Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a rapid election – saying that he needed a strong mandate to tackle the threat that Donald Trump's rates are for the economy.
Not – -chosen Carney, who became leader of the Canadian liberal party after Justin Trudeau resigned, tries to take the polls and take advantage of the recovery that the party has made in recent weeks.
The next elections were only due to October 20, but it will now take place before the end of next month on April 28, Carney announced on Sunday.
Carney took a wipe to Trump during the speech – and said that the Gop leader caused the most important 'crisis of our lives' and threatened Canadian freedom. This is because of Trump's desire to make the country the 51st state of the US.
“We are confronted with the most important crisis of our lives because of the unjustified trading actions of President Trump and his threats to our sovereignty,” said Carney.
'There is so much more to do to secure Canada. To invest in Canada, to build Canada, to unite Canada. That is why I ask for a highly positive mandate from my fellow chantans.
“I have just asked that the Governor -General Sales the Parliament and calls for an election before April 28, and she agrees,” Carney told reporters after the Governor -General – the personal representative of King Charles, Het State of Canada – his request for an election approved.
Carney, a former double central banker without earlier experience in the field of political or election campaign, conquered liberal leadership two weeks ago by convincing members of the party leadership that he was the best person to tackle Trump.
Although the next elections were only due to October 20, Carney hopes to benefit from a remarkable recovery by his liberal party in the polls since January
Carney took a wipe to Trump during the speech – and said that the Gop leader caused the most important 'crisis of our lives' and threatened Canadian freedom. This is in connection with Trump's desire to turn the country into the 51st state of the US
Now he has five weeks to win the Canadians.
Polls suggest that the liberals, who have been in power since 2015 and have poorly left the official conservatives of the opposition at the start of the year, are now something for their rivals.
“We switched from an election where people wanted to change in an election that is really much more about leadership,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.
“The ability of the conservatives to attack the liberals has been greatly reduced because people are aimed at the here and now and the future of the short term, not on what has happened in the last 10 years,” he said by telephone.
The conservatives have tried to paint Carney as an elitist who is planning to continue the Trudeau era policy of high government spending. They also accuse him of being less than clear about how he has transferred his personal financial assets in blind trust.
Carney raised last week when he was asked about the trust and accused the reporter who asked for conflict and sick will. The spiky reaction can give the conservatives hope that Carney would stumble during what his first campaign would be.
The key to every victory will be a good performance in the predominantly French -speaking province of Quebec. Carney had problems at one press conference when he was asked to respond in French, first getting the question wrong and then answered in English.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, on the other hand, speaks impeccably French and is an experienced politician who has fought seven elections.
Laura Stephenson, professor of politics at Western University in the Canadian city of London, said that Carney's inexperience may not be that important given the Trump factor.
“There is a different kind of comparison that is made right between the leaders and what they will be able to do,” she said. “I feel that we will see a little more grace extensively than is usually given to politicians during this campaign.”
An online poll by Angus Reid of 4,009 people released on Monday, the liberals put public support and conservatives at 37 percent at 42 percent. Angus Reid said the error margin was around 1.5 percent, 19 times out of 20.
