Tucked within the Trudeau Liberal’s election reform bill introduced on Wednesday is a peculiar delay of the 2025 election date by just one week — leading some to speculate that the purpose was to ensure that doomed Liberal MPs qualify for their pensions before getting booted from power.
Federal politicians in Canada must serve a minimum of six years to be eligible for a pension.
As it’s currently written, the Canada Elections Act dictates that federal elections take place on the third Monday of October, no more than 4 years after the previous one.
The next scheduled election is therefore Monday, October 18, 2025.
However, among the Liberal’s proposed reforms to the act (Bill C-65), one sneaky provision states that the date “must instead be held Monday, October 27, 2025.”
No reason is given for the proposal.
Why the delay?
The 2019 Monday election happened to fall on October 21.
Therefore, an October 18, 2025 election would fall three sunsets short of the six-year mark required for federal politicians to qualify for their pensions.
This one-week bump would allow Liberal MPs who were first elected in 2019 to get over the six-year timeframe.
Conservatives dominating the polls
Polls currently project the federal Conservatives will obliterate numerous Liberal MPs from their seats in the next election.
The latest poll from Mainstreet Research reveals a significant downturn for the Liberal Party under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, marking an unprecedented low in the party’s support.
The poll, surveying 1,274 adults nationwide, showed that only 25% of decided and leaning voters favour the Trudeau Liberals.
In contrast, the Poilievre Conservatives have surged to an all-time high, securing 46% support. This amounts to a 21-point national lead for the Conservatives.
