Canada: early elections will take place on April 28

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Hibapress

Anticipated federal elections will take place in Canada on April 28, the Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Sunday.

“I asked the general governor to dissolve the Parliament (…), and she accepted,” added Carney, who succeeded Justin Trudeau at the head of the Liberal Party of Canada (PLC).

“I ask Canadians a strong mandate to face President Trump,” said Carney at a press briefing.

“Donald Trump wants to break us so that the United States dominates us, but we will not let it happen,” said the former Governor of Banks in Canada and England.

Anticipated election has become inevitable in Canada. The opposition parties had indicated that they would bring down the minority liberal government as soon as the parliamentary work resumed, scheduled for March 24.

The electoral campaign will last 36 days, the minimum provided for by Canadian electoral law.

Contested within his party, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had announced his resignation in January, then extended parliament until March 24, while the PLC finds a successor to him.

Mark Carney, 60, was elected the chief of the Liberals on March 9, then took an oath as a Prime Minister on March 14.