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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks at a press conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (The Canadian Press/Laura Proctor)
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Pierre Poilievre is holding a rally in Vaughan, Ont., at the headquarters of one of the private sector unions backing his party in this election. (John Paul Tasker/CBC)

Hi there, J.P. Tasker here on the Conservative campaign trail.

I’m at Poilievre’s rally in Vaughan, Ont., at the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) local headquarters — one of the private sector unions backing the Conservatives in this election.

Poilievre and his team are quite proud of the inroads they’ve made with labour in this election, especially those that represent people in trades. The party’s platform this morning explicitly promised not to revive Stephen Harper-era labour laws that were widely condemned as anti-union. The party …