Election battlegrounds: the ridings, regions and issues set to shape Canada's future
Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter joins Ezra Levant for a preview of what ridings, regions and issues will be dominating the headlines as Canadians prepare to vote on April 28.
Prime Minister Mark Carney officially dropped the writ on Sunday, launching the shortest possible campaign — just 37 days.
Will the new face of the Liberals capitalize on a surge in the polls? Is support for the Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre still as strong as it once was, with Justin Trudeau removed from the picture? Are New Democrat voters abandoning Jagmeet Singh in favour of Carney?
Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter joined Monday night's edition of The Ezra Levant Show for a look ahead at issues that are set to shape Canada's future.
Perhaps the biggest issue is, along with the absence of Trudeau from the race, is that “much of the country is really worried that Donald Trump means it when he says he's going to annex Canada,” Lorne told Ezra. “And so now, they're deciding who would be best to stop him from doing that,” describing it as a “false issue” that is nevertheless “driving the agenda in the election.”
Lorne identified Quebec, Ontario and the Lower Mainland area of British Columbia as key regions in the upcoming election, “because you can almost form a government if you take Montreal, Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver.”
“That's where the battle is going to be again,” he added. “It didn't look like that for a while,” he continued, noting the Conservatives and Bloc were performing well in Ontario and Quebec prior to Trudeau's resignation and Trumps rhetoric.
The mainstream media in Canada, Lorne said, are now acting like outlets in the United States did following Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden atop the Democratic Party's presidential ticket.
But any notion of U.S. annexing Canada was a farce, Lorne added.
A Canadian referendum on joining the U.S. would see an overwhelming number of voters reject the idea, but the media outlets are “(playing) right into this Liberal fearmongering ... It's ridicuous.”
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2025-03-25 23:31:20 -0400No doubt, some will give the same advice to Carney as Senator Keith Davey gave Pierre Trudeau for the 1980 election: “Screw the west, we’ll take the rest.” -
S M commented 2025-03-25 20:10:28 -0400Take a Step Back, Canada. Think.
In the middle of a chaotic political season, with an election looming, we’re being told, once again, what to think.
Suddenly, Trump’s proposed tariffs are being framed as the existential crisis for Canadians. This is not just political distraction, it is outright manipulation. A deflection. A convenient scapegoat.
Let’s be clear, these tariffs haven’t even come into effect yet, and still, we’re told they’re the reason for our economic pain. But Canadians know better. We’ve been living the consequences of nearly a decade of Liberal leadership, long before tariffs were ever on the table.
Our dreams have been quietly dismantled.
• Housing is out of reach for an entire generation
• Grocery bills have doubled in just a few years
• Families are struggling just to stay afloat
• Crime is surging, and our streets are riddled with addiction and despair
• Young Canadians can’t afford homes, can’t start families, can’t build futures
This isn’t Trump’s fault.
This isn’t about foreign policy.
This is about failed leadership at home.
We are not suffering because of decisions made in Washington, we are suffering because of decisions made in Ottawa.
The media wants to turn your attention elsewhere. They want to manufacture outrage, shift blame, and paint you as ignorant if you dare question the narrative. But you are not ignorant. You are a Canadian who wants a better future, for yourself, for your children, for this country.
Don’t let them distract you.
The real threat to our prosperity isn’t coming from the south, it is coming from within. And if we don’t wake up now, we risk losing the very freedoms and opportunities that once defined this nation.
This election is not about Trump.
It’s about Canada.
It’s about your children’s future.
It’s about reclaiming a country where hard work pays off, where dreams are possible, where hope lives again.
Don’t be brainwashed.
Don’t be distracted.
Think critically.
Vote with your eyes open.
Vote Conservative
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-03-25 20:03:24 -0400Pierre Poilievre is hitting back hard on the lying Liberals and especially Carbon Tax Carney. I hope our election ends up like that of America’s 2024 election. The depth of the Liberal corruption during the past 9 and a half years is truly stunning. We need a DOGE to clean up the mess and deal with the bureaucratic bloat.
