Summary
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call an early general election for April 28 and run for office in Ottawa’s Nepean riding.
Carney, who succeeded Justin Trudeau in March, seeks a clear mandate amid rising tensions with the U.S. sparked by Donald Trump’s trade war threats and calls for Canada to become the 51st state.
The opposition Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, had expected an easy victory until Trump’s attacks fueled a surge in nationalism, boosting Liberal support.
The election will decide 343 House of Commons seats.
Remember when Trump said that Trudeau was going to use the tariff crisis to cling to power and not have an election this year… Long after Trudeau had already announced that he was going to step down as soon as a replacement is chosen?
That was not even a month ago.
All the best to Mark Carney.
https://lemmy.world/post/27271077
All you need to know about PeePee:
Straight from one of his traitors mouths.
It’s kinda hilarious the 180 he’s been forced to do, and despite already appearing disingenuous before, he’s now such a joke that I’m surprised he shows his face. Doug Ford had a far better chance of success than he does.
So this means that the Edmonton center riding is open. Edmonton’s mayor is also going to run for a seat, probably SE Edmonton, as that’s where he’s held city counsel posts before being the mayor.
Knowing nothing about the way Canadian elections are run, “Nepean riding” sounds like the third novel in a decalogy about teenagers isekai’d to a Narnia-like type of Universe.
get that as well-known as you can, people…
it’s IMPORTANT, now…
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