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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a media availability on June 8. Like every provincial incumbent premier that has gone to the electorate during the pandemic, Trudeau is hoping to be rewarded for his leadership during this crisis, writes Tim Powers.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

June 23, 2021

OTTAWA—Here is one phrase you have never heard before: “Ottawa is abuzz with rumours of an election sometime this fall.” The golden shovels never get put down in the nation’s capital, and only a few people of course know the truth about when an election will happen. The rest of us, as they s...

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