Day fourteen, and the leaders continued to fan out across the country to sell their messages in the shadow of the Americans facing an economic collapse thanks to their tariffs. Mark Carney was in Oakville, talking about skilled trades—providing training grants of up to $8000 for skilled trades, plus working with provinces to establish more spaces in trades colleges, and expanding labour mobility tax deductions. Carney also talked about the tough days we are facing ahead, thanks to Trump, and notes that he has been there before with post-Brexit Britain.

Pierre Poilievre was in Oosyoos, BC, to promise a reduction of “25 percent of red tape” within two years, which is a weirdly specific number, that doesn’t say much about what kind of regulatory burden is being lifted (but it certainly doesn’t look like it’s going to be cleaning up the tax code, which is one of the biggest drags on business). Poilievre will be in New Westminster, BC, today.

Jagmeet Singh was in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, and promised that everyone would have a family doctor by 2030, which is a) a provincial responsibility, and b) promising provinces a 1 percent top-up on transfer payments to make it happen is incredibly naïve. Today, Singh will be in Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and end the day in Montreal to appear on Tout le monde en parle.

In other campaign news, here’s a look at how the Conservatives are giving Poilievre’s wife a prominent role in order to try and get him to appeal to more women voters. Here is a contrast of how the Liberals and Conservatives are handling the media on their campaigns.

https://twitter.com/hassinhadi/status/1908286927700209725

Ukraine Dispatch

At least three people were injured in an overnight missile attack on Kyiv. As well, three others were injured in an attack on Mykolaiv. President Zelenskyy met with British and French military leaders to talk about a potential multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Ukraine if a ceasefire happens.

Good reads:

• The federal government is updating its travel advisory to the US, pointing to added scrutiny at the border and the possibility of detention if entry is denied.
• There are questions about why Citizenship and Immigration won’t issue visas to the foreign spouses of Canadian citizens.
• Parliament Hill was locked down for hours on Saturday as someone illegitimately entered East Block and apparently barricaded himself inside until finally arrested.
• Two would-be Conservative candidate nominees in Brampton were bypassed by the party with no reasons given, and now plan to support the Liberals in the riding.
• Poilievre continues to defend his candidate, Aaron Gunn, from criticism from First Nations leaders (in spite of Gunn’s comments being all over social media).
• Unsurprisingly, most of the Conservatives’ “tough on crime” policies are likely to be unconstitutional.
• The NDP have been trying to work with local content creators as part of their campaign, inspired by what the Democrats did, but they’re also not vetting them.
• David Eby says he’s meeting with Mark Carney on Monday to talk about support for forestry after more US tariffs on softwood lumber.
• Kevin Carmichael turns to wrestling tropes to try and devise a means of dealing with the chaos of the Trump decision-making process.
• Shannon Proudfoot wonders if Danielle Smith knows that we can all see and hear her, as she tries to trample on the rest of Canada to try and get ahead.
• My weekend column ponders what has happened to the nomination process to result in so many ousters, and why there are warning signs about the grassroots.

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