The Prime Minister has previously said he is not considering snap election, and his office repeated that on Sunday

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Another of these sources said the Premier recounted to them that Mr. Ford had advised Mr. Carney to trigger an election. Mr. Ford won a third majority government after he called an early election last year, saying he needed a mandate to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.

  • m__a__b@lemmy.ca
    7·
    14 days ago

    Something about taking advice from a guy who took three years to finish grade 7 seems like a bad idea.

    • CurbCuts@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      14 days ago

      The Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi just pulled the same move and benifited. It’s an anti democratic move but the safe money would be on it working. PP is still a threat Carney can scare people from Green or NDP and I’m sure many Conservative votes were won over by Carney classic Conservativeness.

      • MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca
        3·
        14 days ago

        There’s nothing anti-democratic about a minority government calling an early election - that’s a feature of parliamentary democracy, not a bug.