Canada new PM Carney to call April 28 snap election: govt source [Video]

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call snap elections on Sunday, sending voters to the polls on April 28, two government sources told AFP.

“The prime minister is expected on Sunday to announce elections for April 28,” one of the officials, who requested anonymity ahead of a formal announcement, said Thursday.

A second source, who also asked for anonymity, confirmed the expected timing of the vote.

The election is set to be dominated by US President Donald Trump, whose trade war and repeated questioning of Canada’s sovereignty have upended Canadian politics.

Carney’s Liberal party had been trailing badly to the opposition Conservatives, but recent surveys show a dead heat race, indicating some voters trust Carney to confront the US president.

This will be the first campaign for Carney, a 60-year-old former central banker who took over from former prime minister Justin Trudeau just last week, after winning …