Trudeau’s leadership faces further stress tests in series of coming byelections

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s judgment could also be under scrutiny pending the party’s performance in the Elmwood-Transcona, Man., byelection, says pollster Nik Nanos.
Upcoming byelections in Quebec, Manitoba, B.C., and Nova Scotia could further test voter and caucus support for Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, as well as the durability of his supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing at least four more public tests of his leadership, with a “mixed bag” of upcoming byelections that could either shift a losing narrative, or produce an “accumulation effect” of losses that casts further doubt on his future, sa...

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