Trudeau survives in a rejection of Scheer, but now faces his biggest test yet

The election ushered in what is certain to be a period of uncertainty and discord unseen in Canada for years.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau greet supporters in Montreal on Oct. 21. The Liberals suffered a rebuke at the hands of voters disillusioned with Mr. Trudeau in the wake of the blackface mess and the SNC-Lavalin affair, but managed to survive and achieve a strong minority government because of strategic voting designed to keep Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer out of power, writes Les WhittingtonThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

October 23, 2019

OTTAWA—The post-election leaders’ speeches delivered in the early hours of Oct. 22 encapsulated the entire campaign. A diminished Justin Trudeau tried to find the words to convince westerners and Quebecers that his government would work assiduously on their behalf, despite the Liberals’ reduc...

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