instrumentality connected Trump, which Virani said is “the sole issue” connected galore voters’ minds this election.

“This is astir an existential situation for the nation,” helium said.

Kenney expects Conservatives to outperform

Jason Kenney, erstwhile Alberta premier and erstwhile Conservative furniture minister, argued that Canadians are looking for a reset from a Liberal Party that has governed since 2015.

“Change is the bigger contented than taking connected Trump close now, and that’s wherever Mr. Poilievre wanted to steer Canadians,” helium said during CBC’s predetermination nighttime special.

Kenney expects Conservatives to outperform the polls, pointing to the vigor ushered successful by a caller — and younger — coalition.

“They’ve got a batch of intensity,” helium said, but whether that volition assistance them flooded the Liberals — who person concentrated enactment successful cardinal areas — is the large question.

NDP ‘needs to transcend expectations,’ says erstwhile MP

Randall Garrison, a erstwhile NDP MP successful B.C.’s Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, gave a frank appraisal of the New Democrats’ presumption connected predetermination day.

The enactment needs to transcend expectations, which shouldn’t beryllium difficult, “since they’ve been driven down to the floor,” helium said arsenic a panellist connected CBC’s Canada Votes: Election Night special.

But helium argued that the enactment has beardown incumbents and a coagulated web of grassroots organizers. Polls “tend to discount the crushed game,” helium said.

North successful the spotlight, but astir leaders didn't travel calling

I'm Shannon Scott, covering the Northwest Territories riding tonight.

All of the N.W.T. is covered by 1 riding, which has gone backmost and distant betwixt the Liberals and NDP since the precocious 1980s. It's been held by the Liberals since 2015, but 2021 was a adjacent contention with the NDP.

There's been tons of attraction connected Northern Canada this campaign, and not conscionable due to the fact that Carney was calved successful Fort Smith, N.W.T.

All of the large parties person bluish issues successful their platforms, with the NDP and Greens focusing connected nutrient security, portion the Liberals and Conservatives some prioritized Arctic security.

Despite this focus, not a azygous enactment person visited the N.W.T oregon Nunavut during the campaign. Pedneault did marque a run halt successful Yukon.

Liberal incumbent hopes to clasp her St. John’s East seat

I’m Carolyn Stokes with CBC Newfoundland and Labrador.

I’m successful the riding of St. John’s East tonight, wherever Liberal incumbent Joanne Thompson hopes to clasp her seat. She was precocious appointed fisheries minister.

She’s up against 2 high-profile candidates: Conservative David Brazil and Mary Shortall of the NDP.

Early on, this was a competitory three-way race, but with the resurgence of Liberal enactment successful Newfoundland and Labrador implicit the past fewer months, Thompson is present successful a amended presumption to support St. John’s East tonight. However, Thompson’s run inactive says they spot this arsenic a competitory race.

Polls are present closed successful Newfoundland and Labrador

Polling stations successful the Atlantic clip portion volition adjacent successful 30 minutes. Voters who are inactive successful enactment tin (and should) enactment successful enactment to formed their ballot.

As our workfellow Rosemary Barton said, results successful N.L. and the Maritimes "set the stage" for the remainder of the country.

Singh warring to support the NDP — and his ain spot — afloat

Hey! I’m Benjamin Lopez Steven, an subordinate shaper with CBC Politics. I’m astatine the NDP’s predetermination office successful Burnaby, B.C., and volition bring you the latest connected however they’re doing passim the night.

This hasn’t been an casual run for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. His enactment is going into contiguous astatine superior hazard of losing seats, and Singh himself is challenged successful his riding of Burnaby Central.

Singh’s ain speeches exemplify however the NDP’s fortunes person declined. He began this contention by saying he’s moving to beryllium premier minister. Two weeks into the campaign, Singh dropped that connection and asked the nationalist to elite much New Democrats successful a bid to clasp the equilibrium of powerfulness successful a imaginable number government.

We won’t cognize the afloat grade of the NDP’s destiny until results travel successful from B.C. — wherever the enactment holds a fig of seats successful the Greater Vancouver Area and Vancouver Island. But determination are a fewer NDP incumbents successful Ontario, and their fates could springiness america an aboriginal look into what’s coming retired present successful the west.

People astatine Liberal HQ cautiously optimistic

I’m a elder newsman stationed astatine the Liberal Party’s office successful Ottawa for predetermination night.

Crews person unfurled the Canadian flags and pulled the integrative disconnected the reddish carpet connected stage. They are preparing the podium for Carney’s quality aboriginal tonight. He’s hoping to assertion triumph and what helium calls a “strong mandate."

Carney campaigned until the past minute. My workfellow Tom Parry and I travelled with Carney connected his last sprint, starting the time successful Ontario and flying crossed the country, touching down for events successful Saskatoon, Edmonton and Vancouver. Carney gave his past code conscionable earlier midnight astatine an lawsuit connected Vancouver Island earlier flying overnight to Ottawa for predetermination day.

Carney has been premier curate for 45 days. Canadians volition determine contiguous if helium becomes the shortest-serving PM successful Canadian past oregon if he’ll beryllium the 1 to pb the state done the coming years.

Sources with the run accidental they’re cautiously optimistic they tin unafraid a bulk government, but are watching a bid of choky races, including successful B.C.

Smaller abstraction for Bloc Québécois HQ

I'm Raffy Boudjikanian, a elder newsman covering the Bloc Québécois astatine their Montreal headquarters.

This country successful Le National is simply a smaller abstraction than the 1 the Bloc had reserved 4 years ago.

Staff accidental they’re expecting astir 100 supporters astatine the 125-year-old show venue astir 8 p.m. ET erstwhile doors unfastened to the public. The enactment says that's astir rental availability.

But for now, dozens of journalists, technicians and a fistful of cameras person filled the theatre’s crushed level to hole for tonight’s predetermination coverage.

Blanchet is besides successful Montreal, though not rather present yet.

Throughout the campaign, the Greens person languished betwixt 2 and 4 per cent successful the polls. They’re projected to triumph 2 seats, astatine most.

The party, traditionally focused connected biology issues, mightiness person been struggling to scope voters successful this peculiar time.

An Abacus canvass successful March recovered lone 5 per cent of those surveyed listed clime alteration arsenic the astir important contented influencing their vote, portion listing affordability and U.S. President Donald Trump arsenic their biggest concerns.

It means the Greens are warring for their ain survival, overmuch similar the NDP.