Carney, Singh hit the West Coast hustings as Poilievre treks from Edmonton to Sault Ste. Marie

A day after hitting the stage alongside former prime minister Stephen Harper at a standing-room-only evening rally just outside Edmonton that, as per the Edmonton Journal, “felt like one of those summer rock festivals where a bunch of classic Canadian bands belt out the tunes we remembered from years ago,” Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is set to cap off his lightning round visit to the city with a mid-morning policy reveal. (8:30 a.m. MT)

After that wraps up, he’ll drop off the radar for a day of closed-to-media campaigning before circling back to Sault Ste. Marie, where he’s set to headline another rally this evening. (6:30 p.m.)

Back on the West Coast, meanwhile, Liberal leader Mark Carney — who, CBC News notes, held his own rally in Victoria, B.C. last night with a party-estimated crowd of “more than 2,000” in both the main hall and the overflow room — starts his day in Delta, B.C., where he’s expected to provide more details on his housing plan, as per his comments to the crowd last night, as per a separate dispatch from CBC News. (9:30 a.m. PDT)

Later this morning, he’ll drop by a “local business” in Westminster, B.C. before (11 a.m. PDT) jetting to Calgary, Alta., to join local Liberal candidates for an evening event that, as Canadian Press notes, will be his first stop in Alberta since the election got underway last month. (6:30 p.m. MDT)

For his part, New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is booked in for a morning media availability — and “announcement” — alongside local New Democrat hopefuls in Vancouver, B.C. (9:30 a.m. PST)

As per his itinerary, he’ll “join striking LifeLabs workers on the picket line as they fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions” (12:15 p.m. PST) before returning to his political home turf in Burnaby, B.C. for a closed-door chat with Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Philip (5 p.m. PST).

Rounding out the rotation, Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May will clock in another day on the hustings in Ontario, starting, as per the advisory, with a mid-morning press conference in Guelph, Ont., to unveil her party’s “health platform,” (10 a.m.) after which she’ll join “Green supporters and volunteers” for a round of “sign-waving and canvassing.” (12:15 p.m.)

Later this afternoon, she’ll head back to Toronto — and, more specifically, the arrivals area at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport — to “address concerns around expanding the runways (and) the possibility of allowing jets to fly into downtown Toronto” during an afternoon media availability alongside local Green candidate Gord Rand.  (4 p.m.)

Also on the radar:  Three southwestern Ontario candidates — Kitchener Centre Green MP Mike Morrice, Thornhill, Ont. Liberal hopeful Liane Kotler and Scarborough-area New Democrat George Wedge — will promote their parties’ respective positions on “disability issues” during an evening debate at the Toronto office of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) hosted by a coalition of advocacy groups, including the CNIB, Easter Seals, March of Dimes, AODA Alliance, Autism Ontario, Reena, Community Living Toronto, Ontario Autism Coalition and other organizations — to which, the advisory notes, both the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois “were invited as well.” (7 p.m.)

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