Singh, Poilievre pitch affordability proposals while Carney meets with volunteers [Video]

The NDP and Conservatives kicked off the first full weekend of the election campaign by promising more financial relief for Canadians, particularly around food costs.

Meanwhile, the Liberals had a quieter Saturday as leader Mark Carney met with volunteers in Nepean, the riding where he’s a candidate.

Standing inside the Parkdale Food Centre in Ottawa on Saturday morning, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced his party would implement emergency price caps on essential grocery items to guard against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

“Folks are putting back items on the shelf because it’s just too expensive,” Singh said. “And it wasn’t that way before.”

The NDP is also promising to enforce a mandatory “grocery code of conduct” that would regulate pricing practices, fully empower the Competition Bureau to act as a grocery price watchdog and tax the windfall profits of major retailers like Loblaws, Walmart, Costco and Empire Foods.

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