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Canada Headed For Polls Today, All You Need To Know About The High-Stake Battle

by OB Bureau
April 28, 2025
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Toronto: Canadians are headed to the polls on Monday (April 28) in a key federal election. Incumbent Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney will face Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the polls. The first results will come in between 7 pm and 7:30 pm EST.  The vast majority of results will be released at 9:30 pm. (EST)

This election comes after a long period of political turbulence marked by rising discontent against former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Following such discontent, Trudeau had resigned.

Here are some key points:

  1. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney concluded his election campaign on Sunday. If he fails to gain the mandate, he will be the shortest-serving PM in the history of Canada
  2. Pierre Poilievre has a Canada-first approach. The last pitch of both the leaders was centered largely on US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
  3. Liberal Party leader Mark Carney has promised to reduce the federal deficit.
  4. Conservative leader Poilievre has promised to cut the lowest tax bracket by 15 per cent, repeal the industrial carbon tax and eliminate the federal sales tax for first-time home buyers up to $1.3 million (Canadian dollars).
  5. A Nanos poll on Sunday claimed the gap between the two front-running parties was approximately 4 percentage points.
  6. Poilievre’s party led the Liberals by more than 20 points in most polls on the day Trudeau announced his plans to resign.
  7. Polls will be open from 9 am to 9 pm. (EST).
  8. There are 28 million registered voters eligible to vote in Canada.  They will elect members of parliament in 343 individual constituencies, also known as ridings.
  9. Canada’s voting system is staggered as there are six time zones within the country. In the easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which has seven seats, the polls will close at 7 pm Eastern Time (2300 GMT), according to Reuters. Polls close across all provinces by 10 pm.
  10. British Columbia’s 43 electoral districts are the most closely contested battlegrounds.
  11. Paper Based: Every ballot is paper-based and counted by hand. Each ballot is secured by a signature from the local poll officer, so ballot stuffing is impossible.
  12.  Open Counting: Every candidate can send observers (scrutineers) to watch the count, ensuring that it is accurate.  Ballot boxes are opened and the ballots placed on a table, and counted in front of everyone.
  13.  Voter-ID: Every eligible voter gets a voting card in the mail telling them where to vote. This is based on a central voters list which is automatically compiled and updated based on tax returns and other info. This card serves as their ID.
  14.  Accessible and Neutral: No election materials are allowed in or near polling stations. Polling stations are everywhere, well-advertised, and often walking distance in towns and cities.
  15.  Limited Corporate Money – No corporate or union donations are allowed for any candidate. They can only accept personal donations, which are capped at $1750 a year, and parties get a subsidy from the government based on how many votes they got in the last election.
  16. No Gerrymandering: Electoral districts are set by a non-partisan committee every 10 years, and are fairly simple geometric shapes, nothing like what we see in the US.

 

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