Trudeau marked his first major step in 2019 election, last week

Justin Trudeau now knows who his major competitor will be: Andrew Scheer, the new leader of the Conservative Party, a party that has recently been within striking distance of the Liberals in public opinion polls even without a permanent leader. And has been well ahead in fundraising of late. 
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and former U.S. president Barack Obama had dinner at the Liverpool House in Montreal on June 6.
OTTAWA—Justin Trudeau’s world just keeps changing, and generally getting more complicated. But first let’s go back two years to spring 2015. Trudeau was the leader of the third party. The Conservative and NDP leaders were both convinced that they each had the best chance of winning the fall e...

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