Liberal Party of Canada releases late-stage election platform – National [Video]

The Liberal party released a late-stage election platform Saturday that pledges billions in new spending and charts a major change in priorities from the party’s direction in 2021 under former prime minister Justin Trudeau.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney released his platform after the only two debates of the campaign concluded, and a day after advanced voting began.

It also lands in the middle of a stop-and-go trade war with the United States, Canada’s largest trading partner, and shows the path Carney is trying to chart toward reducing Canada’s reliance on the U.S. and increasing trade and economic activity at home.

“It’s time to build again, big time,” he said, surrounded by dozens of supporters at Durham College in Whitby, Ont.

He was also flanked by Quebec Liberal candidate and current Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Anita Anand, the incumbent Liberal in Oakville, Ont., and the current industry minister.

The plan would add $35.2 billion …