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Canadians will head to the polls on April 28 to vote for the next Prime Minister of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes a day before Members of Parliament were scheduled to return to Parliament, which has been prorogued since Jan. 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 36-day election campaign kicks off barely a week after Carney was sworn in&nbsp;as prime minister&nbsp;and appointed his cabinet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, in the riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka, Scott Aitchison will run for the Conservative Party of Canada under leader Pierre Poilievre. Geordie Sabbagh recently announced his candidacy and will be running for the Liberal Party of Canada under leader Mark Carney. <\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney asked Governor General Mary Simon today to dissolve Parliament. 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