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I rarely make predictions, but I'll make an exception today. Within the next five days, I believe Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit the Governor General to request the dissolution of the House of Commons for a federal general election.

Why do I think this? The House of Commons is currently prorogued until this coming Monday, March 24th. Since PM Carney is not an elected Member of Parliament, he cannot sit on the floor of the House of Commons as Canadian Prime Ministers traditionally do.

This creates a situation where Opposition MPs can ask serious questions, but the Prime Minister cannot directly answer them and must rely on Cabinet Ministers to respond on his behalf.

The Liberals are unlikely to favour having their Prime Minister observe from the gallery while serious questions go unanswered directly—especially when calling an election is the alternative.

For these reasons, I expect the writ period to be announced in the coming days.

This election will be historic for Canadians. After nine years under a Liberal Prime Minister, will voters choose another four years of Liberal leadership, or will they opt for change?

This question will weigh heavily on many Canadians' minds as they head to the ballot box. The situation has become even more intriguing since U.S. President Trump's recent statement that he would "rather deal with a Liberal than a Conservative" government in Canada.

President Trump's endorsement of the Liberals came as a surprise to many—particularly to the Liberal Party itself, which had been attempting to portray the Conservative Party leader as Trump's likely preferred choice.

Based on my door-to-door conversations in our community, I've found that residents are concerned with far more pressing issues than those making headlines in Ottawa.

Many citizens continue to struggle with affordability challenges, and the serious crime problem has severely impacted many neighborhoods.

Ultimately, citizens must familiarize themselves with each party's platform and choose the party and candidate who will best address their most important issues.

One important change affecting our riding is the updated electoral boundaries for this election. For citizens in West Kelowna, Peachland, and Summerland, your communities remain together within the same electoral boundary, continuing the arrangement from the past three elections.

However, for what can be described as the Mission and the Southern part of Kelowna, there will be changes.

If you were driving into Kelowna from West Kelowna on Harvey and turned right onto Ethel Street, you would be following the new riding boundary. This boundary extends down to Casorso Road until it hits Mission Creek. The boundary then runs from Mission Creek east until it hits McCulloch Road where it runs towards Highway 33.

According to the 2021 census, this new riding, called "Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna," is home to 106,794 citizens. Since the boundaries in the neighboring riding of "Kelowna" have also changed a lot from the previous federal election, please visit Elections Canada at www.elections.ca ([link removed]) for detailed information.

My question for this week: What is your most important concern in this potential upcoming federal election?

Join the discussion on my Facebook page, or contact me at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or toll-free at 1-800-665-8711.

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Dan Albas is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola and the Co-Chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations. In addition, Dan co-chairs an All-Party Parliamentary Cancer Caucus. Dan's riding includes the communities of Kelowna (specific boundaries), West Kelowna, Peachland, Summerland, Keremeos, Hedley, Princeton, Merritt and Logan Lake.
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