From Jason Levigne on X
Mark Carney can be PM without a seat or single vote, and in an emergency, stay PM till September 2026.
How?
With Mark Carney clearly making moves for the Liberal Party leadership, already securing 30 MPs, and talking with media, and is clearly a strong frontrunner, many Canadians are about to receive a huge surprise and shock.
It is a common misconception that the Prime Minister of Canada must be a Member of Parliament. Not true. The PM is appointed, not elected, to the position by the Governor General.
Mark Carney can win the Liberal Party leadership and be appointed to the role of PM.
Canada has done this once before. The 17th Prime Minister John Turner in 1984. He left politics a decade earlier and returned to succeed Pierre Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party and was then appointed PM by the Governor General without holding a seat in the HoC.
I have attached some information if you don't know anything about John Turner. He was PM for a few months in 1984.
Is history about to repeat itself? A Trudeau resigns, and Canada gets a non-elected Prime Minister?
I think that is exactly what is about to happen.
I predict the 24th Prime Minister will be unelected, Mark Carney.
Also, did you know that constitutionally, in Canada, terms can be up to 5 years? Making the next forced election date September 20, 2026.
The next question is, how are they going to stall the election? Clearly, the Liberal Party will want some rebound time to clean the Trudeau stink before the next election.
Well, there really are only two ways to stall the next election in Canada
1) Avoiding a Confidence Loss. So, make a deal with NDP or Bloc.
or
2) Delaying the Election in an Emergency. This includes economic emergencies, such as a US President threatening "economic force" and imposing harmful tariffs against Canada.
We could be stuck with the Liberals for another 20 months under non-elected PM Carney.
Dear Danielle,
This unsolicited letter is founded with the best of intentions for Alberta and Saskatchewan, and by extension, our country. For the record, I am a big fan of yours as a smart, energetic, proactive, diligent, conservative, and excellent communicator who includes an endearing element of charm.
So, I feel compelled to comment on the current pipeline MOU now in negotiation and the temerity to suggest an evolution of your approach.
Everyone understands you and Premier Moe, from my home province of Saskatchewan, are caught in a tenuous situation. As I am one who favours independence (a default position as the only real solution to self-determination for the citizens of our provinces), this last round has made clear you are a strong federalist, as is our Premier.
Those sentiments are fraught with political risk, given the composition of the UCP and the possibility of fragmentation, somewhat already evident. One fully understands it is difficult for the Premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan to favour independence.
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