Canada will go to the polls today. This election comes at a time when United States President Donald Trump has made several unpredictable global tariff policies and called for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state. Economic stability, cost of living, housing affordability, and climate policy issues have become central to the national conversation as voters prepare to cast their ballots. The main contenders are the Liberal Party’s representative Prime Minister Mark Carney and the opposition Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre