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Singh pledges funding for BC Ferries; Scheer talks energy in Alberta

Scheer, Singh campaign in Western Canada 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ their regions of relative strength
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are campaigning today in their parties91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ historic strongholds.

Scheer promoted the Conservatives91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ pledge to build a national energy corridor during a morning stop in Edmonton, where he also took the stage with an old friend: Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.

Scheer, who will visit Saskatoon later in the day, urged cheering supporters to help his party win a handful of ridings in Alberta that the party lost in the 2015 election.

Singh made an announcement aboard a ferry en route to Vancouver from the NDP91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s critical battleground of Vancouver Island, where he91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s been campaigning for the last couple of days.

He says an NDP government would provide an additional $30 million of federal funding towards British Columbia91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s ferry system to help provide more services and to lower costs for commuters.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s tour has no scheduled public events today, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is campaigning on Vancouver Island and People91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Party Leader Maxime Bernier will attend a fundraiser in his Quebec riding of Beauce.

The Canadian Press

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