# Canada: GovGen dissolves Parliament, Carney drops the writ, and the election is on! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 23, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985 "2025-03-23T19:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/960 "2025-06-30T14:15:14Z")
Psst - guys - the election is over; you may have seen that; it was in all the papers. You might find this thread more appropriate for ongoing discussions: [How’s Carney doing, Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850) ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/961 "2025-06-30T14:36:26Z")
Noted. I looked, but couldn’t find anything more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/962 "2025-06-30T14:52:40Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > So, while I thought ‘Con Carney’ was a fitting name given the nature of how he was elected, now I have to rethink that name for something else: By “the nature of how he was elected”, you mean “by the clear favor of the electorate”? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/963 "2025-06-30T16:52:04Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > By “the nature of how he was elected”, you mean “by the clear favor of the electorate”? What’s with this crazy talk??? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/964 "2025-06-30T17:11:52Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > So, while I thought ‘Con Carney’ was a fitting name given the nature of how he was elected, In a Constitutionally directed manner whereby a free and fair election was held by a nonpartisan agency? Where’s the con? > [@wolfpup](#): > > Canada will always stand up to its principles I hope you mean “stand up **for** ,” and even then… I mean, c’mon, you know that isn’t true, right? Canada is a wonderful country and I love it, but loving your country doesn’t mean you pretend it has some some pretty immoral or hypocritical things, and doesn’t continue to do so. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/965 "2025-06-30T18:27:59Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > > [@wolfpup](#): > > > > Canada will always stand up to its principles > > I hope you mean “stand up **for** ,” and even then… I mean, c’mon, you know that isn’t true, right? Canada is a wonderful country and I love it, but loving your country doesn’t mean you pretend it has some some pretty immoral or hypocritical things, and doesn’t continue to do so. Yes, thank you, I meant “stand up **for** its principles”. I was going to blame too many late-night martinis, but from the time of the post, it was probably due to too little early-morning coffee! 😉 And yes, I stand by that statement. Countries are like people – none of them are perfect, but in many cases, their heart is in the right place, with a culture of empathy and compassion. There are other places in the world that have certain specific advantages like great weather or higher per-capita income, but overall, on balance, there’s no place in the world I’d rather live in than Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/966 "2025-11-03T23:23:22Z")
Bump. The unsuccessful candidate in Terrebonne, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who lost by one vote, is trying to appeal to the Supreme Court. After the election, a voter came forward who had her mail -in ballot returned. Quebec Superior Court ruled that it was an error but not sufficient to overturn the election. Unsuccessful candidate announced she will appeal to the SCC. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/967 "2025-11-03T23:24:52Z")
> **[Former Bloc MP who lost by single vote says she will appeal to Supreme Court](https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/former-bloc-mp-who-lost-by-single-vote-says-she-will-appeal-to-supreme-court/)** > > The former Bloc MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who lost her Quebec riding by a single vote, is taking the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985/968 "2025-11-04T12:45:08Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > e forward who had her mail -in ballot returned. > > Quebec Superior Court ruled that it was an error but not sufficient to overturn the election. > > Unsuccessful candidate announced she will appeal to the SCC. You would think that since the goal is to represent the entire riding she would gracefully concede, wish her opponent all the best and dive into working on her next campaign Would be hilarious if that happened before the SCC heard her arguments. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-govgen-dissolves-parliament-carney-drops-the-writ-and-the-election-is-on/1015985.md?page=46)