Is Trudeau about to make Peterson’s mistake?

David Peterson tried to 'realign' his government with the electorate and tripped over his dropped writ, lost his own seat, and resigned. The Trudeau government does not need realignment at the ballot box. It needs to take its 2015 promises and start delivering results, writes Hill Times publisher Jim Creskey.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should heed the lesson that David Peterson learned: calling unnecessary early elections can have disastrous results, writes Hill Times publisher Jim Creskey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JIM CRESKEY

August 18, 2018

It’s the right time to call an early election, despite the fact that the government is barely three years into its mandate, said the pundits and some, though not all, Liberal insiders.

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