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ELECTION WATCH: Conservative Platform Sees Decade to Balance Books

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  • Liberal chance of winning a majority government is 45% according to CBC Poll Tracker, chance of minority is 45%
  • Conservatives have 9% chance of winning most seats
  • Conservative platform released Monday says a decade needed to balance budget; makes dozens of references to getting tough on China; pledges 1m jobs within a year; offers 1m sales tax holiday and business tax breaks. Would replace Liberal plan for $10/day childcare with tax credits
  • Trudeau pledged to extend some pandemic support programs to March
  • Nova Scotia provincial election today may give clues on support in a region recently dominated by Liberals
  • Early campaigning focused on whether Conservatives will match Liberal pledges on vaccination mandates for some workers and their own party candidates
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com

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