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

Scheer, Singh campaign in Western Canada sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½“ their regions of relative strength
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh are campaigning today in their partiessa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™ historic strongholds.

Scheer promoted the Conservativessa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™ 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 NDPsa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s critical battleground of Vancouver Island, where hesa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™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 Columbiasa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s ferry system to help provide more services and to lower costs for commuters.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeausa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s tour has no scheduled public events today, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is campaigning on Vancouver Island and Peoplesa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½™s Party Leader Maxime Bernier will attend a fundraiser in his Quebec riding of Beauce.

The Canadian Press

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