Against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and President Trump’s talk of a takeover, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election. Carney, who.
Against the backdrop of a trade war with the US and President Trump’s talk of a takeover, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election. Carney, who was elected by the Liberal Party earlier this month, wants the election to be held on April 28 instead of the original Oct. 20, NBC News reports. He argued that he needs a quick mandate to deal with those pressing issues. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty”, Carney said in a news briefing.