Elxn#44 will go down as the ‘backlash’ election against Trudeau Liberals, say politicos

Justin Trudeau took the country to the polls but never offered a satisfactory reason for calling an election in the midst of the pandemic, says pollster Frank Graves.

It's showtime: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. It's election day across Canada on Monday, Sept. 20. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 20, 2021

The Sept. 20 federal election will be remembered as the “backlash” election, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the country to the polls in the midst of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic but failed to convince Canadians that he needed to do so. Canadians negative reaction to this de...

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