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Advance voting over last 4 days shatters records, Elections Canada says

Global News - The number of people who took advantage of advance voting in the federal election has shattered records, Elections Canada reported Tuesday. Preliminary figures released by the agency that organizes federal elections show an estimated 7.3 million ballots were cast over the four-day advance polling period, which overlapped with the Easter holiday weekend and ended Monday.

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Conservative election platform pledges $75-billion in tax cuts, referendums before future tax hikes

The Globe and Mail - Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are promising $34-billion in new spending and $75-billion in tax cuts over the next four years. They would help fund these expenditures with $56-billion in spending reductions over the same period, the Conservatives say. More than 40 per cent of these savings, the party says, would come from one measure: cutting the use of government consultants. They say that would save $23-billion over four years.

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Liberal Party of Canada releases late-stage election platform

Global News - The Liberal party released a late-stage election platform Saturday that pledged billions in new spending and charts a major change in priorities from the party’s direction in 2021 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

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