Carney expects "a few by-elections" soon, with Liberal MPs set to resign

.Bloggers note : HAVE NO FEAR Carney has a slew of selected candidate with little or no opposition and some probably be imposed in particular ridings.   Maybe 6 to 12 by-elections is my guess! before summer ends .... he stand to loose more than he can gain in my estimation ...but liberals must have a few trick in the hat ...?? we ll see

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 Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to reporters' questions in Paris on Tuesday for the first time since former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland announced she would be resigning from the House of Commons "in the coming weeks."   "My judgment was that taking that role would be consistent with resigning as an MP. And I welcome her, doing that," Carney said, adding, "there'll be a few by-elections coming up," with Liberal MPs set to resign. 

 

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 The fluid dynamic back in the House of

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Commons in Ottawa is set to potentially

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change once again with Mark Carney

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saying there will be multiple upcoming

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bi-elections called with Liberal MPs set

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to resign their seat.

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We'll have a bi-election. There'll be a

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few bi-elections coming up and we'll run

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great candidates and the the people in

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those writings will decide uh who they

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want to send to Parliament. There's no

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date for when any potential votes could

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happen, but we do know that former

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deputy prime minister Christoff Freeland

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will be one of those MPs quitting after

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she became an economic adviser to

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Ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski.

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While that role led her to quit as Mark

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Carney special representative on the

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reconstruction of Ukraine, she still

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hasn't quit as an MP despite saying she

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plans to do so in the coming weeks. Both

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the NDP and Conservatives have said it's

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inappropriate that Freeland is an MP

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while advising a foreign government.

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When asked by Global News, Carney said

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he didn't ask Freeland to stay on longer

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because of the fragile situation in the

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House of Commons, but he did say she

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should leave her seat.

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My judgment was that that taking that

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role would be consistent with resigning

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uh as an MP. Um and I I I welcomed her

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doing that. Former cabinet ministers

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Bill Blair and Jonathan Wilkinson are

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widely expected to also be quitting

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their seats and be appointed to be

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ambassadors in Europe, where they'll

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have to deal with navigating Donald

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Trump's desire to take over the Danish

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territory of Greenland.

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Welcome to this little corner of Canada.

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Carney met with the Danish prime

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minister here in Paris, but was tepid in

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his support, seemingly trying to balance

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out Canada's relationship with the US on

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a variety of fronts, including trying to

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get a peace deal with Ukraine.

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We stand with uh Denmark, we stand with

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Greenland. Uh we're, you know, our

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closest partnership is with the United

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States and we'll work with everybody to

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make sure that uh uh we move forward

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together.

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Car's trip to Paris was a quick one,

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just about 24 hours here on the ground,

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but he's expected to make many other

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major trips in the start of 2026,

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including an expected visit to China,

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the first time a Canadian prime minister

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will have visited Beijing since 2017.

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Mackenzie Greg, Global News, Paris.