A walk in the park or a minefield? COVID election may break the mould

The next election has the potential to be like none other. The actual ballot question is impossible to envision. And who knows what most Canadians are looking for after 17 months of struggling with the pandemic?

It also remains to be seen if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and the Liberals can make inroads against Yves-François Blanchet’s Bloc Québécois in Quebec. And B.C. looks like a tough three-way contest pitting the Liberals against Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives and Jagmeet Singh’s NDP, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

August 4, 2021

OTTAWA—All indications are that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will call an election after the week or two of holidays he is currently taking. And there’s no compelling argument against it, since the current Liberal government is on pace to meet the average lifespan of minority regimes. But whet...

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