Trudeau ‘dodged the bullet’ but will now run the country and party from a ‘weakened’ position, say politicos

'They had that big stick in their hand, which was the election call. They cannot call an election for at least the next year, without the opposition doing egregious things,' says pollster Greg Lyle.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth hotel in downtown Montreal on election night. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 22, 2021

After losing his gamble of calling an election in the midst of COVID-19 to win a majority, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will now run the country and his party from a weakened position as the opposition parties will do everything they can to embarrass the government in Parliament, which will dominat...

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