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For his part, New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh is also scheduled to make an on-camera announcement a few minutes later.

In today's Battleground Breakdown, we travel to Edmonton Centre and explore how vote-splitting could benefit the Conservatives in Liberal Leader Mark Carney's hometown.

As for Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault, he’ll clock in another day on the hustings in Outremont, Que., where he’s hoping to secure the party’s first-ever seat in Quebec.