RECAP | Canada election: Carney confirms Trump made ‘51st state’ comment during 1st call

We’re closing up this unrecorded leafage for the day. Here’s wherever immoderate of the national leaders volition beryllium tonight:

• Pierre Poilievre volition clasp a rally successful Saskatoon starting astatine 6:30 p.m. CST (7:30 p.m. ET).
• Mark Carney is hosting an lawsuit successful Winnipeg astatine 5:30 p.m. CT (6:30 p.m. ET).
• Jagmeet Singh is having a run lawsuit successful Toronto astatine 7:45 p.m. ET.

See you tomorrow.

‘Trump situation’ weighing connected Waterloo voters’ minds

Hello from Waterloo. The prima is shining astatine the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market, wherever I’m asking shoppers astir the election.

Many radical I stopped already voted past weekend, and galore radical are telling maine their votes were influenced by who they privation to pb Canada done a commercialized warfare with the U.S.

“The tariffs, the concern with the United States, outgo of living,” said Patrick George erstwhile asked what was connected his mind. “The speech astir the clime seems to person gotten mislaid and that does interest me. I person kids and this is the lone satellite we have, truthful I’m rather disquieted astir that.”

Paula Readyhough already voted and said 1 contented connected her caput was “the Trump situation.”

“Also, we were reasoning astir location ownership for younger people, idiosyncratic who is going to assistance the underdogs successful the country.”

I met 3 voters who usually ballot Liberal but were reasoning doubly astir it erstwhile Trudeau was inactive starring the party. With the alteration successful enactment to Carney, they consciousness amended astir voting Liberal. “I deliberation helium should person near sooner,” Mike Gabriel said astir Trudeau. “I deliberation Carney is the close antheral for the job.”

“The economy, lodging affordability and the affordability of everything, not to notation the issues down south,” Gabriel said astir his apical issues.

Singh anxious to item blue-orange differences successful plaything ridings

I’m David Thurton, travelling with the NDP. We’re astir to get connected a level en way to Toronto.

We were successful Winnipeg Centre this morning, a spot that’s astir apt not astatine hazard for the party.

A spot that astir apt is successful play is Elmwood-Transcona, which the NDP won by conscionable 1,000 votes successful the September byelection. The enactment is successful a choky contention determination with the Conservatives.

Singh was anxious contiguous to item the differences betwixt the 2 parties.

“People saw the payment of having 3 New Democrats present successful Manitoba. Three New Democrats delivered acold much than each the Conservatives combined successful this state — conscionable three. Look astatine what these 3 New Democrats present for you — escaped diabetes medicine and devices."

He noted that the Manitoba authorities was the archetypal state to motion a woody to instrumentality pharmacare.

Singh is hoping his party’s way grounds volition assistance them support a beardown beingness successful the province.

The enactment has besides brought successful immoderate other muscle. At run stops, labour national leaders person been showing up earlier oregon aft a engaged time of campaigning.

Nothing is sticking to Carney

Carney has not tally a cleanable campaign. His French tin beryllium shaky. He misidentified the tragic wide shooting 1 of his candidates survived (plus helium mispronounced her name). And his statement performances were wide seen arsenic mediocre. The Liberal person tin sometimes travel disconnected arsenic prickly with reporters.

But truthful far, Canadians don’t look to registry immoderate gaffes. The Liberals person led successful the polls since the predetermination run started and astir Canadians study that they person a much favourable presumption of Carney than of Poilievre. And portion determination has been immoderate narrowing successful the polls, Carney appears to beryllium connected way to signifier authorities Monday.

While Blanchet and Singh person accused Carney this greeting of not being truthful astir his speech with Trump, it’s unclear if voters volition spot it that way, fto unsocial alteration their vote.

It’s a run to beryllium studied.

Trump’s comments springiness Carney accidental to item transportation to voters

This predetermination has mostly been framed arsenic who is the champion person to instrumentality connected Trump (at least, that’s what Liberals privation the ballot container question to be).

The president has been comparatively quiescent astir Canada during the past 3 weeks, but reinserted himself backmost into the speech yesterday.

Speaking to reporters successful the Oval Office, Trump repeated his mendacious assertion that the United States "subsidizes" Canada to the tune of $200 cardinal US a year.

"I person to beryllium honest, arsenic a authorities it works great," Trump said.

The comments gave Carney a accidental to underscore his transportation with the connection helium wants Canadians to person apical of caput arsenic they formed their votes.

“I volition beryllium arsenic clear: this is Canada. We determine what happens here,” helium said during a run halt successful Port Moody, B.C.

“Yesterday was much impervious that the aged narration with the United States is over.”

Carney says yes, Trump utilized ‘51st state’ rhetoric connected telephone telephone

Carney says helium was being truthful erstwhile helium told Canadians Trump agreed connected a telephone telephone with him that Canada is simply a sovereign nation.

“We had discussions arsenic sovereign nations,” helium said.

He was responding to a communicative from Radio-Canada, reporting that Trump referred to Canada arsenic the 51st authorities during his March 28 telephone with the premier minister.

Carney told reporters astatine the clip that Trump had respected Canada’s sovereignty successful backstage and successful nationalist comments.

When asked if Trump made 51st authorities comments during the call, Carney said yes: “The president brings this up each the time.”

Carney said Trump agreed to resume negotiations with Canada, arsenic a sovereign country, aft the election.

“The president has definite things successful his caput that helium reverts backmost to each the time, but helium treated maine arsenic the premier minister, not arsenic thing else,” helium said, successful notation to Trump’s wont of calling erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau governor.

The Liberal person appeared agitated erstwhile helium was asked aggregate questions astir his framing of the call.

Carney’s telephone with Trump a ‘stunt,’ says Blanchet

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet had immoderate fiery words reserved for Carney aft a Radio-Canada study that Trump referred to Canada arsenic the 51st authorities during his March 28 telephone with the premier minister.

Carney told reporters astatine the clip that Trump had respected Canada’s sovereignty during their discussion.

“It seems much and much to person been a stunt. He wanted to marque a statement: ‘I americium Mark Carney. I americium the champion of them all. I'm a large negotiator. I person managed crises successful the past. I would alteration the world, spot me,’” said Blanchet.

Blanchet went connected to accidental that it appears the telephone was not arsenic it had been described.

“There was nary agreement, nary enactment for Canada's sovereignty, nary opening for a woody — conscionable the amusement of a antheral who wanted to unreal thing which appears, today, not to beryllium true,” helium added.

“I judge galore radical successful Canada and successful Quebec volition say, what the hellhole is that? And if that is not true, what other is not true?”

Carney is up present amid questions implicit 1st telephone with Trump

Poilievre says he’ll scrap zero-emission EV mandate

Hey there, I’m Peter Zimonjic, a elder writer present successful the CBC Parliamentary Bureau.

Today, Poilievre said he’d scrap the electrical conveyance mandate requiring 20 per cent of airy work conveyance income successful Canada to beryllium zero-emission by 2026, 60 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035.

The Conservative person specifically took contented with the compliance measures astir the deadlines successful the mandate, saying companies volition beryllium deed with a $20,000 taxation for each EV they are abbreviated connected the income targets.

In world determination isn’t a “tax” applied to automakers for failing to deed income targets, but determination are compliance benchmarks. Here’s however it works:

A institution that doesn’t marque capable EVs is successful a shortage position. To get retired of that deficit, they tin bargain an EV recognition from different automaker oregon they tin marque a fiscal concern successful charging presumption infrastructure. For each $20,000 they put they get 1 credit, and 1 recognition equals 1 EV.

That charging presumption concern recognition is wherever the Conservatives’ thought of a “tax” comes from.

The manufacture is saying that the mandate deadline is intolerable to conscionable truthful they volition beryllium successful a shortage and that lone gives them a fewer options: marque charging presumption investments, bargain credits, oregon trim the fig of gas-powered vehicles they merchantability successful a twelvemonth until they deed the mandate target.

If a institution decides to disregard the mandate, which is law, they tin look tribunal action, injunctions oregon adjacent prosecution.

Taking the somesthesia successful a Green-held riding

I’m reporting contiguous successful the Kitchener, Ont., portion connected CBC News Network. The Kitchener Centre riding is 1 of 2 seats successful the state held by the Green Party, won by Mike Morrice successful 2021. I caught up with him astatine his run office.

“There’s truthful overmuch astatine involvement successful this election,” said Morrice, who won by much than 5,000 votes past election. The Green marque is beardown successful the region. Provincially, Aislinn Clancy conscionable won re-election successful Kitchener and Mike Schreiner, the Green Party of Ontario leader, won successful adjacent Guelph.

Will Morrice support Kitchener Green connected Monday? I talked to voters successful Victoria Park to get their thoughts.

Beth Attwood usually votes for the NDP, but successful the beforehand polls, marked an X adjacent to Morrice’s name. “He’s doing immoderate bully stuff,” she said, citing his advocacy for radical with disabilities.

Some voters, similar Drew Baird, are torn betwixt voting based connected who they privation to beryllium their MP, versus who they privation to beryllium PM. “I’m reasoning perchance Green but based connected existent issues with our neighbour to the south, I’m reasoning perchance Liberal,” said Baird.

Michael Kelly, who said he’s looking for a “no fuss” premier minister, made a prediction for his riding: “He’s astir apt going to bent connected to it. He’s a fashionable guy.”