Mark Carney is Canada's next Prime Minister

[quote] Carney was born in Fort Smith in the remote Northwest Territories.

How familiar is he with Nunavut?

Is his ass as hot as Justin's?

Why aren't there younger politicians in the US like in Canada and Europe?

I saw Carney interviewed on The Rest is Politics US and was really impressed with him.

Totally agreed R3.

[quote] Is his ass as hot as Justin's?

He's kind of handsome.

But he also kind of looks like Richard Nixon.

He’s only going to be PM for a second. Conservatives will be in power next year. By how much remains to be seen.

r3 Because the US wants people who started at the bottom in city council, state government and than federal.

I went to college with him.

r9 Sure Jan

[QUOTE] He’s only going to be PM for a second. Conservatives will be in power next year. By how much remains to be seen.

If Carney plays his cards right, he could keep the Liberals in power. And Trump could play a big part in helping him do it.

Any relation to Art?

R7 At best, PP is getting a minority government. He's too Trump adjacent and will likely implode once in office.

Did Trudeau quit?

r7 while the Conservatives still lead in the polls, when the votes broken down into seats the Liberals could easily win. The Conservatives will win Alberta and Sakatchewan with 90% of the votes but the Liberals only need 51% of the votes in seat-rich Ontario and Quebec.

r14 Google

Silver fox!

R16 Ok , if I must. I was hoping for a one sentence answer to my question.

Give Trump hell, Carney.

I thought Canada's deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, was going to be the next prime minister.

[quote] I went to college with him.

Any gossip, R9?

r21 You fell for that?

Given Trudeau's history of fine ass pics, he's going to have to up the game and present hole to complete.

Carney certainly won the Liberal Leadership by an impressive margin -- 85% of the vote, even bigger than Trudeau's 80% win in 2013. Carney has some potential but the Conservatives are already after him with attack ads. Carney has been getting good numbers in the polls, but it is a question of whether that will last through an election campaign.

Trudeau's numbers have started to go back up in recent weeks and veteran commentator Chantal Hébert said tonight that some people in the Liberal Party as well as some Canadians may actually have wanted Trudeau to stay on a bit longer given his strong performance against Trump recently.

Can Carney do better against Trump than Trudeau? There is no guarantee of that, but maybe he can. And who knows how Pierre Poilievre would do against Trump.

[quote] Because the US wants people who started at the bottom in city council, state government and than federal.

Then why did they elect DJT?

R11, mathematically that’s not going to happen.

What's not going to happen, R26?

R1

I don’t know why but I always giggle a bit when you appear.

He is such a handsome guy.

R11, R27, Track the polls at the link below. The Liberals jumped to a lead in the latest poll, which was taken before Carney was elected their leader. We'll see if it lasts.

Someone called Carney is perfect for dealing with our sideshow clown of a POTUS

HCFMH.

I've always liked Krystia Freeland and I hope there's a place for her in the next (hopefully) Liberal government. But I get why she wouldn't be the right choice right now - she left Trudeau's government too late.

I find him hotter than Justin.

Justin has left the building.

That's a very cute photo, R35.

Love it!

R33, Chrystia Freeland reminds me a bit of Hillary Clinton in that she is smart as a policy wonk, but she sometimes has trouble communicating with ordinary voters.

I also wonder whether Trump would respect a woman Prime Minister, but he probably won't respect anyone else, either.

Someone said Chrystia Freeland is extremely well-respected within the Liberal caucus, but not well-liked. Trump and his people know her and despise her and they would take great pleasure in helping her fail. For the good of Canada, the country needs a leader with a fighting chance and this includes the possibility of a (somewhat) fresh start with Trump and perhaps the possibility of establishing some good will.

The Liberals have cut massively into the Conservatives poll lead over the past month with - 3 of the last 10 polls showing the Liberals with a lead, and 8 of the last 10 showing them within 10%

Carney can call the election at a time that suits him. I'd say the chances of the Conservatives winning an overall majority are evaporating very quickly. With the USA starting to implode economically over the other side of the border, it would not shock me if the Liberals pull out a win with a quick 'rally round the flag' election campaign.

Overall a spring election is probably in Carney's best interest. The Conservatives clearly haven't figured a message in a world without Trudeau and they'll only have a few weeks to scramble.

Of course it's not foolproof. You just never know what stunt Trump's going to pull next. There's always the risk of things going sideways with the trade war during the election campaign which could hurt the Liberals. But then again that risk will always be there as long as Trump is in office.

He was great on The Honeymooners.

I'm thinking Poilievre is not long for PC leadership. Doug Ford's patriotic posturing indicate that he has sights set on that position.

If the Liberals have any smarts, they'll hot-glue the Conservatives to Trump. Tie every one of their policies and ideas to Trump. Trump is clearly hated there.

R15 - the Cons always win Alberta and Saskatchewan. What will decide this is how Ontario and BC vote.

UK here. I remember he was always in the news when he was Governor of the Bank of England when Brexit was causing chaos. I always thought he was a sexy man.

R43 The Conservatives are doing it themselves. After "Canada is broken", their latest slogan is "Canada first", lol.

What have the Canadian conservatives said about Trump's insistence on Canada being the US 51st state? If any of them even look like they're going to roll over and let him do it, I think the Liberals will stay in power.

Carney is kind of handsome and photographs well until you see he is not tall and has a hugely supersize head. Oh well, better a megahead than a MAGAhead, like Poilievre.

New poll out today from Léger (taken March 7-10) shows the Liberals pulling into a Tie with the Conservatives.

🔴Liberals 37% (+ 7 points)

🔵Conservatives 37% (- 6 points)

🟠NDP 11% (- 2 points)

The Canadian pro-Palestinians are working hard to undo him just because he appointed Marco Medicino to be his Chief of Staff. If they're successful, we'll end up with a CPC government.

Idiots.

New poll from Léger shows the Carney Liberals ahead in Québec:

Liberal Party (36%)

Bloc Québecois (25%)

Conservatives (24%)

NDP (8%)

Greens (4%)

The Leger poll also has the Liberals and Conservatives tied nationally. Their previous poll 8 days ago had the Conservatives +13.

The CBC Poll Tracker has the Conservatives slipping under 'overall majority' territory for the first time in more than 18 months.

If I was Carney I might be tempted to pull the trigger soon. With the market so jittery in the US, Trump might be scared out of trying to do anything too rash to Canada that destabilises the markets even further.

Carney looks tough if Trump backs down, and can ride the anti-Trump wave if he doesn't. I think he's in a win-win situation.

All major polls but Nanos have LPC comfortably in majority territory now.

CPC's new attack line against Carney is conflict of interest because he's rich lmao. As if 40%+ of MPs aren't landlords who vote against social housing.

If anything having all his assets in a blind trust INCENTIVISES him to do a good job running the economy.

I don't know why Carney hasn't called the election yet. The CPC has no strategy against him and will spend the entire campaign period scrambling.

Supposedly, CBC's Fifth Estate (the Canadian equivalent of "60 Minutes") will be airing this story soon.

PP is sinking pretty fast.

Actually, they are airing the story that Poilievre's merch is not made in Canada but in Hungary by a company partially owned by Stephen Harper.

Important poll result:

R57, is that brought to us by the people who wanted to see whether a head of lettuce would outlast Liz Truss?

Today's polls have the Liberals and Conservatives tied at 38% each BUT when broken down into seats won the Liberals win 177 as opposed to 132 for the Conservatives. 172 seats is a majority government

Poor, poor PP!

[quote]He’s only going to be PM for a second. Conservatives will be in power next year. By how much remains to be seen.

You're completely deluded R7. Trump has cost the conservatives the election in Canada. By how much remains to be seen.

Trump has also cost the conservatives the 2025 federal election in Australia. By how much remains to be seen.

And Germany. I could go on.

I can't even see R7, which means is a MAGA turd troll.

I hope the democratic/labour party in Canada keep this up.

Canada buys more products from America than all the UK countries, France, Japan and China, COMBINED. They have removed many, many American products from shelves and put "American made" stickers on any American products that they do leave on the shelves. They're basically boycotting America. The Canadians are not only fighting back, they're also targeting republican states. I don't know if everyone can access Instagram, so I typed it out.

A reporter asked a Canadian politician if they will put back American products on the shelves

Um, no, the products stay off the shelf, they are not going back on the shelf until the threat is gone. And even AFTER the threat is gone, we will redouble our efforts to diversify our markets so we are never in this position again. We will redouble our efforts on republican states and their products because we KNOW who's doing this to us, who is enabling the president to attack us and it is the republican politicians who are standing by silently as companies in their jurisdictions of people that they swore to represent are hurt by these tariffs as the people who live in these communities that they swore to represent face more expensive homes, gas, electricity and products on the shelf, including food - after campaigning that they were going to lower costs.

So we're sending a message to those allies of the president, WE SEE YOU. We know YOU'RE the one's doing this to us. Stand up for your constituents, deliver a message to your president, these tariffs hurt everybody and if they do that, he will stop the tariffs and then we can all move on to a better place of being able to trying to re-establish some type of normalcy in our relationship at a political level.

R59 & R60, if there's one thing we've learned around here, it's not to get overconfident about an election result before it has actually happened.

Yes, the Liberal Party is doing well at the moment. However, the Conservative Party are spending millions on attack ads against Carney right now and he is still new to the campaign trail. He doesn't have Trudeau's natural abilities on the trail as he comes from a banking background, but perhaps he is slowly getting warmed up.

If the Liberals can keeping doing well in the polls in Atlantic Canada, Québec & Ontario, then yes, they could win the most seats.

Btw, the Conservatives have just ticked off the Canadian press. I noticed on Chantal Hébert's twitter feed tonight that a lot of Canadian journalists are angry with the Conservative Party's decision to not allow journalists to travel on the Conservative Party plane (or buses) during the upcoming election.

this is true r63 but you must admit that the plummet of Conservative fortunes is stunning. I can live under a Conservative government but Poilievre has always been a nasty little shit and I would so enjoy his concession speech. Watch for Doug Ford to run for federal Conservative leader.

R64, yeah, Pierre Poilievre has a nasty, unpleasant & smarmy way of speaking and communicating. Just the sound of his voice has a negative edge I dislike.

There are also times where PP just flat out lies. He tried to blame Justin Trudeau for every problem on the planet. He even tried to blame Trudeau when that car exploded rushing through the security checkpoint near the US-Canada border in New York state in November 2023. It had absolutely nothing to do with Trudeau and when the Canadian press caught PP in his lies, he then tried to attack them, too.

I'd like to think the Liberals have a shot at winning but unfortunately I feel Trudeau just stayed too damned long and even though he's no longer PM, it's a case of guilt by association. We're going to get a Conservative government.

R66, the Liberals are ahead in the current seat projection models of both Eric Grenier (CBC) and Philippe Fournier (338) at the moment, but sure, the Conservatives still have a good shot at winning because of the head start they had in fundraising and number of candidates nominated across the country.

As for Trudeau, yes, he probably should have stepped down earlier, but he ended up going out on a strong note with improved approval ratings for his handling of the Trump tariff threats. So Trudeau has not been as much of a liability for the Liberals lately. The Nanos poll said Trudeau got a 12-month high recently and a large majority of Quebecers gave Trudeau positive approval in the recent Leger poll on the issue of the Trump tariffs.

Anyway, the news is that Carney is going to see the Governor General on Sunday to call for an Election to take place on either April 28 or May 5.

r38 Can't stand Chrystia's politics most of the time but I'd gladly spent a month with her in bed.

Carney is a font of common sense and a steady hand.

I'd like to have a steady hand on Carney's Canadian bacon.......

Mariah Carey is Canada’s next governor?!

No, R71, Chili Con Carne is.

Judy Carne, the next Prime Minister!

Under threat from Trump, Canada calls snap elections for April 28

Weirdly, the AFP article at R74 chose Poilievre instead of Carney, the sitting PM, for an article with a lede about the PM calling for a snap election.

Well, the people in this thread got what they asked for - an April election.

Let's see if Carney can pull it off!

Carney has a good chance, far better than Trudeau did.

Pierre Poopypants is a whiny bitch.

I’m worried about Carney’s debate performance. That’s not a skill you can develop in a couple of weeks and he’ll be up against a career attack dog.

And the French debate, oh boy.

Hopefully the voters will remember that he’s a career technocrat, and his lacking in the skills of a politician shouldn’t matter.

Carney has one month to get it together.

[quote]And the French debate, oh boy.

R78, yeah, Carney's skills in the French language still need some work. I'm surprised that he didn't become more fluent in French over the past decade given that he has been planning to go into Federal office for a while now.

At the moment Carney is polling in 1st place in Quebec so Quebecers are giving him an opportunity, but he can't take anything for granted.

The Liberals are expanding and solidifying their lead, with their strength in Ontario and Quebec leading the way.

The Liberals now comfortably in overall majority territory given where they were two months ago is freaking hilarious - Trump has totally and utterly fucked it up for the Conservatives.

Pollievre's never been personally popular and now that the anti-Trudeau card has been removed, and steady, trusted ,'grown up' Carney is leading the Liberals, the Conservatives have nothing. They look weak and unpatriotic.

If the Tories lose the election, which is looking increasingly likely, PP will surely step down as leader, right? Who would replace him, Doug Ford?

That's my bet, R63.

Sorry, I meant R83^^

Hmmmmm interesting development...

Cheeto actually called him Prime Minister Carney.

Carney's probably had plenty of experience dealing with Trump's type in the finance world, but still this is surprising after just one call.

R86, yeah, maybe Trump respects Carney more than he does some other people because Carney was the Governor of the Bank of England. Who knows what the deal with Trump is. He is so unpredictable he could change his tune again at any time.

R87, Trump may be looking for a face-saving off-ramp since his "Blame Canada" and tariff fetish is backfiring. Carney is clever and is probably looking to give Trump a "win" without giving up anything of substance.

Trump just said Carney’s going to win the election. “We agree on many things and will be speaking right after the election.”

He wouldn’t be speaking to the loser, would he? Trump just came out and said the Liberals will win.

Unwittingly, I’m sure, but how stupid can the man be?

**Nanos Poll** (March 31st)

🔴Liberal Party 44% [+2 points from last poll]

🔵Conservative Party 36% [-1 point from last poll]

NDP 11% [stable]

⚜️Bloc Quebecois 5% (22% in Quebec)

Green Party 2%

People's Party 2%

**Liberal Party winning with voters who are 55+, Conservatives with younger voters. Tie with voters 35-54.

Liberal Party winning with women, Conservatives with men.

Liberal Party winning in Atlantic Canada, Quebec & Ontario.

Conservatives leading in Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba.

Statistical Tie in British Columbia.

**Current Seat Projection** [April 1st]

172 Seats Needed for a Majority

LIBERALS (191 seats)

CONSERVATIVES (126 seats)

BLOC QUEBECOIS (18 seats)

NDP (7 seats)

GREENS (1 seat)

I can't believe anyone even bothers to post polls anymore. The days when polling was accurate are long gone.

Poilievre's campaign feels like what we'd see in political satire, from the attempts to polish his image to especially his commercial.

His smile looks forced

Link to commercial please, R93.

I wouldn't do that to my worst friend, R94. PP should be replaced with ChatGPT - it'd sound more human.

Today it looks like Canada is preparing to cave on the tariffs, which actually should help Carney, by ending this economic problem.

R96, Canada isn't caving on tariffs. What happened today is that since Trump exempted Canada from any more new tariffs during his "Liberation Day", Mark Carney said Canada will put its own planned retaliatory tariffs on hold for now.

R93 & R94, Poilievre is getting a lot of blowback for his comments this week that women should buy houses before their biological clocks run out. Here is Jagmeet Singh calling out PP:

The Tories are finding it hard to disassociate from Trump.

"Thousands of people have been showing up to Poilievre’s rallies, a new scene for Canadian elections, which the candidate enjoys pointing out. But to others, they’re reminiscent of American politics and Trump’s own style, at a time when Canadians are worried about an economic and cultural takeover by the U.S. president.

Campaign staff wince when people at rallies show up with flags saying “Fuck Carney” and they scramble to confiscate MAGA hats or other Trump merch, worried that these images will show up in the media."

[quote]The Tories are finding it hard to disassociate from Trump.

That's fantastic news. Trump has fucked everyone.

[quote]I went to college with him.

You’re clearly not Canadian.

[quote]Campaign staff wince when people at rallies show up with flags saying “Fuck Carney” and they scramble to confiscate MAGA hats or other Trump merch, worried that these images will show up in the media."

It's a shame that there is so much trash among the Conservative base in Canada.

**Angus Reid Poll -- APRIL 7**

New poll out today with the Liberals maintaining a 10-point lead over the Conservatives.

Liberals lead in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario & British Columbia. Conservatives lead in the Prairies.

Pierre Poilievre's unfavourable numbers are the highest they have ever been.

Conservative voters remains committed, however.

And on the Leadership question of Best Prime Minister:

🔴50% Mark Carney

🔵28% Pierre Poilievre

It looks like there's a mass 'rally around Carney' to stop Pollievre and the Conservatives - most of the Liberal's growth is coming from NDP and Bloc Quebecois voters lending their votes to the Liberals to stop the Tories.

Pollievre's just doubling down and many leading Conservatives have started turning on him, so I can't see how they can turn this around over the next two weeks. By contrast Carney looks in charge, steady, and Prime Ministerial.

I find Pollievre quite slimy and repulsive and dangerous to Canada. Carney seems clear, calm and excellent. He's eager to work on navigating US relations with strength and dignity and also in finding other markets and allies as the US is no longer a stable ally or country.

Trump has really fucked things up permanently between Canada and the US. It won't be able to be fixed. If Pollievre wins I will be very surprised and disappointed.

R103, which leading Conservatives have you heard that have turned on Poilievre?

It's possible that the Conservatives are worried about Poilievre's chances. Apparently former Prime Minister Stephen Harper appeared with Poilievre at a rally in Edmonton tonight to help him out.

R104, yeah, it's going to be hard to rebuild the friendship between Canada and the US for a long time. It could improve if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028, but in the meantime it is going to be rocky.

When is the election this month?

Monday, April 28th, R106.

Although advance voting will start a week or so before that.

The TV debates will be next week.

Carney and the Liberals will want to maintain the momentum.

[quote]It could improve if a Democrat wins the White House in 2028

It can't be repaired even with a Democrat in the White House. The stability is gone and seems to be supported by a lot of Americans - that's the message the US is sending out around the world. The damage is done and by the time a Democrat is in the White House - nothing much of "before Trump" will exist to salvage. It will be too late by then and no ally could ever trust that another Republican White House wouldn't just revoke everything and invade the next time. The Trump administration is fundamentally changing the direction of the US. Allies are really pissed off and are making other plans for alternative markets and allies. This is going to be a difficult time for all.

Thanks, R107.

Three weeks away!

R105 a good summary in this linked article.

Also, from the more 'left' wing of the Conservatives, Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has been conspicuously quiet all through the campaign in lending backing to Pollievre - and has been vocal in backing Trudeau, and then Carney, on the Canadian 'unity' against Trump bandwagon.

R106, 4/28.

R110, thanks for the link. Yeah, I heard Doug Ford was lukewarm in his support of Pierre Poilievre. Prominent political commentator Chantal Hébert made a note of that on her Twitter account earlier this month.

The comments by former Reform Party leader Preston Manning about Western separation probably don't help Poilievre either.

If the polls & seat projections are accurate, the Liberals are still in Majority Government territory right now. (seat projection linked below)

The only thing that could hurt Carney's momentum will be if he has a bad TV debate next week. If he can pass that test, he should be okay until Election Day.

I voted early this weekend since I'm leaving for Europe tomorrow. Talking to a colleague from work, I realized there'll be quite a few of us who are generally NDP voters but will vote Liberal in this election - this election is too important to FAFO and give the Conservatives the mandate. As one Green voter said on Bluesky: I'm voting for the Liberals so that, in the future, I can vote for the Greens again.

The first Leaders' Debate took place earlier tonight. This was the French debate and tomorrow night is the English debate. Anyone else here watch it?

The consensus among the political analysts on CBC seems to be that Mark Carney performed better in French than expected and didn't make any major mistakes.

Renowned political commentator Chantal Hébert said that tonight's French debate is not likely to change the trend in Québec, so that is probably good news for Carney in terms of winning a good amount of seats in Québec, where he is ahead in the polls at the moment.

Let Pierre Polyester keep praising far right outlets such as Rebel Media and True North. Is he really that stupid to think that's the winning strategy in the current political climate in Canada?

I hate to say it but Pierre Poilievre is kind of hot. I’m still voting liberal though.

R115, what did Pierre say about Rebel Media & True North? Was this after the debates. I heard the political panel on CBC criticize the Elections Debate Commission for allowing those far-right journalists to attend the Q&A session.

R116, Poilievre is slightly less creepy looking now that he has stopped wearing glasses, but he is still a slimeball.

Omg, R116, are you blind? He's got ready little eyes and a swarmy forced smile. There's literally nothing attractive about him.

The CBC political panel said last night that Poilievre had a pretty good night in the English debate. It could lead to a tightening of the race going into the final week before Election Day.

We will have to see what the polls show after Easter Weekend. Hopefully it won't help the Conservatives very much.

I saw Carney in interview on The Rest is Politics the other day. I really like him and hope Canadians elect him. We could all use someone like him running Canada.

Incidentally - does anyone know why Trump hated Trudeau so much? He's made numerous comments about how nasty Trudeau is.

R121 Because Trudeau is handsome and Melania and Ivanka were obviously quite taken with him.

[quote] does anyone know why Trump hated Trudeau so much?

Justin wouldn't let Trump grab him by the pussy.

R119 post debate the Liberals lead in the polls has increased to 8 points

[quote] He's got ready little eyes and a swarmy forced smile.

Beady-eyed cunt!

How prominent IS Chantal?

¡Carlos!

just came home from voting

Carney charms Quebec

Agree with r123 Trump is stupid and petty enough to let that get to him.

R122 I meant but probably also that

R124, CBC Poll Tracker (Eric Grenier) has the Liberal lead at 5.6 points and a projection of 196 seats (Majority Government).

338 Canada (Philippe Fournier) has the Liberal lead at 5.0 points and a projection of 188 seats (Majority Government).

(Numbers as of April 19.)

CBC link:

338 Link:

OK. I'm locking in my bet It'll be an upset- Conservatives with a slim minority.

R134, anything is possible in Elections these days, but a Conservative win would be surprising based on the available numbers.

The Liberal lead over the Conservatives has narrowed, but the Liberals are still projected to win by far the most seats according to the 2 major Seat Projection models by Eric Grenier and Phillippe Fournier. The Liberals are still in Majority territory in both models.

Carney took some heat today from the Canadian press for coming across as evasive on the exact nature of his phone call with Trump in mid-March. It is possible that the Liberals could lose their chance of a Majority and only win a Minority.

Poilievre might not be elected in his own riding.

I hope you're right, R136, but I just have a gut feeling that the cpc is going to win. I had the same during the US election - I just knew Trump would win.

[quote] just have a gut feeling that the cpc is going to win. I had the same during the US election - I just knew Trump would win.

Not a chance, they’re well behind in Ontario and Quebec and cannot win even a minority without leading in at least one of those two provinces.

Also, yesterday Trump helpfully reminded Canadians of what’s at stake by again saying Canada should become the 51st state.

Sending good vibes from Australia. We have a federal election in 2 weeks ourselves. Trump has taken a major toll on the conservatives here so we are looking at returning our current centre left government.

Good luck Canada and hope that Carney wins. I've seen him interviewed at length in a couple of podcasts and was very impressed. I'd like to see much closer relations between our two countries.

I worry he's not joking R139. It's impossible to know.

Thanks r140

Interesting that the Conservative ad campaign has shifted from Poilievre's grand oratories, which I found overblown to the point of self-parody, to actors portraying the average Joe Canadian.

Polymarket - which closely predicted the outcome of the US election is now giving Carney an 80+% probability of winning a majority, and the CBC poll tracker has the Liberals 3.7% ahead - translating to an 18-seat absolute majority.

I think something dramatic would have to happen over the weekend to significantly change this. I can't see it happening.

I believe there has also been a record number of early voting. I went last Saturday and was in and out in ten minutes.

Correct R144, I believe it was 7.2 million votes cast last weekend, exceeding the record last set in 2021 by over 2 million. And remember that was during Covid when people were really incentivized to vote early and avoid long lines on election day.

Interesting thread about Pierre. I think it's true.

I was away during advance voting and so will Vote for Carney on Monday. Please vote en masse my fellow Canadians. Pierre would happily work with Trump to make Canada the 51st state, The man is 100% revolting.

I don't have X and never will R146. What does its say?

It's not even a given that PP will win his Carlton riding.

[quote] Interesting that the Conservative ad campaign has shifted from Poilievre's grand oratories, which I found overblown to the point of self-parody, to actors portraying the average Joe Canadian.

To Stephen Harper stumping for PeePee. When the most disliked PM in recent history is your secret weapon, the things are not looking good.

Someone has been defacing the local PC candidate's (Neil Drabkin) posters in NDG-Westmount .

TRUMP CHUMP

R149, it would be great if PP lost his own riding in Carleton, but we may not get that lucky. PP is fortunate that his riding is located mainly in a rural part of Ottawa and that he doesn't have to run in an urban area or suburb where he would face a high likelihood of loss.

R151, is Neil Drabkin still around? I remember him running 30 years ago. He must be getting old by now. I don't think he's ever succeeded in getting elected to Parliament. (Btw, the Federal PC Party no longer exists -- they took the Progressive part out in 2003).

R148 Here you go:

Conservatives in Canada started disliking Mark Carney a few weeks ago when most heard his name for the first time. I started disliking Pierre Pollievre around 2005 when I learned a guy who had never had a job before became a MP. I started disliking Pierre when my friends at foreign affairs told me about a man so insufferable he was being avoided everywhere. I started disliking Pierre when I dated a top staffer of a Conservative Cabinet minister around 2012-13 that told me about how people would go out of their way to make sure they didn’t invite him to events.

And now I dislike Pierre for not stepping up to the moment. For going on a podcast listened to by millions of Trump supporters and calling Canadians stupid and appeasing Trump’s aggression. The Cons last leader, Erin Otoole had honour. Pierre has always lacked that.

r152, I doubt he'll get elected this time as well. This riding has gone Liberal for decades and their candidate is Anna Gainey, daughter of Bob Gainey.

r3 Obama was in his early 40s and so was Bill Clinton in their first term. That is not old . JD Vance is in his early 40s too. In the US we expect people to have some lower level government experience which might be at lest 7-10 years.

r3 Mark Carney is 60!! He is not young.

R148, R153 I’ve explained to American friends and colleagues that Poilievre is like Ted Cruz, but without the charm.

[quote]Mark Carney is 60!! He is not young.

Compared to Trump (79 in June) and Biden (82) - Carney is a teenager.

[quote] Poilievre is like Ted Cruz

Poilievre is a bargain basement version of Ron DeSantis. And equally charmless.

Thank you R153!

I'll err on the side of caution and predict a Liberal minority gov't.

[quote] And remember that was during Covid when people were really incentivized to vote early and avoid long lines on election day.

I didn't vote. The Husband and his mother were pretty sick. I wasn't even sure about my choice. Liberal or NDP and I was pissed off at how our MP Marc Garneau had been treated.

It's Election Day in Canada!

Final polls have Liberals up c. 3.5% which should translate into an absolute majority in seats. Fingers crossed.

Me and my partner just cast two votes for the Liberals from Montréal.

Who's the candidate in your riding?

See link R166

Just voted Liberal as well.

My riding (Ottawa-Vanier) is one of the safest Liberal ridings in the country. In the past I have voted Liberal and NDP. This time I voted for a young independent candidate if only to encourage her to pursue politics.

New thread for tonight's Canadian Federal Election Results:

American here.

Can someone explain what's a "riding?"

Never heard of it before.

District, R171.

Another word for electoral district

Riding is your district R171.

Thanks, R172/R173!

Here's hoping Canadians have watched the shitshow in the United States to see what happens when you hand your entire government over to far-right extremists and votes accordingly. Follow the lead of European democracies who prevented them from taking over.

Thanks R170

Does Canada have a huge "Election Night Coverage" hoopla, like we do in the US?

What time do the results start coming in?

I think it’s after local polls close

The rest of the world sees the cautionary tale that is the United States, a country that’s headed to the dustbin of history.

My psychic advisor says this is a very special election since there are 343 seats in the Canadian House of Commons AND both contenders, Art Carney and Peter Poliver are running in ridings where 343 is the area code!!

I posted on another thread, but may as well chime in here.

I think the polls are wrong and I'm predicting a CPC minority.

I can't stand PP, but I just have this sense that everyone will be surprised at the results.

I predict and hope for a Liberal majority.

PP is pretty widely loathed.

R182 you already posted that on this thread - see R137 .

Pretty sure your 'sense' is wrong. Not long to find out now!

Oops, I posted in the wrong thread, R184.

So who won?

Probably the Liberals.

Can you believe Trumpey pulled it out for the liberals? Wow!

It's actually animportant reminder. When liberals suck, conservatives don't represent a real alternative, since they are all would be genociders at the core.

I think what we need is an Anti-Corruption party. That would be the third party, one with very rigid and confining rules.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his riding (seat), which he'd won repeatedly in several past elections. Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Has Trump stated that the election results were rigged yet?