New Canadian prime minister Mark Carney calls snap election

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/canada-election-prime-minister-carney-b2720146.html

42 comments

  1. I mean it is correct to call it a snap election, but doesn’t really reflect the fact that Canadians have been expecting this since January.

  2. Go Mark Carney! You got this! The orange russian asset is only 200x less intelligent than you. Elbows up. 🇨🇦

  4. When you are dealing with a CLOWN (PP) YAH NEED A CARNEY

  8. Fellow Canadians, vote for LPC like your life depends on it. Because it does.

    Elbows up!

  9. Yes, it is a snap election, but Canadians have been expecting this for a while. A few months ago, we just didn’t think it would be the Liberals calling for it. In this geopolitical environment, it is the right decision, irrespective if you will vote Liberal or Conservative.

  10. Hilarious cons are now saying he shouldn’t call an election NOW. They are cooked.

  11. I hope y’all do a better job than we did. Vote vote vote!

    A humble request from your dumb cousins to the south

    P.S.
    Salt Spring island is one of the coolest places I’ve visited

  17. The biggest danger here is thinking “oh he’s definitely going to win, I’m not even going to bother voting”.

  18. Ban X!

    Musk limits Turkish oppositions access to X during the mass protests.

    Ban X if you wanna have a healthy elections

  19. There’s a few reasons this is zero surprise and makes a lot of sense:

    * New Prime Minister Carney does not yet have a seat in Parliament (yes, this is allowed, though a by-election/election is expected by the public to follow soon after so he gets a seat)
    * The opposition parties have all indicated for some time that they were likely going to pass a vote of “non-confidence” forcing an early election. Since the liberals don’t have a majority of seats in parliament (just the most seats), the odds of a non-confidence vote passing as soon as parliament was recalled was high, and
    * An election was required by law by October 2025 anyhow.

    There likely is some strategizing happening too regarding the timing, since the Liberals are gaining momentum in the polls, and might regain a majority of seats in parliament, which would protect them from non-confidence votes and make it easier for them to pass laws.

    Personally, I *usually like minority governments since it forces parties to work together. For example, if the conservatives win, but only get a minority, their worst impulses will be kept in check since they would need at least one other party’s support to get anything passed, or we all go back to the polls (failing to pass a budget is considered to be a confidence motion, so back to the polls we would go).

    ETA: in this case, the risk of a conservative majority is too high given what’s at stake, and many people will likely vote accordingly. I think the Liberals have a decent shot at a majority, though Canadian elections move faassstttt.

  21. Funny thing is I already had people canvassing for the Conservatives yesterday.

    They seemed shocked when I told them I’d rather slam my cock in my front door repeatedly than vote for the Trump aligned CPC.

  22. Go vote. Vote to keep PP out. No matter what the polls say or what majority of Reddit thinks. Vote!

  23. On the one side you have a brilliant and accomplished economist, on the other is a career politician and landlord that refuses to get his security clearance who also has a habit of mimicking a certain man south of the border. Choose wisely Canada.

  24. Don’t let the biggest voting bloc be “I didn’t vote”. That’s what happened in the US and we need to be better than that. Vote, vote for who will do less damage to the country or who might actually help it.

  26. You’ll never convince me that the PP man child isn’t on the same Putin payroll as Trump.

  27. Canadians need to vote in this election if they value living our sovereignty.

    PP does not want media on his plane b/c his core base listens to alternate media. He and Danielle are only speaking to their separatist MAGA base. This is why Doug Ford is not lending support that way.

    Sadly, this is a right vs left election, just like the USA.

  29. Yeah, best Carney acts now as the rhetoric of him being unelected is still relatively small. It’s also a great time since Conservatives are lagging in the polls. Worst case scenario, a coalition government with the NDP.

  30. Stay away from the right, there seems to be a worldwide coalition of these type of politicians all hellbent in destroying democracy

  31. looks like ill be off reddit until then. Best to just avoid all the bots and paid posters. 

  33. First election I think in a very long time that’s really going to be decided by the debates.

  34. Can’t wait to hear Poilievre say why this is bad for Canada after bitching for an election for years. I hope Carney mops the floor with this insufferable douchebag.

  35. #Canadians: Learn from the US’s mistakes, and VOTE.

    Our sovereignty depends on it.

    Don’t think that just because the Liberal Party is polling in the lead that things can’t change. You need to vote to solidify that into victory.

    Millions of Americans are in a world of hurt and regret right now because they mistakenly took for granted that Harris would win.

    Here’s how to vote:

    https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=vote&document=index&lang=e

  36. Liberals NEED this win. We can’t have PP making dirty deals with Trump for the next 4 years

  37. To the rest of the world, we were expecting this. In fact, the election call was made at exactly the most practical moment just two weeks after the Liberal party chose a new leader, and one week after the leader became prime minister. Election day will be held on a Monday one week after the long Easter weekend and not during Easter weekend.

    As far as Canadian election calls go, this one was perfect in all possible aspects. All that’s left is for Canadians to actually show up at the various polls leading up to election day and vote. No excuses! Canada has no such thing as absenteeism or provisional ballots! Everyone’s ballot is the same no matter how it gets to the polls!

  38. Vote like your country depends on it. A lot is riding on this.

  40. Wise. Less time for PP, the USA and Russia to run disinformation and social media bit campaigns.

  42. As a Canadian, I’m curious if any other fellow Canadians have an opinion on the direction that my elbows should go.

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