Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper jumped the gun Sunday and made an early call for parliamentary elections on October 19.
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Following the release of 2011 census population numbers, federal electoral boundaries were revised, which led to an increase in the number of seats in the Commons to 338. It would be Canada’s fourth minority in the past five elections.
“The dynamics are similar to what we’ve experienced in last couple elections”, he said.
Canada’s economy has been badly affected by falling oil prices, a major export, and damaged Harper’s reputation as an economic manager.
But Trudeau saved his harshest words for Harper.
Several large Suncor storage tanks are pictured at the company’s Canadian refinery in Edmonton, Alberta. Canada’s unemployment rate is a not-objectionable 6.8 percent. The energy sector accounts for 10 percent of national GDP.
“This election is also about security”, Harper said.
But instead he has reaped scorn for dramatically expanding the powers and reach of Canada’s spy agency in the biggest overhaul of the nation’s anti-terrorism legislation since 2001.
19, in the event that Harper brilliant Conservative get-together desire to make 4th terminology after nearly a couple of yours in potential. Johnston, that a longer campaign period was required because of the need for voters to consider the important issues at stake, chiefly the unstable global economic situation and a terrorist menace he said is posed by ISIS terrorists and other extremists in Syria and Iraq.
The governing Conservatives could face an uphill battle, according to a political science professor.
“As Harper has already done so, he will frame (NDP leader Tom) Mulcair as an unstable socialist and (Liberal leader Justin) Trudeau as a pretty but empty shirt”.
Trudeau brushed aside Harper’s habit of referring to the Liberal leader simply as “Justin”. With the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals close in national polls, he won’t predict what the next 11 weeks will bring.
New Zealand officials told The Canadian Press last week that the talks likely wouldn’t wait until after the campaign – a sentiment echoed in media reports today by John Key, Harper’s New Zealand counterpart.
Depner says Harper’s task is to convince Canadians that the other party leaders have their own baggage.
“People are exhausted of this cynical, old government that spends all its time thinking about itself and none of its time thinking about Canadians – a negative, divisive government that never misses the opportunity to pick a fight, but avoids every chance to solve a problem”, he said. “Middle-class families are working harder than ever, and can’t get ahead”.
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Mr. Mulcair also said he would take measures to support Canadian manufacturers, which are struggling to sell goods overseas even amid a weaker currency and a pickup in U.S. demand, and attract new factory investments into Canada.
