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Originally Posted by C_Rush
Question:
Dion becomes PM until May when the Liberals hold leadership convention and elect new leader (presumably Ignatieff). Now there's a new leader and PM of Canada (unelected by the general public) much like Martin taking over after Chretien retired. Does the new leader call a general election next fall to seek a mandate?
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Good question. I'd guess they could wait as long as the 30 months, but in the real world everything depends on the political environment. If it looks good for the Liberals we'd probably see an election sooner rather than later. If it looks bad for them, we would get to wait a little longer.
I'd just as soon not see an election for a while. It's time for these jokers to get to work. Harper had better be exploring his options. If he doesn't have a game-changing trick or two up his sleeve, his political career just might be coming to a very ignominious end. I can't see the CPC going into another election with a guy who a) couldn't win a majority against a fractured and terrible opposition and b) pissed away his mandate on an unnecessary confidence motion that he only tabled in order to play chicken with his political opponents.