Two years from now, we’ll be in midst of election 2019 campaign: let’s look at the leaders

Unless the opposition parties can come up with good ideas, the Liberals will win by default. Perhaps voters will want them to win, but it should be the result of a contest of ideas and not by default. This way, Canada wins.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Sept. 26, with Mona Nemer, Canada's new chief science adviser. If elections are to be offered real and credible policy alternatives, then political parties must make hard choices. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 9, 2017

TORONTO—It may be hard to believe, but two years from now we could be in the midst of a federal election campaign. In barely a month, we will be at the mid-point of the Trudeau government’s mandate. Next year, we will start to see positioning for the 2019 federal election. If Canadians are to b...

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