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.
What we need ….credibility….
Carney’s "Long-Time Friend" Budget Watchdog Isn’t Backing His Numbers ... Nor Should She
When the federal government unveiled its new “sovereign‑style” investment fund—one that promises both to boost Canadian infrastructure and let ordinary Canadians “share in the upside”—the spin was polished and upbeat. Mark Carney’s team framed it as a way to fill a critical financing gap, crowd‑in private capital, and give households a shot at better returns than the stock market. But one of the people who should be most sympathetic to that pitch isn’t buying it.
Annette Ryan, Canada’s new Parliamentary Budget Officer, has spent her career steeped in the machinery of federal finance—and she’s not shy about saying when the numbers don’t add up.
Who Is Annette Ryan?
Annette Ryan isn’t a political appointee in the usual sense. She’s a career public‑finance professional whose résumé reads like a primer on how Ottawa actually manages money. She spent years at Finance Canada, where she worked on fiscal policy, budget planning, and the kind of ...
An interesting, common sense look with no fear mongering, but honesty about the characters, characterization of their future, current actions and intentions. Time will tell…..
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William D. Marriott is a retired economist who specialized in public policy analysis of the oil and gas industry.
Things are starting to get both real and serious. If you’ve been ignoring the debate or hoping it doesn’t matter, it is time to wake up. The Stay Free Alberta (SFA) petitions have been delivered. At this point, there is north of 700,000 Albertans who want to vote “stay” or “leave” on an independence referendum. This is a substantial voting bloc that cannot be ignored. So, what’s the current state of play?
First, language matters. It influences how we think and thus how we vote. Both sides should choose respect, although I am not optimistic. “Loaded” keywords broadcast intent; separatist vs secessionist or sovereigntist, independence vs separation. The name-calling by Don Braid in a recent Calgary Herald column...
A poll in Red Deer's NDP rag of a paper. The no is ahead right now.
https://reddeeradvocate.com/polls/do-you-think-alberta-should-have-a-referendum-on-separating-from-canada/
