Executive legislative elections on April 28 « to face President Trump » – Liberation
« We will not let ourselves be done ». New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carneyconvened this Sunday, March 23, early elections for April 28, saying that he needed a « Strong mandate » To cope with The threat that customs tariffs of the American president Donald Trump weighs on the economy. Donald Trump « Want to break us so that America can own us », estimated Mark Carney, promising to oppose it. In a humorous video as a campaign launch, the Prime Minister assures him: « Canada will always exist ».
Although the next elections should not take place until October 20, the Canadian Prime Minister hopes to take advantage of the remarkable comeback of his party in the polls since January, when the American president has started to threaten Canada and that His predecessor, Justin Trudeauannounced his resignation. At present, Mark Carney’s party is a minority in Parliament. « We are faced with the most important crisis in our lives because of President Trump’s unjustified commercial actions and his threats against our sovereignty, » warned the Prime Minister.
To do this, the politician asked the Governor General this Sunday to dissolve Parliament and organize elections for April 28, « And she accepted ». If Mark Carney is a novice in politics – he was never a deputy or minister – he knew how to convince the leadership of the Liberal Party that he was the best placed to fight against Donald Trump. The economist, who made a fortune as a business banker At Goldman Sachs before directing the Bank of Canada, then that of England, promised to rely on his experience of crises.
He now has five weeks to convince Canadians. WhileA wind of patriotism agitates the country, the population places for this election Relations with the United States at the top of its concerns. A question dominates: who, at the head of Canada, will face Donald Trump? An extraordinary configuration, while the Canadian elections are usually focused on internal policy issues, between cost of living, housing crisis or immigration.
In this completely revised political panorama, liberal and conservatives are elbow according to the last surveys, and the race promises to be tight. A total reversal as the liberals in power for ten years seemed, a few weeks ago, promised to a historic electoral defeat against the conservatives, until the American president comes to put Canadian politics above. « It is impossible at this stage to make predictions », Cons up with AFP Félix Mathieu, political scientist at the University of Winnipeg. « But it will be a very followed election with a participation rate that should be up. » « Many consider that it is an existential election, unheard of », he adds.
Everything opposes the two main candidates: elected deputy at 25, The preservative Pierre Poilièvre is a professional politician, who does not chew his words and likes shock formulas. However, according to Reuters, a good performance in the province of Quebec, mostly French -speaking, would be the key for a possible victory. During a press conference, Mark Carney experienced difficulties when he was asked to answer in French: he first misunderstood the question and then answered in English. Pierre Poilièvre, he speaks perfectly French.
As for the other parties, they could strongly suffer from the will of the voters to promote large training courses to give a clear majority. Thus, the new Democratic Party (NPD), like the Quebec Bloc, recorded declining voting intentions. The campaign will be punctuated by the tariff question since, on April 2, so -called « reciprocal » customs duties wanted by Donald Trump must come into force. The latter has already boasted on Friday to have « Completely modified the election » while specifying that he « Mocked to know who will win ».
