Given the givens, it’s no wonder Trudeau Liberals would eye election call

It is not hard to conceive the Trudeau Liberals would want to get the support of Canadians while they are writing them cheques, and before they hand them the bill.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Oct. 23. The government's perspective has changed on trying to trigger an election sooner, writes Tim Powers. For one, a pattern has emerged in three provincial elections held during the pandemic. In both New Brunswick and B.C., the winners went from minority to majority. That would be appealing to the Trudeau brain trust.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 28, 2020

OTTAWA—Maybe it is the pandemic prison we have been in for a while that has limited travel out of Ottawa. Maybe we are all really starting to drink the same bathwater. But it certainly seems the federal Liberals are more inclined to push for an election sooner rather than later. Of course, they pu...

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