Slow and steady may win the race: Canada opposition leader seeks to dethrone Trudeau. By David Ljunggren
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A month ago the prospect of Canada’s charismatic Liberal prime minister, Justin Trudeau, losing power to a little-known ex-air force navigator would have been faintly ridiculous.
When Trudeau called the Sept. 20 election, he had a hefty lead in opinion polls. But with less than two weeks to go, public opinion has soured on him to such an extent that Conservative leader Erin O’Toole could end Trudeau’s six years in office.
Trudeau, 49, sought the vote – two years ahead of schedule – to try to capitalize on his management of the pandemic to win a majority in parliament. Since 2019, he has only had a minority, forcing him to depend on other parties to govern.
But he appears to have underestimated the repercussions of calling the election during a worsening fourth wave of COVID-19, and O’Toole never speaks without accusing the prime… https://ift.tt/3BSTm4Z

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