Kyle Shaw

Mark Carney is under a microscope. (Yes, that would be a Markroscope, but let’s not make the term a habit.) Since his landslide victory in the Liberal Party’s race to replace Justin Trudeau on the weekend, Canada’s attention has turned to Carney to lead us into a trade war and/or general election. But there is an orderly process to follow when transferring power from old prime minister to new.

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The Liberals went to the legal limit before calling the byelection for the federal riding of Halifax. Three-term member of parliament Andy Fillmore officially resigned the seat on Sep 3, 2024 to run—successfully it turned out—for mayor of Halifax, giving prime minister Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberal Party a maximum of 180 days to call a byelection according to Canada’s Elections Act legislation.