Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 12:54
https://lemmy.world/post/27280968

Summary

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call an early general election for April 28 and run for office in Ottawa’s Nepean riding.

Carney, who succeeded Justin Trudeau in March, seeks a clear mandate amid rising tensions with the U.S. sparked by Donald Trump’s trade war threats and calls for Canada to become the 51st state.

The opposition Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, had expected an easy victory until Trump’s attacks fueled a surge in nationalism, boosting Liberal support.

The election will decide 343 House of Commons seats.

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miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Mar 13:16 next collapse

The conservatives had a gazillion point lead 2 years before an election being called!
Where’s the smug redneck bigoted fuck trudeau’ maplemaga crowd now?

Godort@lemm.ee on 23 Mar 13:21 collapse

They’re currently trying to paint Carney as a pedophile because he met Ghislaine Maxwell at a social event one time.

miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Mar 13:27 collapse

And yet Trump was Ep’s bestie.

psmgx@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:35 next collapse

Trump isn’t up for election in Canada.

miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Mar 13:38 next collapse

Really?

njm1314@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 14:14 next collapse

It honestly feels like he is. That’s the implications here. That’s the choice you’re bring asked to make. Resist Trump or kowtow.

Grimtuck@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 15:02 next collapse

Elon is funding the campaigns of the far right everywhere he can. If you’re Nazis he’ll even talk at your convention.

cygnus@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 15:06 next collapse

Someone should let Danielle Smith know, because she seems unaware.

CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee on 23 Mar 17:09 collapse

Doesn’t matter. These same type of people have the same double standards about this in the US too.

Ledericas@lemm.ee on 24 Mar 08:51 collapse

His most frequent flyer

psmgx@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 13:36 next collapse

So this means that the Edmonton center riding is open. Edmonton’s mayor is also going to run for a seat, probably SE Edmonton, as that’s where he’s held city counsel posts before being the mayor.

MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 14:12 next collapse

lemmy.world/post/27271077

All you need to know about PeePee:

Straight from one of his traitors mouths.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 15:44 next collapse

Fucking hell.

Lasherz12@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 16:17 next collapse

It’s kinda hilarious the 180 he’s been forced to do, and despite already appearing disingenuous before, he’s now such a joke that I’m surprised he shows his face. Doug Ford had a far better chance of success than he does.

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 18:14 collapse

I really don’t know how this hasn’t been screamed loud and clear across the country. A vote for pp is a vote for Trump.

DaddleDew@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 15:00 next collapse

Remember when Trump said that Trudeau was going to use the tariff crisis to cling to power and not have an election this year… Long after Trudeau had already announced that he was going to step down as soon as a replacement is chosen?

That was not even a month ago.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 17:44 next collapse

It’s a full time job keeping track of all of Trump’s lies.

And not one that is good for the 'ol mental health.

tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Mar 18:19 next collapse

These 3 months have been the longest three years of my life

CircaV@lemmy.ca on 23 Mar 18:37 collapse

Donold has mushbrains.

FrankMaleir@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 16:34 next collapse

Knowing nothing about the way Canadian elections are run, “Nepean riding” sounds like the third novel in a decalogy about teenagers isekai’d to a Narnia-like type of Universe.

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works on 23 Mar 16:42 next collapse

Tired of the liberal government, weak backbones, abusing OIC by blaming the increase in gun related homicide on registered firearms owners and law abiding citizens, unnecessary carbon tax, shoving “pride” down our throats, increase in price for essential items.

We need a change.

zenpocalypse@lemm.ee on 23 Mar 17:21 collapse

Perhaps we need a change.

But do we need a change to a government more in line with the “new direction” of American politics, as DSmith so eloquently put it?

ohshit604@sh.itjust.works on 23 Mar 18:04 collapse

But do we need a change to a government more in line with the “new direction” of American politics,

Absolutely not I agree with this sentiment.

My main problem with the liberal government is their take on crime & firearm ownership, it’s blatantly obvious 99.9% of gun related homicide in Canada occur from illegal & smuggled firearms from the US, it makes no sense to target licensed PAL/RPAL holders (who receive daily background checks!) with these bans.

Criminals already ignore the law, what’s this going to stop?

Edit: TIL StatsCanada doesn’t differentiate firearm related homicide from illegal/legal firearms.

yes_this_time@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 19:58 collapse

Yeah, I never understood this. Targeting legal firearms just annoys people.

I have a theory, that canada has been pressuring the US on gun control (the actual problem), and the whole ‘fentanyl crossing the border’ thing is projection

xc2215x@lemmy.world on 23 Mar 17:21 next collapse

All the best to Mark Carney.

Damage@feddit.it on 23 Mar 19:07 next collapse

Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean

I don’t understand this sentence

Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works on 23 Mar 19:29 next collapse

In a general election, you vote for your local representative to represent you in parliament.

Ridings are what Canada call their electoral districts. An area in which a member of parliament stands for election.

Nepean is a location in Ottawa. Mark is running for election there.

Damage@feddit.it on 24 Mar 08:49 collapse

Like a single representative? Is it like a small district?

DarkWinterNights@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 09:26 collapse

MPs are the (single) representatives of Canada’s Electoral Districts - generally members of parliament all have seats they win through the general (or interim) elections representing fixed regions. Whichever party wins a majority of seats makes up the government, and when a minority is formed generally some form of coalition is formed.

The party nominates a leader for their party - it is not mandatory for the leader to have a seat (even as PM), but you can imagine the media frenzy if that were the case. We don’t pick the leader (unless you’re a registered Lib/Con/etc), although it certainly has a major impact on Canadian politics in our FPTP system (as most people don’t even really know who their MPs are, as they’re generally voting for the party itself and inferring their candidate will act in accordance).

So they’re really just saying which seat Carney will be participating in for the general election, usually a safe riding.

Damage@feddit.it on 24 Mar 09:38 collapse

Yeah what I meant is: we have a similar system but it’s on a national level (like many other places), so the proportion of votes results in the number of MPs for each list that was voted, with a minimum threshold for winning any seat at all.

Instead in your case, every district elects a single MP, then? Meaning your representation is not proportional to the population but to the majorities of each single district?

Paragone@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 14:56 collapse

They amalgamated Nepean into Ottawa, some years ago: they’re not separate cities, I don’t think, anymore…

helps?

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Paragone@lemmy.world on 24 Mar 14:58 collapse

…unbc.ca/7-reasons-to-be-afraid-of-pierre-poiliev…

get that as well-known as you can, people…

it’s IMPORTANT, now…

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