As this interminable, awful election draws to a close, leaders were busy making their final pitches to voters, starting with Justin Trudeau in Niagara, and then to Hamilton, where he had a media availability, and he mostly talked around questions being posed to him around things like that interview from Stephen Guilbeault where he said that more pipelines were unlikely to be built (I mean, has anyone actually looked at the economic data?), or what he might do in a minority situation (which really is the right thing to do, because all of this baseless speculation without seeing the seat math is pretty dumb). Trudeau then went to Brantford, Milton, Winnipeg, and ended off with a late-night rally in Calgary, so he can at least say he visited. There, he made a pitch for progressives to consolidate around him as an anti-Kenney vote.

Andrew Scheer held his media availability in North York, where he consistently refused to say whether the stories about his party hiring a certain Cult of the Insider figure to try and discredit the Maxime Bernier Fan Club, before he simply repeated misinformation. He then headed for Don Valley North, Brampton, Scarborough, and finished off with a rally in Richmond Hill where the crowd started chanting “lock him up” about Trudeau. Scheer tried to get them to say “Vote him out” instead, but honestly? This Dollarama-knockoff LARPing of American politics is so tiresome.

Jagmeet Singh largely stuck to the Vancouver area, and he too prevaricated on yet more questions about post-election situations including whether he’d trigger an early election rather than work with the Conservatives.

Other election stories:

• CBC has compiled the various election platforms in one place.
• Here is a look at where some Cabinet ministers are facing tough races.
• Here’s a look at what a resurgent Bloc Québécois may mean in the next parliament.
• First Nations leaders in Scheer’s riding say that he’s been absent where they are concerned.
• Maxime Bernier is complaining to Elections Canada about the whole Cult of the Insider figure, as though anything about his party was made up.

Good reads:

• Heather Scoffield asks the parties what the “hidden gems” of their platforms are, and the big three oblige.
• Susan Delacourt delves into the bifurcation of where parties are spending their social media dollars, and why they prefer which platform over others.

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