Trudeau attempts to prevent Green Party breakthrough in Atlantic | Elections Canada 2019

This was the first step in a blitz that should bring the Liberal leader to five ridings in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, two of the four Atlantic provinces, all of which were swept by the Liberals when of the 2015 election.

Mr. Trudeau's presence in the region is therefore a defensive gesture designed to protect Liberal seats at a time when polls suggest that Canada's next government may be in the minority.

The Liberal leader had no new commitments to propose to voters on Tuesday.

He focused on recalling those he has taken since the beginning of the campaign, once again presenting his party as a bulwark against a return to the policies of former Conservative leader Stephen Harper, branded by cuts and fiscal austerity.

With regard to the New Democratic Party and the Greens, remember that if you want progressive action, you need a progressive government, not a progressive opposition

The Liberal leader delivered the same message yesterday during a tour of southwestern Ontario, targeting Jagmeet Singh's NDP, but also Yves-Francois Blanchet's Bloc Quebecois, regardless of the Green Party. Elizabeth May.

Fredericton coveted by the Greens

The Fredericton riding, won by the Liberals in 2015, but by the Conservatives in 2011, is this time the scene of a three-way race. Conservative Andrea Johnson and Green candidate Jenica Atwin are both trying to dislodge DeCourcey.

The Greens are relying heavily on Fredericton for a breakthrough in the Atlantic, with only two British Columbia MPs in the House of Commons when the election was called, May and Paul Manly.

Since the beginning of the campaign, Elizabeth May has traveled to Fredericton several times. Peter Bevan Baker, Prince Edward Island's Green Party Leader, and David Coon, New Brunswick's Green Leader, also came to help Ms. Atwin last week.

Mr. Coon has been representing the provincial riding of Fredericton South in the Legislative Assembly since 2014.

Higgs pinned

Mr. Trudeau has repeatedly pinned New Brunswick Conservative Prime Minister Blaine Higgs, who is opposed to the climate change plan he has put in place, like his colleagues from Ontario and Alberta, Doug Ford and Jason Kenney.

The Liberal leader has been arguing since the beginning of the campaign that it is essential to prevent Andrew Scheer from assuming power, so that the carbon pricing plan he imposed on provinces that did not already have one in place.

Mr. Higgs was also criticized by Mr. Trudeau for the announced closure of Clinic 554, the only private health institution that performs abortions in New Brunswick.

Its leaders accused the Higgs government of precipitating the decision by refusing to pay the cost of abortions, which helped turn the case into an election issue.

Justin Trudeau said he would discuss with Mr. Higgs to explain to him that he must provide coverage for abortion services offered outside hospitals in New Brunswick if he was brought back to power.

The federal government will be ready to use all the necessary tools, including under the Canada Health Act, to ensure that this is done by the Government of New Brunswick.

The progressiveit's the New Democrats, says Singh

Campaign leader in the Toronto area, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh mocked Justin Trudeau's call for a progressive government recently.

I hope it encourages people to vote for me because (the NDP) is the real progressive alternative for people, he said at a news conference in the riding of Toronto-Danforth.

New Democrats hope to take over this riding, formerly owned by former NDP leader Jack Layton, but moved to the Liberal camp in 2015. The NDP also hopes to capture the ridings of Davenport and Parkdale-High Park with the Liberals.

Mr. Singh reiterated that the Liberal leader does not have the courage to raise taxes for Canadians with more than $ 20 million in wealth or to put in place a public drug plan, just as he does. is committed to doing it.

Trudeau does not have the will to do that. He asks people to vote progressive. It is a vote for the New Democrats. We are ready to take those votes.

Jagmeet Singh will take part in other activities in the Toronto area on Tuesday before heading to Montreal in the evening. Justin Trudeau is also scheduled to return to the Quebec metropolis in the evening.