How did the candidates spend Monday?published at 23:43 British Summer Time 21 October 2019
Jessica Murphy, BBC News, Toronto
Justin Trudeau voted this morning in his home riding of Papineau, an electoral district in Montreal that he’s held since 2008.
He let his youngest son, Hadrien, help him cast his ballot.
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Back in 2008, Trudeau had a fight on his hands in the riding. He won by just over 1,100 votes against a Bloc Quebecois incumbent MP.
In 2011 and 2015, he won handily with a lead of 4,300 and 13,200 votes, respectively, over his closest rival. He is expected to win easily again this election.
The last election was the first time he ran as Liberal leader - and for the chance to become PM.
As his campaign bus pulled up to the polling station on this sunny autumn morning, a couple of protesters denounced his climate record.
What about the other party leaders?
The NDP leader Jagmeet Singh voted in advance last weekend in his Burnaby, British Columbia riding.
Over 4 million other Canadians voters also took advantage of early polling days.
Singh spent part of Monday helping with “get out the vote” efforts in British Columbia.
Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet voted in the morning before having lunch with supporters in his riding. Like the Liberals, the Bloc leader’s election night headquarters are in Montreal.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May cast her ballot on Monday morning as well, before spending a few hours greeting commuters in some last-minute campaigning.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer will be voting in Regina, Saskatchewan at 4:30 pm local time (10:30 pm GMT).
