Prime Minister Mark Carney, who took office just a week ago, could call a snap election as early as Sunday, a source says. He is expected to head to Rideau Hall on March 23 to ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament and call a vote. Such a move would allow Carney to make the most of his new face to take on the Conservatives, trying to snatch an election victory or at least prevent them from forming a majority government.

The Liberal Party leaders are already busy preparing for the election campaign, with some MPs sending out invitations to supporters for events, and the latest polls showing Carney's Liberals leading Pierre Poillevre's Conservatives by about three points. This was only possible thanks to Carney's return to the political scene.

What is especially important is that even if the Conservatives win the election with relative success for the Liberals, the Conservatives' lack of a majority government will open the door for the now familiar Liberal-NDP coalition, which will allow them to block all the Conservatives' attempts to impose their own order. Thus, control over the future governance of the country may still remain in the hands of the Liberals, even if they do not win this election.

The Prime Minister has already demonstrated his resolve: by canceling the consumer carbon tax by April 1 and stepping up efforts to strengthen relations with France and the UK to diversify trade and defense partners. In the context of the ongoing tariff war with the US, the fight for voter support is especially acute.

Source: Ottawa Citizen