{"id":16861,"date":"2021-08-12T19:41:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T19:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16861"},"modified":"2021-08-12T19:41:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T19:41:45","slug":"snap-one-of-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16861","title":{"rendered":"SNAP! one of these days&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/s.jpg 623w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/s-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Great Dominion voters can expect to head to the polls for a SNAP federal election one of these days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is&nbsp;planning to visit Rideau Hall sometime to ask that Parliament be dissolved, said sources with knowledge of his plans who spoke to Court Painter on the condition they not be named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sources said the prime minister is then expected to announce a 36-day campaign \u2014 the minimum campaign length permitted by&nbsp;law \u2014&nbsp;meaning voting day is predicted to be in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News of the pending SNAP election\u00a0call has been reported already\u00a0by Reuters , La Presse and Court Painter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dissolution of Parliament&nbsp;is not automatic and Gov.&nbsp;Gen.&nbsp;Mary Simon could say no \u2014&nbsp;although that would be a rare move out of line with parliamentary&nbsp;tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SNAP-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SNAP-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SNAP-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SNAP-1-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>PM Trudeau practices finger snapping!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An online petition, launched by non-profit organization <strong>Democracy Watch<\/strong> and sent to Gov.Gen. Mary Simon, comes as rumours swirl that a SNAP election call is around the corner!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA SNAP election will be dangerous for many voters. A fourth wave of COVID 19&nbsp;is expected across Canada this fall, more contagious than ever, as many people are still not fully vaccinated,\u201d Democracy Watch said in a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/thousands-sign-petition-calling-on-governor-general-to-say-no-to-illegal-dishonest-unfair-and-dangerous-snap-election-call-by-pm\/\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>. \u201cVoters who are vulnerable to COVID-19 will, completely justifiably, feel hesitant about going to a polling station to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization also argues that a SNAP election is \u201cillegal, dishonest, and unfair\u201d for many voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/court-painter-SNAP-E.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/court-painter-SNAP-E.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/court-painter-SNAP-E-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/court-painter-SNAP-E-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"738\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-snap.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-snap.jpg 738w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-snap-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter anticipates a SNAP election!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Dominion voters can expect to head to the polls for a SNAP federal election one of these days! Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is&nbsp;planning to visit Rideau Hall sometime to ask that Parliament be dissolved, said sources with knowledge of his plans who spoke to Court Painter on the condition they not be named. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16861\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SNAP! one of these days&#8230;.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16861"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17283,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16861\/revisions\/17283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}