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Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election this Sunday, Radio-Canada has learned.
The election campaign will kick off barely a week after Carney became prime minister and appointed his cabinet.
Carney will go to Rideau Hall to speak to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon a day before MPs were scheduled to return after parliament was prorogued on January. 6.
An election campaign is expected to last between 36 and 50 days. Election day has not yet been announced. However, voters are expected to cast their ballots on either April 28 or May 5, according to sources that spoke with Radio-Canada.
Carney is making the call against a backdrop of public opinion polls that have placed the Liberal Party ahead of the others.
Carney said: “What’s clear is that in this time of crisis is that the government needs a strong and clear mandate. We’re offering a positive vision for the country, a vision of action.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to eliminate the GST on all new homes sold for under $1 million if his party wins the election.
CBC’s tracker reveals that the Liberals are leading with 37.7 per cent compared to Poilievre’s Conservatives who have concentrated support in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The Liberal voter base is spread more evenly across the country. It gives them a distinct advantage in the number of seats they could win over the Conservatives who have concentrated support in two provinces.
The Poll Tracker suggests that if a vote were to take place now, the Liberals could secure 176 seats to Conservatives 133
