It’s Election Day in Canada. By last count, there are at least 27 Jewish candidates running in the 2025 federal election for all major parties, including the Conservatives (10), Liberals (7), NDP (5), People’s Party of Canada (2), Green (2) and the Bloc Quebecois (1). Despite polls pointing to a Liberal victory, several Jewish canidates are running in ridings deemed too close to call. On today’s show, we’re zooming into a few of those ridings, to take a better look at what the issues are on the ground. In Mount Royal, incumbent Anthony Housefather has been fending off attacks about his party’s perceived anti-Israel stance from new challenger Neil Oberman; in Toronto–St. Paul’s, Conservative Don Stewart won a tight byelection less than a year ago, but may lose if the longtime Liberal stronghold returns red. To talk about those ridings and others—including races to watch in Winnipeg, York Centre, Outremont, Davenport, Thornhill, Eglinton-Lawrence, Toronto Centre and elsewhere—we’ll hear from two reporters with The CJN. Joel Ceausu is our Montreal correspondent, and Jonathan Rothman has been reporting from Toronto. Both join The CJN Daily for an election-day preview of what are the issues at stake.

Related links

• The CJN’s Jonathan Rothman takes the temperature of Jewish voters across Canada ahead of the April 28 federal election.
• The CJN’s Joel Ceausu reports from the riding of Mount Royal where incumbent Anthony Housefather faces off against Neil Oberman for the Conservatives.
• Lila Sarick reports on York Centre, in The CJN.
• Phoebe Maltz-Bovy on why she voted Liberal, in The CJN.
• What’s at stake in Winnipeg, in The CJN.

Credits

• Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner)
• Production team: Zachary Kauffman (senior producer), Andrea Varsany (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer), Marc Weisblott (editorial director)
• Music: Dov Beck-Levine

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