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Canadians can expect a federal election on Sept. 20: sources
Trudeau is expected to call on the governor general Sunday

Voters can expect to head to the polls for a federal election on Sept. 20, CBC News has learned.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to visit Rideau Hall on Sunday to ask that Parliament be dissolved, say sources with knowledge of his plans who spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named.

Those sources said the prime minister is expected to announce a 36-day campaign — the minimum campaign length permitted by law — meaning voting day would be Monday, Sept. 20.

CBC News · https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-call-trudeau-1.6138794

Here is our opportunity to get rid of this buffoon.

It scares me the number of people who seem to either ignore of forget all his mistakes. Keep fingers crossed that he can be gotten rid of.

Jim

Good luck god folks.

CDN voters cannot be trusted given the expected liberal slant force fed upon them from the CBC and similar MSM. They will vote for what they can "get" out of an election instead of voting for what's best for the country. They don't care about national debt. They want big social programs like gov't paid child care. They would never vote for a true "conservative in every sense" gov't.

Saying that ....... The Conservatives are well into the left lane as well.

Yup^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I see the Liberals already have advertisement out there.....

In related news Erin O’toole fired the CPC candidate for the Yukon this morning because he does not support mandatory vaccination across the board .

Individual rights, the Charter apparently don’t exist.

Also handed that constituency vote to the Lieberals

It's going to take a miracle for The Turd not to win his majority. I'd say it's going to take a major scandal to bring down the government, but they've already had several and apparently voters don't give a [bleep], he's more popular than ever.

I don't know anyone that will vote for that beotch Trudeau out west,,, there is more that will vote for diaper head,...which is a wasted vote.....and a vote for the racist and an abusive pos....Trudeau.

Just think Guns.

They're all liberals now.

There are plenty of urbanites out west who will vote for Trudeau. Professional university students and others who have never had a job. GD

Governor General Mary Simon needs to insist that Justin provide ample and sufficient justification for this latest extravagance. I hope for all our sakes that she gets a spine , and rebuffs her neighbour.

The libs only need 15 more seats for a majority. This minority co-alition is mostly working.

Bill Blair needs to lose his seat !

Unfortunately so are most Canadians.

Do the Liberals even have a seat in western Canada.......anywhere?......

Doesn’t matter if they get enough seats in Quebec and Ontario;
Not to mention the Maritimes !

The east needs to nut up.

The Conservatives have a huge job ahead of them. They must battle the NDP, the Liberals, and fix their leader's tepid popularity. There is still a divide between O'Toole and many Conservatives on things like climate change and government assistance for individuals and businesses. An argument can be made that O'Toole himself is a yoke around the neck of Conservative re-election chances. The party speech writers and planners have to get on the same page. Everyone has to work together - including O'Toole.

And the NDP? Well, they have been 'also rans' for many years, but some of their ideas had merit. So much so that they were lifted by the Liberals. The Canada Pension Plan and universal heath care come to mind. I wonder if NDPers realize how valuable they are to the Liberal party? Singh may have handed Trudeau an apple with the promise of a free drug plan the Liberals can "borrow".

Finally, there's the Liberal party itself. Their strategists are gambling that the time is right to go to the polls. The pandemic is on the wane (they hope) and it's time to spread more money around. They want a clear majority.

Right now in Ottawa, the backrooms are filled with party strategists, working on campaign plans. They only have a little over a month to spin whatever tales are needed to win the hearts of Canadian voters.

Consider this.

The Liberals will use vote splitting as part of their battle plan. They will gladly accept that a percentage of votes must be directed towards the NDP. The important thing is, those votes have to be stolen from the Conservatives. During the 36 days of speeches, Trudeau will lay off a little on NDP attacks.

Here's part of that steal. Jagmeet Singh says he will deliver universal drug coverage and dental care in his first term. Regardless of your politics, having free prescription drugs and dental is a powerful draw. This carrot will take some votes away from the Conservatives. As a result, the Liberals will slide up the middle on election day. This maneuver will leave the Liberals with the most votes, but a lower percentage of the popular vote.

Liberals hope that voters will think this election is an indication that the pandemic is on its last legs. No government would go to the polls if it was too dangerous! The Liberals wish to be seen as the party that crushed COVID. This plays to that narrative. They are confident that the public will give them more support. They will come out swinging, saying that they were the only party that could have defeated COVID so handily. They will remind voters that they gave out money to help those who needed it, like CERB and other benefits too. They will praise the effectiveness of our health care system, free vaccine, and applaud the doctors, scientists and others who brought COVID to its knees.

Of course, the money tap won't be turned off with the pandemic's demise. There is the inevitable spending spree that all governments in power promise upon re-election. Cash is a great incentive to vote for the Liberals. Expect pledges that rival the NDP's commitment to free drugs and free dental. There will likely be some revitalization plan targeted at voters who were out of work because of COVID. Of course, you have to vote them in to grab a piece of that pie!

There will also be money promises to business, new tax incentives for everyone, and pats on the back for the heroes of the pandemic - the medical people and the service industry. This is when the Liberals turn on Justin's smile and good looks.

The Liberals have to hope that no scandals touch them over the next month, and the pandemic does not rear its head as the summer ends. If the country has to go into isolation again because of a rising death toll, they will get the blame.

The Conservatives have the biggest fight on their hands. O'Toole isn't the most popular leader according to the polls. Trudeau's speechwriters will play to that. Liberal strategists will also give Singh some rein so that the vote stealing will come from the Conservatives. The NDP don't stand a chance, but Trudeau can borrow from their playbook and tease the electorate with better health care as well. Like other Liberal promises, they can conveniently be forgotten after the election is over.

As onlookers, the best we can hope for is something newsworthy that changes the outcome over the 36 days of the campaign. From what I see, the Liberals have a better than average chance for re-election as a majority government.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Word



Well said Steve, Echoes my thoughts at this juncture.
The Alberta conservatives are too busy shooting themselves in the foot.

I don’t know why O’Toole is so out of touch, but he’s no Harper, and definitely not in the same league as Ambrose.

Bill Blair Really needs to lose his seat , and his pension.
His rhetoric is utterly incomprehensible.

Attacking Law Abiding Gun Owners is his only “contribution”

I think that if O'Toole doesn't get his act together, it's best to move him down the road. I wonder what his advisors tell him?

Given a little time as CPC leader his plan and presentation might prove formidable.

Easier to oppose and criticize an obliging target like JusTard though , sitting in opposition .
Depends on the outcome of this snap election.

More Seats, Only 338 to divvy up.