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Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, Sunday called an election for April 28 as he seeks full mandate to deal with the tariff attacks launched by Donald Trump.
Speaking on Sunday, the former governor of the Bank of England said he was looking for a strong mandate to deal with the threat that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs pose to the economy.
Earlier in the day the Premier met the governor general to request the dissolution of parliament.
Although the next election was not due until October 20, Carney is hoping to capitalize on a remarkable recovery by his Liberal party in the polls since January, when Trump began threatening Canada and former prime minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.
Carney, is a former two-time central banker with no previous political or election campaign experience and he captured the Liberal leadership on March 9 by persuading party members he was the best person to tackle Trump.
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As he kicked off his election campaign, Carney spoke out against negative politics.
“It’s easy to be negative about everything when you’ve never fixed anything,” he says. “It’s easy to be negative about everything when you’ve never built anything.”
He adds that negativity “won’t win a trade war,” nor will it help Canadians pay for their rent, mortgage or education.
Two people not on the ballot, Justin Trudeau the immediate past premier and Donald Trump, helped trigger the turnaround. Trudeau, unpopular after nine years in office, announced his resignation as prime minister in January; supporters who had abandoned the Liberals thus returned. Meanwhile Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Canada and calls for the country to become America’s 51st state have made Mr Poilievre’s own populist style less appealing. Carney will now fancy his chances in the election, which will probably be held on April 28, or May 5.
Nigeria has a large immigrant families in Canada.
