On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney requested to dissolve Parliament, triggering a federal election. Canadians will head to the polls on April 28.
There is one big narrative we’re watching: can Carney’s Liberal Party execute a historic turnaround, win the most seats and stay in power, after we’ve all spent the past year expecting Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives to cakewalk to a majority government?
The projections show that things will be tight. Since former prime minister Justin Trudeau resigned in January and Carney was elected by the party in his place this month, projections have flipped completely and now the Liberals appear to be in the lead.
But that’s all projections and predictions, not actual ballots in boxes! We’ve got five weeks of campaigning ahead of us to sort out who will actually form Canada’s next government.
Senior editor Mel Woods breaks down what you need to know over the next five weeks of campaigning.
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