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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured outside Rideau Cottage for a press conference on Jan. 8. With Quebec currently a province with a mandated public curfew and Ontario back in a state of emergency, there will not be, and should not be, an election until circumstances dramatically improve, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

January 13, 2021

OTTAWA—Signs are everywhere that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is setting the stage for an election this year. On Jan. 12, he shuffled his cabinet, moving out Navdeep Bains, who is not running again, while giving profile opportunities to others, like former minister Jim Carr and the well-regarded ...

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