Canada to head to polls as Mark Carney calls snap election for 28 April
Source: The Guardian
“We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetime because of President [Donald] Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” he said. “He wants to break us, so America can own us. We will not let this happen. We’re over the shock the shock of the betrayal, but we can never forget the lessons. We have to look out for ourselves. We have to look out for each other.”
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By calling the snap election in search of a “strong, positive mandate”, Carney does not have to face a hostile parliament – a showdown complicated by the fact that he doesn’t have a seat in the House of Commons. Parliament had been due to return on Monday after being prorogued for two months, following former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation announcement in early January.
Carney’s decision comes as the Liberals experience an unprecedented swing in the polls that has now put them ahead of the Conservatives, with some projecting the party has enough support nationally to form a majority government.
Before the dissolution of parliament, the incumbent Liberals held 152 seats in the House of Commons. The Conservatives had 120, the Bloc Québécois 33, the NDP 24, and the Green party two.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/canada-to-head-to-polls-as-mark-carney-calls-snap-election-for-28-april
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