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Data on your district:

Find your riding, your local elections canada office, and your candidates:

• Use the search on the homepage: elections.ca

• Use the detailed search at: elections.ca/scripts/vis/FindED

Ways to vote (full details)

Vote on election day (April 28)

Check the hours for your timezone

Check your polling station on your voter information card or by using the Voter Information Service website.

Vote on advance polling days at your ASSIGNED polling station

They run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on:

• Friday, April 18
• Saturday, April 19
• Sunday, April 20, or
• Monday, April 21

The rules for voting on advance polling days in the federal election differ from those of some provincial elections, where you can vote at any advance voting place in the province. You cannot do the same in the federal election. If you choose to vote during advance polling days, you must vote at your assigned polling station. To find your advance polling station, check your voter information card or use the Voter Information Service. [same links as above]

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Vote early at any Elections Canada office by April 22, 6 p.m.

Uses the special ballot process (see this link for how special ballots are different from regular ballots)

Find your nearest Elections Canada office

Hours:

• Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Sunday: noon to 4 p.m.

Vote by mail

Uses the special ballot process (see this page for deadlines for when you can apply for one, and when they must receive it by. It also has information on what you must do differently when filling out this ballot)

Remember: Once you apply to vote by special ballot, you can't change your mind and vote at advance polls or on election day.

If you want to vote by mail, apply as soon as possible: elections.ca/voting-by-mail

You will need to upload copies of your proof of ID. See the list of accepted ID: elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=id.

Other Resources

Common elections related misinformation:

• https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=dis&document=index&lang=e

Guides for fighting disinformation by the Government of Canada:

• Online Disinformation
• Detecting and reporting disinformation, by the Privy Council Office
• How to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

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The 2 big parties make up 83.10% of the vote.

Frank Zhang thought he was winning at the PC Optimum game — stacking up points on groceries, gas and gift cards by chasing bonus offers and swiping his PC Mastercard for extra rewards.

But his seven years of smart shopping didn't pay off. Instead of cashing in on his hard-earned 43 million points — worth about $43,000 — Zhang found himself locked out of his account with no warning, no clear explanation and no way to access his points.

"That's unfair," Zhang told Go Public. "They can control my money. They can control my points, but I can't do anything."

"You're at home and then you hear that Donald Trump maybe wants to invade Canada, and that all the Trumpist values can come and contaminate us," said event organizer and renowned Quebec journalist Alain Saulnier. "What we wanted to do was allow people to get out of their homes and make it clear that they do not want Trump here."

The sentiment resounded from the Maritimes to the Prairies.

The demonstrations came a day after Americans gathered in all 50 states to protest the president's agenda following a dizzying 11 weeks that saw Trump throw up tariff walls, dismantle some government offices and pardon nearly all defendants involved in the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

People showed up to celebrate the Canadian nation and show their Manitoban and Canadian pride!

“We’ll always be the true north strong and free. And we will never be the 51st State!” Kinew exclaimed. “Together, we will keep this land glorious and free! Merci, vive la Canada!”

The rally featured musical guests, food trucks, and plenty of activities for kids, with premier Wab Kinew addressing the crowd.

“The fact that somebody like me, people like us have opportunity to make our lives what we want them to be, that’s what makes Canada so special, that’s what makes Canada so beautiful, and that’s what makes Canada worth fighting for,” said Kinew.

People showed up in droves, decked out in all things Canadian, and the message to President Trump and the United States was quite clear.

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https://mstdn.ca/@stevevrporter/114293351479492573

Over the past year, if you asked around Ottawa about the transition team that was planning Pierre Poilievre’s first days in government, you were likely to be met with shrugs. The members of the team were not named, and those in the know were not talking.

Such discipline, however, sometimes falters under the influence of a few drinks. That’s what Bryan Evans, a political science professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, found out in late 2024. Around the winter holidays, he ducked into his neighbourhood bar and ran into an old acquaintance. The man wasn’t himself on the transition team, but it turned out he was deeply informed. They slid onto stools for a conversation.

The group was preparing for a Poilievre government to hit the ground running. It was going to be a blitzkrieg.

“You were there at the start of the Mike Harris government.”

“Yeah,” Evans said.

“That’s going to be the playbook.”

It was an ominous sign.