SUNDAY RECAP: Liberal leader tight-lipped on fate of controversial candidate Chiang (2025)

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CARNEY MUM ON CANDIDATE WHO URGED OPPONENT TO BE HANDED TO CHINA

The NDP has joined the Conservative Party in denouncing controversial comments made by a Liberal candidate, Brian Lilley writes.

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Meanwhile, Liberal Leader Mark Carney appeared to be hiding from the media on Sunday, the second day he didn’t take questions after a story about one of his former MPs and current candidate broke late Friday.

In January, Chiang, the party’s candidate in Markham-Unionville, was speaking to Chinese-language media in Toronto when he encouraged people to grab Conservative candidate Joe Tay and hand him over to Chinese authorities.

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“To everyone here, you can claim the $1-million bounty if you bring him to Toronto’s Chinese Consulate,” Chiang said.

Read the full story here.

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EDITORIAL: IT’S TIME TO TALK LAW AND ORDER

With threats directed at this country by the U.S. government, it’s understandable that the issues of tariffs and Canada’s sovereignty have dominated the campaign trail, our editorial department writes.

At some point, we need to discuss the other grave concerns gnawing at the fabric of our society. Most prominent is public safety and what the government is doing to get criminals off the streets. Part of that involves drugs and the so-called “safer supply” system the federal government supports.

Health Canada’s website claims safer supply, among other things, lowers the rate of overdose, reduces the use of fentanyl and other “street-acquired substances” and reduces hospital admissions and emergency room visits. Health Canada claims that safer supply also reduces criminal activity, improves housing and boosts “health and social well-being.”

That will come as news to many neighbourhoods across this country where safer supply sites are situated. In Toronto, a young mother was gunned down outside one such site in 2023 while on her lunch break.

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TORY LEADER SHRUGS OFF REPORTS OF CAMPAIGN TURMOIL

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre brushed off reports of campaign turmoil Sunday as he pitched his party as the best choice to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

With the second week of the federal election campaign underway, another round of U.S. tariffs is expected to land on Wednesday — tariffs that threaten to overtake the conversation in the federal election, The Canadian Press reports.

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Recent media reports suggest there’s growing concern in Conservative circles about Poilievre’s campaign messaging, with some Conservatives calling on him to speak out more forcefully against Trump’s agenda now that most polls show him trailing Mark Carney’s Liberals.

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POILIEVRE SLAMS ‘INSANE’ LIBERAL DRUG POLICY

Pierre Poilievre has injected drug policy into the federal election campaign.

The Conservative leader was in Toronto on Sunday morning, reacting to a recent court decision keeping drug injection sites near schools and daycares open, despite provincial legislation.

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Last December, the Ontario government passed the Community Care and Recovery Act that banned drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and daycares. The ban was supposed to see 10 sites close, with nine of them converted to treatment and recovery centres dedicated to helping addicts kick their habits instead of just managing them.

A group of activists, though, took the province to court saying the move violated their charter rights to life, liberty and security of the person and their equality rights. An injunction allowing the sites to continue offering drug consumption services was issued last Friday.

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TORIES DANGLE MORE INVEST-IN-CANADA TAX BREAKS

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to scrap capital gains taxes if the proceeds from an asset sale are reinvested in Canada.

Companies would be able to defer any capital gains tax when they reinvest the money in active Canadian businesses, Bloomberg News reported citing a news release. They would still have to pay taxes later on when cashing out the investment or moving the capital out of the country, the Conservatives said.

The proposed break would apply to reinvestments from July 2025 to the end of 2026. But the Conservatives said there’s a chance they would make the tax change permanent.

The move comes as Canada faces grave economic threats from a trade war with the U.S. Canadians will vote on April 28 to pick a leader they deem most capable in dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump, and much of the focus of the election campaign has been on how to strengthen the country’s economy and sovereignty.

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POILIEVRE CLAIMS CARNEY HAS NEVER PUT CANADA FIRST

Pierre Poilievre says Liberal leader Mark Carney has never put Canada first, believing the prime minister won’t protect the country against “foreign hostility.”

The Conservative leader made those comments during a campaign stop in North York, where he asked why Carney would allow Liberal MP Paul Chiang, who called for Conservative candidate Joe Tay to be handed over to a Chinese Consulate for a bounty, to stay as a candidate in the election.

“What does that say about Mark Carney protecting Canadians? Mark Carney is deeply conflicted,” said Poilievre.

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INVESTMENTS MADE IN CANADA WILL DEFER CAPITAL GAINS TAX: CONSERVATIVES

CARNEY LOCKS MEDIA OUT OF EVENTS

WHERE THE LEADERS ARE SUNDAY

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