Federal Election 2025

Premier Scott Moe of Saskatchewan has signed the province on to be a member of the Governor’s Coalition on Energy Security (GCES), a group of Republican US State Governor’s founded during the Biden presidency to lobby against energy regulations, becoming the second Canadian province to do so after Danielle Smith signed Alberta up last November. 

A member of the Manitoba legislature has resigned his seat to run in the federal election. 

Progressive Conservative Grant Jackson is leaving his Spruce Woods seat in western Manitoba to run for the federal Conservatives in Brandon-Souris.

The federal seat has been held since 2013 by Conservative Larry Maguire, who announced Sunday he is not seeking re-election due to health concerns.

Jackson has represented Spruce Woods since 2023, and previously worked as an assistant to Maguire.

The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests.

The survey, conducted by Leger for The Canadian Press, reports that 44 per cent of decided voters surveyed would vote Liberal in the upcoming election, ahead of the Conservatives at 38 per cent.

The poll surveyed 1,599 Canadians between March 21 and March 23, which includes the first day of the election, and the two days leading into it.

A federal election is coming up in just over one month, and the liberal candidate for Provencher is getting ready.

"It's going to be busy because this is a short campaign and so there's a lot to do, but I'm I'm looking forward to it. I think this is a very important election, so I wanted to be part of it," says Trevor Kirczenow.

There are several big issues that make this such a critical election, he says.

Canada is now in the midst of a snap federal election, as called by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday, March 23.

Parties have been slowly announcing candidates for most of 2025, including in the Foothills riding, which saw three new names put forward, bringing the total to five.

"It's not a last straw if we see these policies continue for the next four years, but it's getting down the last few straws for people who are just really, really fed up."

Former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall feels another Liberal win in the current Canadian federal election could lead to a rise in western alienation.

"If the majority in the House of Commons is not a party that believes in the things that we do out west to make a living and wants to facilitate those things," Wall said. "Then you're going to have people increasingly alienated."

The federal election called yesterday means we'll be voting in the newly-formed federal riding Airdrie-Cochrane.

Boundary changes approved in 2023 are now in effect. While Cochrane and Airdrie will remain in the same riding, Ghost Lake, Waiparous, Stoney Nakoda Nation, Banff and Canmore are among the communities included in the redrawn Yellohead constituency.

Federal party leaders are spending their first full day on the campaign trail talking about taxes, transfers and the trades.

Poilievre talks tax cuts

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a middle-class tax cut, following a Liberal pledge that involves a smaller reduction to the same tax rate.

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election for Monday, April 28, and campaigning by all major political parties has begun — here’s what you need to know to exercise your right to vote for who represents you on the federal stage from the riding of Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan. 

Conservative MP Fraser Tolmie has represented Moose Jaw since 2021. 

With the writ being dropped on the weekend and a federal election being called, workers are now preparing locations around the country for voting day. That's set to take place on April 28th, with a number of other early voting locations also being worked on.

There are a few ways people can vote, says Regional Media Advisor for Elections Canada Marie-Frances Kenny.