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OTTAWA — The NDP promised Sunday to protect tenants through a program of national rent control, while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.
No one should lose their home because a corporate landlord wants to double the rent.
Our plan:
– Implement national rent control
– Tackle skyrocketing rental prices
– Crack down on corporate landlords and their predatory practices— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) April 6, 2025
The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.
The party says it also wants to ban fixed-term leases, “renovictions” and other practices it says are aimed at pushing people out of their homes and driving up rents. The NDP says it would also prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to co-ordinate rent increases.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, campaigning in British Columbia, said at a press conference in New Westminster on Sunday that he has a plan to tackle drug addiction in Canada.
Poilievre announced a Conservative plan to fund recovery treatment for 50,000 people facing addiction.
In a video posted to social media Sunday morning, Poilievre said a Conservative government would provide “results-based funding” to treatment centres based on the number of people they help to get sober.
Conservatives will fund lifesaving treatment for 50,000 of our loved ones trapped in the scourge of addiction, to bring them home drug-free — For a Change. pic.twitter.com/J26euzy17M
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) April 6, 2025
He said higher levels of funding would be provided for the “most difficult” cases, such as those facing long-term homelessness or multiple overdoses. He said funds would be paid out gradually and that third-party validators would confirm the results.
“To get new treatment programs off the ground, upfront dollars will go to recovery centres who can attest to prior successes of getting people off drugs,” Poilievre said.
The Conservatives say they would set aside $250 million a year for four years to tackle drug addiction.
Poilievre said the Conservatives would fund the programs by making cuts to the federal government’s existing safer supply programs and suing opioid manufacturers.
Later Sunday, Singh attended the Elbows Up, Canada! rally in Dartmouth, N.S. Singh was also expected in Montreal Sunday evening to appear on Tout le monde en parle, a popular talk show often used by federal politicians to reach out to voters in Quebec.
Mark Carney: “I have seen this movie before. I know exactly what’s going to happen.” pic.twitter.com/J8UMPggUmX
— Liberal Party (@liberal_party) April 5, 2025
Liberal Leader Mark Carney is expected to attend an event in Victoria on Sunday night, where he will deliver remarks and be joined by local candidates.
With three weeks remaining until Canadians choose a new government and prime minister, polls indicate the Liberals are leading the Conservatives in voting intentions.
— by Catherine Morrison, with files from Maura Forrest
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