Posted on 03/27/2025 3:46:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will run in an Ottawa area district as he seeks to join Parliament for the first time, the Liberal Party announced Saturday, a day before Carney triggers an early general election before a vote on April 28.
The election will take place against the backdrop of a trade war and sovereignty threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Liberal Party said Carney will run to represent the suburban Ottawa area of Nepean, noting in a social media post that Ottawa is where he raised his family and devoted his career to public service. He previously served as the head of Canada’s central bank and before that its deputy.
The election campaign for 343 seats or districts in the House of Commons will last 37 days.
The party that commands a majority in the House of Commons, either alone or with the support of another party, will form the next government and its leader will be prime minister.
Carney replaced Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January, but remained in power until the Liberal Party elected a new leader on March 9 following a leadership race by the governing party.
Carney, sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister on March 14, has said the government in a time of crisis needs a strong and clear mandate.
The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Trump declared a trade war. Trump has repeatedly said that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state and he acknowledged Friday that he has upended Canadian politics.
What Trump hasn’t said is that the almost daily attacks on Canada’s sovereignty have infuriated Canadians. That has led to a surge in Canadian nationalism that has bolstered Liberal poll numbers.
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The PM is not an MP ? LOL
Nope.
He’s never held an elected position before
The seat (riding) Carney now wants to run for has been held by Liberal MP Chandra Arya for nearly a decade - who the liberal party kicked out last week to make way for Carney!
An Ottawa riding makes sense total sense for an insider banker.
Probably doesn’t matter anyway the voters don’t pick the PM the party does ,LOL
Let’s see what the banker can do.
My preliminary indicators say he’s less faggity than Trudeau, but will maintain the same policies as his predecessor.
He’s the Canadian equivalent of Kamala. No one voted for him!
Just like Kamala Harris did not have to worry about going through the primaries before running against Donald Trump.
The election will take place against the backdrop of a trade war and sovereignty threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Bogus liberal propaganda, leading Canadians astray.Canada runs its politics on a patronage system. The politiciams protect theor business donors from competition from down South using high tariffs.keep the system going. It has held Canada’s economy back for generations.
NOt only that the provinces tariff each other to keep products out of their provinces. They limit competition. Canada has no equivalent of the US Commerce Clause.
Prior to Trump it was more profitable to ship product from a province in Canada trio the USA, there was no tariff shipping product to the US but there is tariff from their fellow Canadian Provinces.Therefore it was cheaper for PEI or New Brunswick farmers to ship their potatoes to tge USA tariff free , than it is to ship to Ontario.
Canada has a draconian economy, a legacy of the British empire, a feudal approach. Trump means to end it.
Canadians should be celebrating instead of following the liberal foolishness of fighting Trump.
And the goal of Carney is to
He’s run out of Brussles and Bejing.
Red-dots taking over everything :P
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