WINNIPEG—Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister dropped his strongest hint yet Friday that he may call an election sometime this year, well in advance of the Oct. 6, 2020, date set under provincial law. After an event where he and other dignitaries unveiled plans to mark the province’s 150th anniversary in 2020, Pallister said some people don’t want an election during the year of celebration. Opposition NDP Leader Wab Kinew said his party has more fundraising to do but has already picked up the pace from last year and is gearing up for an early election call. Article Continued Below“We’re operating under the assumption that there is going to be an early election, and so we’re doing our organizing, candidate recruitment and nomination, we’re doing our platform development, we’re doing all this election prep work,” Kinew said. When former prime minister Stephen Harper called an early election under a similar federal law in 2008, the federal Appeal Court upheld his right to change the date.

Source: thestar March 30, 2019 00:11 UTC