Staggered start: hurdles, boosts for each party at election starting line

Experts say Liberal chances of a majority could be derailed by a fourth COVID wave, the Conservative stance on mandatory vaccinations could hurt the party, and the NDP benefits from Jagmeet Singh's popularity.
With an Aug. 15 visit to Rideau Hall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled the lever on the election machine, sending political apparatus into high gear and tossing parties and their representatives into the open water for a sink-or-swim 36-day campaign. According to

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