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Here are key topics for federal party leaders on first full day of campaign in Canada [Video]

This composite image made from five file photos shows, from left to right, Liberal Leader Mark Carney on March 21, 2025; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on March 4, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Jan. 22, 2025; Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet on March 5, 2025 and co-Leader of the Green Party Jonathan Pedneault on March 5, 2025. LA PRESSE CANADIENNE/Sean Kilpatrick, Adrian Wyld, Justin Tang

Federal party leaders spent their first full day on the election campaign trail talking about taxes, transfers, tariffs and the trades.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising a middle-class tax cut, following a Liberal pledge that involves a smaller reduction to the same tax rate.

After Liberal Leader Mark Carney promised on Sunday a one percentage point cut to the lowest income tax bracket, Poilievre said Monday he would drop the lowest income tax bracket by 2.25 percentage points.

“This is a tax cut …

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