In a COVID election, all bets are off now

If the prime minister’s team thought an early election could move the Liberals into majority territory, the uncertainty in Newfoundland may give them pause.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured during a press conference in Ottawa on March 3, 2021. Mr. Trudeau leads a minority government that could be brought down by a confidence vote.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

March 8, 2021

Three elections and three majority governments sent the message that a government managing COVID-19 is rewarded by the voters. That was the general school of thought when Newfoundland and Labrador called its COVID election. But the arrival of the variant crisis has changed all that. The Newfoundla...

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