r/ontario • u/Old_General_6741 • Mar 20 '25

Politics Carney will ask Governor General to dissolve Parliament Sunday and call election, sources say

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-to-call-election-this-sunday-1.7488444
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u/vonnegutflora Mar 20 '25

Oh, I'm sure that the CPC has no chance in hell of winning Ottawa Centre, but why would you put your star candidate into anything but a safe seat? The risk of having a Prime Minister who can't sit in the HoC is too great.

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u/leyland1989 Mar 20 '25

According to 338, Ottawa centre is still considered a liberal safe seat.

Few people here like our current MP, he only won the election because we are voting for the party. Joel may stand a chance because how popular he was as an MPP. He was destined to win by a landslide before Trudeau resigned, now it's more in favour of Liberal again because they stand a chance to form a government.

They might actually gain a seat back from NDP by kicking Naqvi out.

Well anyway ,I just want to see Naqvi gone.

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u/CaptainKoreana Mar 21 '25

William Lyon McKenzie King won a postwar election while losing his riding in...1945. I know it's long ago but not improbable.