Carney expected to call an election on Sunday
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and trigger a snap election.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and trigger a snap election.
The move would come just one day before Parliament is set to resume Monday, following its prorogation by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at the request of former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Unnamed sources cited by Radio-Canada and the CBC indicated that the election is expected to last between 36 and 50 days and take place between Apr. 28 and May 5.
Other outlets, including Bloomberg, which Carney once chaired, AP News, and Financial Post, say the expected election date will fall on Apr. 28, 2025.
The call will come just a week after Carney was sworn in as the first prime minister in Canadian history never to have held an elected office.
During his first week in office, Carney held multiple international meetings with European leaders and stopped in Iquailat Nun., announcing further defence spending in the Arctic–a stop Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made weeks prior.
Additionally, during this time Carney has flip-flopped on claims about his financial holdings. He first claimed that he had no conflicts of interest and lashed out at reporters for asking about it and then the next day he admitted he had conflicts of interest and would “probably” have to recuse himself from certain government decisions.
He would have to leave the room whenever his government discussed areas his conflicts of interest encompassed.
Carney resigned from Brookfield Asset Management when he launched his leadership campaign in February. However, recent reports found that Carney is likely still owed up to $6.8 million in stock options, a claim his office nor Brookfield has denied.
The election would be called at a time when Liberals are up in the polls across the country.
According to recent poll numbers commissioned by Juno News and conducted by One Persuasion, Liberals are neck-and-neck with Conservatives, with the Conservative Party of Canada ahead at 37 per cent support while the Liberal Party of Canada sits at 35 per cent.
The poll data shows that the Liberals have a six-point lead over the Conservatives in Atlantic Canada and have pulled ahead by six points in Ontario, where other polls were showing a Conservative lead for months.
338 Canada, an aggregate of polling data across the country is currently projecting a 90 per cent chance that Liberals win and a 61 per cent chance at a Liberal majority.
Conservatives have already begun publicly gearing up for the election in the GTA and Durham, with several candidates already canvassing with signs and some opening up campaign offices.
An election should have been called long before this. And, for your information Mark Carney is NOT my/our Prime Minister and never will be. Polls have been known to be wrong before and I/we hope that this is indeed the case. I suggest you just look to the USA and the election of Donald J Trump. Please show and tell us what the pollsters are asking. How about this: Pierre Poilievre, the next Prime Minister of Canada. Please, Canadians, please-the Liberals have been a disaster for 10 years, and it will get worse, not better if Carney is elected!
Trying to look at probable election dates from marx carney's perspective, I think the likely date will be either the 28th or May 5th. The election must be held on a Monday. Carbuncle knows that the majority of Canadians know nothing about either him or his dealings yet and he would prefer to keep it that way. The longer the campaign goes on, the more damning facts the independent media and the Conservatives can dig up and convey to voters. Not in his best interests. I feel marx carney will for once and only once be in the Election Now camp with voters. Then if he wins, it will be back to the same old attitude of carbon tax, tax, tax.