How Canada party platforms compare on key issues, from the US relationship to housing

Canadians are set to vote on Monday in an election seen as one of the most consequential in years, as the country looks to its future amid a trade war with the US.

So what are the main federal political parties promising?

Their platforms address key issues on the minds of voters, from their approach a suddenly volatile US-Canada relationship to the rising cost of living to energy and climate change.

Here is a breakdown on where each party stands on some of the major issues:

Canada, like many countries, has been grappling with higher prices for everyday goods while wages have failed to keep up, and all the parties are pitching ways to keep more money in the pockets of Canadians.

Both the Liberals and the Conservatives are proposing tax cuts for people in the lowest tax bracket, with the Liberals promising a one-percentage-point cut and the Conservatives proposing dropping the tax rate from 15% to 12.75%.

Conservatives are also in favour of removing the federal sales tax on purchases of all new homes and Canadian-made cars, while the Liberals have vowed to scrap sales taxes on homes under C$1m ($720,000; £540,000) for first-time buyers.

The Bloc Québécois, a party that focuses on Quebec interests and only runs candidates in the province, wants to pass a bill that would increase Old Age Security - benefits for pensioners - payments by 10%. The party also wants to limit credit card interest rates.

The left-wing NDP has proposed scrapping the federal sales tax on essentials like energy, phone and internet bills. It has also vowed to double the income received by Canadians with disabilities.

The main theme of the campaign has been how Canada's next prime minister will tackle a trade war with its closest economic ally and neighbour, after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada and threatened its sovereignty.

Most of the leading federal parties agree on some form of retaliatory tariffs in response to those put in place by the US, though they have different ideas on how the money raised by these levies would be used.

The Conservatives promised to put it towards tax relief, especially for workers affected by tariffs. The Liberals have also said they would use money raised by counter tariffs to help workers and businesses and the NDP vowed to put "every dollar" collected towards supporting those affected.

Additionally, the Liberals have said they will spend C$5bn on measures to diversify trade internationally and within Canada and invest in infrastructure like ports and railroads, and C$2bn to protect Canada's auto industry.

The Conservatives are also remove trade barriers between provinces, and will call a meeting with premiers within a month of taking office.

They also want to pursue a trade and mobility agreement with the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Bloc has called for pandemic-style support for affected workers and are pushing for more support for Quebec's aluminium industry, which has suffered under Trump's metals levies.

The NDP have proposed a 100% levy on all Tesla products if Trump moves ahead with his full threatened tariffs on all Canadian goods, and to bar the president from the upcoming G7 summit in Alberta in June.

Canada has been criticised - including by President Trump - for lagging behind on its military spending, falling well short of the Nato target (which is 2% of a country's GDP).

Both the Liberals and the Conservatives say they will aim to reach that goal by 2030.

The Liberals say they will spend C$18bn over the next four years, which will go to purchasing new equipment like submarines and heavy icebreakers that can be used in Canada's north.

The Conservatives are pledging C$17bn in that same time frame, and are vowing to build new Arctic military bases in Iqaluit and Churchill, Manitoba.

The NDP has a longer timeline of 2032 for reaching the Nato target. The party would also cancel Canadian contracts for US-built fighter jets and aircrafts, and also bolster and set up new military bases in the north.

Home prices have skyrocketed in the last decade across the country.

The Liberals want to create a standalone federal entity that would act as a developer for affordable housing. Through it, a Liberal government would supply C$25bn in debt financing for prefabricated home builders.

They have also vowed to more than double annual housing starts in Canada to 500,000.

Conservatives want to tie federal funding to cities based on the number of homes they have built. Their goal is to build 2.3 million homes in Canada in the next five years - about 460,000 a year.

Conservatives would also sell off 15% of federal buildings so the land can be used for the construction of affordable homes.

The NDP's platform is focused on building three million affordable homes in the next five years by speeding up approvals and spending C$1bn for the construction of rent-controlled homes.

The party has also vowed to set aside federal land to build a total of 100,000 rent-controlled units by 2035.

One of the Conservatives' key promises was doing away with an unpopular consumer carbon pricing pricing programme put in by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Liberal leader Mark Carney repealed it in his first week as prime minister. A similar tax on large industrial emitters, however, remains in place.

The Liberals have vowed to "improve" that tax to maintain the push on reducing emissions while ensuring Canadian companies are still competitive.

They plan to support carbon removal and sequestration technologies and speed approval of clean energy projects.

Conservatives say they will repeal all carbon pricing, which they say will in turn reduce regulations and help boost the economy.

They also want to scrap a cap on oil and gas emissions, and do away with Bill C-69, an environmental assessment act for major infrastructure.

They have promised to bring in a tax credit to boost clean Canadian manufacturing to help lower emissions.

The Liberals, on the other hand, want to build a Canada east-west electricity grid, though Carney has said that he, too, is open to the construction of new pipelines to reduce dependence on the US.

The NDP said they would keep the industrial carbon price, and is against building an LNG pipeline in Quebec.

It also opposes a proposed pipeline that would transfer oil from Alberta to New Brunswick, prioritising an east-west electricity grid instead.

The NDP, the Bloc and the Green Party want to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies while the Bloc wants a cap on oil-and-gas sector emissions.

The Greens additionally want to transition to a fully renewable electricity system by eliminating coal, oil, and gas-fired power generation and invest in solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy.

They also want to cancel all new pipelines and oil exploration projects.