It’s Official: Canadian Election October 14
CBC reports that Vote set for Oct. 14: Harper expects tight, tough election
Canadians will head to the polls in a general election on Oct. 14, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday in Ottawa after meeting with the Governor General.
Harper made the announcement outside Rideau Hall after his conversation with Michaëlle Jean.
“Her Excellency, the Governor General, has seen fit to dissolve Parliament,” he said.
“Between now and Oct. 14, Canadians will choose a government to look out for their interests at a time of global economic trouble,” Harper said.
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The calling of the Canada-wide vote means the cancellation of four federal byelections.
Three were set for Monday in the ridings of Guelph, Saint-Lambert , and Westmount-Ville-Marie. A fourth was to be held on Sept. 22 in Don Valley West.
After Harper made his announcement, Canada’s chief electoral officer, Marc Mayrand, issued a press release confirming that the byelections would not take place.
This will be Canada’s fifth general election in 11 years and the third in just over four years, dating back to June 2004.
In calling the election, Harper ignored his own law for a fixed election date. The Conservatives had set Oct. 19, 2009, for the next vote, but Harper had recently suggested he was ready to go sooner and pull the plug on his current minority government.
We have spent two years deciding on candidates, the Canadians can pull off the entire process in 6 weeks. What is wrong with this picture?
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they need a referendum on that ballot: whether to invade their southern neighbor to try to bring some democracy to it.
I’m just hoping they don’t build a wall or I may have to find a Mexican to buy a ladder from 😈