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Canadian leaders made their final push for votes Sunday, one day before an election dominated by President Donald Trump’s policies, but rattled in the campaign’s final hours by a deadly car-ramming attack in Vancouver.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, is favored to beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in Monday’s vote, but polls show the race has tightened in recent days.

The prime minister briefly paused his campaign schedule on Sunday to address the nation after a driver plowed into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the west coast city, killing nine people.

Carney, a 60-year-old father of four, teared up as he voiced support for those affected by the “nightmare” attack, but said there was no indication of an ongoing “active threat to Canadians.”

A 30-year-man has been arrested by Vancouver police, who have ruled out terrorism as a motive.

Poilievre, appearing alongside his wife …

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