Fri, Oct 9: As advance polls opened, the Conservatives and the NDP released their final campaign platforms. As Jacques Bourbeau reports, there are plenty of .\rbr\rbrNeither document contains any big surprises, but they do clarify the parties positions, CBCs David Cochrane reports For more: .\rbr\rbrThe Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party of Canada released their 2015 election platforms on October 9. This is the CTV National News .\rbr\rbrNDP Leader Tom Mulcair is rejecting claims from both the Liberals and Conservatives that theres a multi-billion dollar hole in the NDP spending plan. Mulcair .