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[Victoria Watcher]

CNN:




News Alert: Canadian PM Mark Carney announces election as he seeks mandate to tackle Trump
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a federal election in a widely anticipated move where he met with Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday to request for Parliament to be dissolved.

“I’m asking Canadians for a strong, positive mandate to deal with President Trump and to build a new Canadian economy that works for everyone because I know we need change, big change, positive change,” Carney said on Sunday of the ongoing trade war with the United States.

The election will be held on April 28 and will see Carney face off against his main rival, the Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.

[lanforod]

Voters living in Saanich have to figure out which of the three districts they belong to.

Most of Saanich West (rural) is in Esquimalt/Saanich/Sooke.

Most of the east side of Saanich, east of the highway is Saanich and the Islands.

10-Mile Point is part of Victoria, as is bits of Saanich east of Shelbourne and south of McKenzie.

I think… I’m in Esq-Saanich-Sooke (Royal Oak).

[Mike K.]

Oh, great.

Don’t screw this one up, Lanf!

[lanforod]

Oh, great.

Don’t screw this one up, Lanf!

I just know I’m not voting red or orange .

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

Is that real?

[Mike K.]

Chandra Arya’s son appears to work for Brookfield?

Arya was pushed out of his long-held riding of Nepean, so Carney can run in his place.

- https://x.com/amckun...LNt72cvXf0yWpgg

[Victoria Watcher]

WATCH: Carney calls cops on fishermen protesting at his first election rally

 

https://www.westerns...ion-rally/63349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carney acknowledges protesting N.L. fish harvesters during 1st campaign stop

 

Heavy police presence as protesters continue to block lobby of St. John's Convention Centre

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...st-nl-1.7491222

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 23 March 2025 - 07:11 PM.

[Tony]

Who called the cops?

 

Is this a misleading headline?

[Lashlarue]

Does anyone have insight into what’s going on with the Conservatives in Victoria? Are they not planning to run a candidate at all this time?

[Victoria Watcher]

Does anyone have insight into what’s going on with the Conservatives in Victoria? Are they not planning to run a candidate at all this time?

Members of Tory riding associations in the capital region received emails on Sunday afternoon informing them of the party’s choice in the two Island ridings where they had yet to field a candidate.

Grant Cool was named the party’s candidate in Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke.

Cool, an Uplands resident, previously worked with Lockheed Martin on hybrid airships and is the founder of several companies working in the marine and aerospace sectors, based in Victoria and Santa Clara, California.

Angus Ross, who previously sought a Conservative nomination in Saanich-Gulf Islands against Conservative candidate Cathie Ounsted, is running for the Conservatives in Victoria.

Ross is a former councillor in Scugog, Ont. and a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces.


https://www.timescol...nsions-10418341

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 March 2025 - 02:54 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Poilievre pledges to cut income tax, saving average worker $900 a year

Measure would see income up to $57,375 taxed at 12.75% from current rate of 15%



https://www.cbc.ca/n...x-cut-1.7491457

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 March 2025 - 05:29 AM.

[Mike K.]

Ok, Grant Cool is not whose business card was handed to me regarding a Conservative candidate in ESS.

Odd.

[Mike K.]

Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will be running as a Liberal in the new riding of Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby.

[Lashlarue]

‘Michelle Corfield was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. Corfield is an entrepreneur who heads a consultancy and a seafood harvesting company, and serves on a number of boards, including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., according to her biography on Corfield & Associates website.

A member of Ucluelet First Nation, she serves on her nation’s legislative council and was recently vice-president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.‘

Sounds like a decent candidate for the Liberals which ironically should help the Conservative in that riding with the vote split.

[Mike K.]

This elbows up thing, eh?

Anyway, there was a tally for Poilievre yesterday.

Ontario is the secret to the Cons’ success. If they can’t make inroads there, it’s over, it sounds like.

[Tony]

Is this an example of the extension of election campaigning by (  an individual  ? ) on the internet?

[Ryan Cook]

Gregor running in Vancouver is just brutal. Will Christy Clark run in Surrey? Apparently her negatives are very strong from internal polling. 

[m3m]

The cons would need to win about half the seats in Ontario to make the election close. They never came anywhere close to that during the Trudeau years. Last time they did it was against Ignatieff (who isn’t dissimilar to Carney in terms of profile, if not policy)

[Tony]

 Ryan Cook................Will Christy Clark run in Surrey? Apparently her negatives are very strong from internal polling. 

 

Do you have a reference for the results of the internal polling?