Elections 2011: Easter weekend round-up

With just one week left before the May 2 election, Easter weekend did not slow down Canada’s party leaders on their campaign trails. 

Conservative leader Stephen Harper was in Victoria, B.C., where he participated in an Easter egg hunt with local children. Harper also took questions from the media at the event. He said he would implement a children’s arts tax credit. He also told people that he could be trusted with a majority government. 

In Quebec, Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe is in St. Lambert on Monday. He will be joined by former Parti Quebecois leader Jacques Parizeau. The two will encourage voters to support the Bloc and quash the NDP’s recent surge in support in the province.

NDP leader Jack Layton and Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff crossed paths in Toronto on Sunday. The two spoke at a parade for Khalsa Day, a Sikh tradition. Ignatieff was also on Radio Canada’s program Tout le monde en parle. He defended his decision to bring former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin on campaign stops. Ignatieff said people would not associate them with financial scandals. He believes Liberals have paid for all the consequences of past behavior.