Toronto: for or against early federal legislative elections?

In a generally Liberal-friendly city like Toronto, do residents want to go to the polls earlier than expected? In power for nine years, the Liberal Party has suffered political setbacks since this summer. The general legislative elections are due to be held at the end of October 2025, but the Conservative Party is trying to provoke early elections.

While the Liberals lost the riding of Toronto–St. Paul’s, a party stronghold for more than 30 years, in the riding of University-Rosedale, where the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland won with 47.5% of the votes in 2021, most of those interviewed by Radio-Canada are against holding elections earlier than planned.

Some people still show their support for the party, even if they understand the desire for change.

Compared to any other country in the world, I think we’re doing very wellsays Irma Tsoi, retiree. Arriving in Canada when the government of Pierre Elliott Trudeau was in power, she said she was satisfied with the governments of the father and son: I like them, personally.

In the event of early legislative elections, she assures that she will always support the Liberals.

I will vote for the Liberals in the event of an election, without a doubt.

Recognition of work for Aboriginal people

Same story for Momogeeshick. Coming from the First Nations and a survivor of residential schools for Aboriginal people, he says he is happy with the government in power: For a long time, the government in place never really addressed the problems of indigenous populationshe laments.

But since Mr. Trudeau came to power, he has started to take care of me and solve some of the problems we face.

For him, we must give the government time: We must wait for the seasons to pass and for things to be done well.

Disappointment on inflation but little hope in elections

But for other citizens, like Ryan Roserythe situation in Canada is far from rosy: I have the impression that the people in power don’t care about the population.he is indignant.

Inflation is at an all-time high, housing is ridiculously hard to find, and people are struggling to survive.

He works multiple jobs to make ends meet: I feel like I’m constantly working not to live, but to survive.

But elections are not necessarily the answer, according to him: I don’t vote and the reason I don’t vote is because I feel like I’m not hearing anything from anyone, that people are really trying to change things and make a difference in this world.

Héloïse Besnier, a Quebecer who studied and now works in Toronto, says she is disappointed with Justin Trudeau:

I don’t think anyone likes Trudeau too much, he hasn’t done much.

But she sees no advantage in rushing the holding of legislative elections: This gives people less time to really judge who they would like to vote for and why.

She hopes that one more year will decide the Liberal Party to change leader.

Pour Mondy Stevensoncrossed with her children at the exit of the Saint-Georges metro station, if she is not sure that holding early legislative elections is a good thing. But the threat of their triggering, on the other hand, is a good negotiating lever.

Now might not be the time to do it, but it’s always good to threaten to do it.

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A sword of Damocles which will push the government in place, according to her, to put things in order in his business.

The Bloc Québécois has indicated that after October 29, it could join its votes to those of the Conservative Party in a motion of censure, if the minority Liberal government does not support its bills on supply management and pensions. old age in return.