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Another of these sources said the Premier recounted to them that Mr. Ford had advised Mr. Carney to trigger an election. Mr. Ford won a third majority government after he called an early election last year, saying he needed a mandate to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.

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[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

As a Canadian I'd like to see a 5 year term so we don't spend the people's money on a whim, just because the time feels right. At any rate, we need election reform in Canada.

[-] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

At the very least, the party in power should not be able to decide the timing of elections.

Ontario's last election was a farce. Opposition parties had no time to prepare, while Ford capitalized on being able to get all the media attention he wanted with his little trump act. Not democratic at all.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Didn't carney recently say that an election would not be instigated by the liberals? Some chats with a conservative premier changed his mind, the same premier who's early "emergency" election was not justified and followed suspiciously close to a new, also unjustified, tax payout?

[-] kahnclusions@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Who said his mind changed? This "news" is just Ford advising Carney he should do something.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Just seems odd to even mention they discussed it. Its comes off as either ford bragging about a power grab or carney considering an election.

[-] k_rol@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

That makes it an excellent reason for news to run with it. So many potential clicks!!

[-] m__a__b@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

Something about taking advice from a guy who took three years to finish grade 7 seems like a bad idea.

[-] CurbCuts@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

The Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi just pulled the same move and benifited. It's an anti democratic move but the safe money would be on it working. PP is still a threat Carney can scare people from Green or NDP and I'm sure many Conservative votes were won over by Carney classic Conservativeness.

[-] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

There's nothing anti-democratic about a minority government calling an early election - that's a feature of parliamentary democracy, not a bug.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Conservative votes were won over because PP started leaning too heavily into Trump ideas and tactics.

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