Politics This Morning: Prairie stops for O’Toole, Singh in Saskatchewan; O’Toole, Trudeau in Manitoba

Welcome to day six of the campaign, The Prairie provinces are attracting some party leaders on Friday. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are in Edmonton, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Manitoba, where Mr. O’Toole is starting his day. Mr. Singh continues his journey back east. After spending the day in Edmonton, Alta., he’ll be in Saskatchewan to close out the week. He’s starting the day visiting the Cowessess First Nation, which, in June found 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near a former residential school. It was the second disturbing discovery in less than a month, following the estimated 215 unmarked graves found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. He’ll hold an 11 a.m. media availability and at noon Mr. Singh will visit the gravesite. Then, he’ll be off to Regina, where he plans to visit a local business with NDP Regina-Lewvan candidate Tria Donaldson.The Conservatives took that riding from the NDP in 2019. Mr. O’Toole is kicking off his day in Winnipeg with a 10 a.m. (local time) media avail, before heading to Saskatoon where he’ll headline an event with supporters at the Kickin’ Horse Saloon. Mr. Trudeau is starting his day in Winnipeg, Man., at 8:45 a.m. (local time) to make an announcement in support of a safe return to work and school amid COVID-19. That’s all that’s listed on his leader’s itinerary for Friday. There are four Winnipeg ridings, and all but one are held by Liberal MPs, though Terry Duguid only one Winnipeg South by a 3.4 per cent margin. NDP MP Leah Gazan took Winnipeg Centre from the Liberals last election, winning by a 7.5 per cent margin. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., and set to make a speech at 10:30 a.m., after local Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay kicks things off. That riding flipped from the NDP in 2019. Green Party Leader Annamie Paul has remained laser-focused on winning her seat in Parliament in Toronto, where she’ll remain into the weekend. Ridings won by 10-point margin are at risk of flipping this election, two pollsters told The Hill Times, and parties will be attempting to flip vulnerable seats in these 95 ridings, especially in the vote-rich regions of Ontario, B.C., and Quebec. And on day five of the campaign trail, Mr. Trudeau, while in Victoria, B.C., Mr. Trudeau promised a re-elected Liberal government would put $9-billion over five years into long term care so provinces and territories could offer better care. He also promised to address care standards through the creation of a Safe Long Term Care Act. The housing crisis underpinned Mr. O’Toole’s promises yesterday, where he said a Conservative government would freeze foreign investment in an effort to address rising house prices, and pledged to build a million homes in three years. He also said, as prime minister, he would make it easier for families to get mortgages, and he would implement a ‘For Indigenous, By Indigenous’ home strategy. While in Edmonton, whose four ridings (three Tory, one NDP) some strategists say is competitive again for progressive voters and being targeted by the Liberals, Mr. Singh tried to make some headway. He promised an NDP government would create a $250-million Critical Shortages Fund to address the shortage of nurses and health care workers across Canada, help to train and hire 2,000 nurses, and ensure the provinces commit to funding specifically for health care workers. After six years as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s president, Natan Obed, has been acclaimed to the position for a third term. He’s served as head of the national Inuit organization since first being elected in 2015, where he’s advocated for the rights and self determination of Inuit, and advocated for food security, suicide prevention and a number of issues that disproportionately affect Inuit communities. In a Facebook post, Mr. Obed said he looks forward to the next four years, which he has said will be his last in the role. “Lots of work to do, but lots of work we have done in the last six years to be proud of,” Mr. Obed said. The Hill Times

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Politics This Morning: Prairie stops for O’Toole, Singh in Saskatchewan; O’Toole, Trudeau in Manitoba

Plus, after six years as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s president, Natan Obed, has been acclaimed to the position for a third term.

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Politics This Morning: Prairie stops for O’Toole, Singh in Saskatchewan; O’Toole, Trudeau in Manitoba

Plus, after six years as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami’s president, Natan Obed, has been acclaimed to the position for a third term.

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