As the federal election campaign enters its fifth and final week, the SNC-Lavalin scandal, the Tories’ ousting of a candidate over a controversial tweet, the NDP’s $200 billion in new spending, and the People’s Party’s promise to counter anti-oil “propaganda” were among the top headlines.
Liberals
At a campaign stop in Vancouver on Sept. 13, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announced that if elected, he would make it a criminal offence for an individual to block access to any building providing health services, including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, abortion clinics, and testing centres.Trudeau made the announcement the same day protests were scheduled at hospitals in several major cities across Canada to raise concerns about some COVID-19 public health measures, including vaccine passports.
