Early Manitoba election call bad news for Trudeau Liberals: observers

The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are projected to win another majority government, which would be a boon to the federal Conservative campaign.

Manitoba Progressive Conservative Premier Brian Pallister, pictured being scrummed by reporters in Ottawa in October 2017, has called the provincial election early, and observers agree it's bad news for the federal Liberals, with Andrew Scheer's Conservatives most likely to benefit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

August 21, 2019

Manitobans are going to the polls on Sept. 10, a year earlier than planned, and observers say the timing could mean a harder slog for federal campaigns in the province, with Andrew Scheer's Conservatives most likely to benefit. “[The Manitoba provincial election] is most likely to benefit the Con...

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