Carney Formally Calls Election For 35 Days From Now

CTV News reports:

Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the 2025 federal election, sending the country into an early campaign, six months ahead of the fixed date. Carney paid Gov. Gen. Mary Simon a visit Sunday to ask that she issue the writs of election. Making it a five-week campaign, Canadians will head to the polls April 28. The date means Carney has opted for the shortest possible campaign period allowed under Canadian law. It also means advance polls would take place over Easter weekend.

One day before kicking off the campaign, the Liberal party announced what many in Ottawa long speculated, that Carney would be running for a seat in the nation’s capital. Carney is seeking his first ever seat in the House of Commons in the riding of Nepean, which neighbours Poilievre’s long-held riding. The election is the first with Poilievre as leader of the Conservatives. He took over in September 2022, after his party’s three consecutive general election losses to the Liberals.

Read the full article. Meanwhile campaigning is already underway for the US midterm election, which is in 589 days.

Election campaign begins, as leaders start making their pitches to Canadians

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