The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area on Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors from scams.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaign in Montreal. Poilievre is promising that a government led by him would use the notwithstanding clause to override Charter rights to implement his tough-on-crime agenda — something no prime minister has ever done.

Trump said he doesn't care who wins the election — but added he thinks it's easier to deal with a Liberal and took aim at Poilievre, saying he's "stupidly, no friend of mine."

Carney says people who have been getting a rebate on the carbon price will get one final payment for the next quarter in April.

The new government includes 20 Trudeau-era ministers along with three new faces from the Liberal caucus.

Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet on Friday morning — a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos.

On Wednesday, the Conservative party accused Carney of lying to the media after Tuesday's Liberal leadership debate and of indirectly helping U.S. President Donald Trump in his quest to get firms to relocate to the U.S.

A new survey from Ipsos released this week suggests that if an election were held today, 38 per cent of Canadians would support the Liberals and 36 per cent would back the Conservatives.

In a series of press conferences in recent weeks, the federal Conservatives have demanded that Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney comply with the conflict of interest rules that apply to members of Parliament and cabinet ministers.