Posted on 08/15/2021 8:54:03 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Trudeau announced the election would be held on Sept. 20 after visiting the governor general, who holds a mostly ceremonial position representing Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
“We’ve had your back, and now it’s time to hear your voice,” Trudeau said. “Canadians need to choose how we finish the fight against COVID-19."
Trudeau is seeking to win a majority of seats in Parliament. His Liberal Party fell just short of that two years ago and must rely on the opposition to pass legislation.
The election comes as Canada is experiencing a new wave of COVID-19 cases, apparenly driven by the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Trudeau isn’t as popular as he once was, but his government’s handling of the pandemic has been widely viewed as a success. After a slow start Canada now has enough vaccine for every citizen. More than 71% of eligible Canadians are full vaccinated and over 82% have received at least one dose. The government has spent billions to prop up the economy amid lockdowns that have now lifted.
But if the result is another minority government, the “knives will start to come out," said Robert Bothwell, a professor of Canadian history and international relations at the University of Toronto.
“Trudeau is not widely liked. He’s what the Liberals have so they will fall in behind him, but if he loses he’s toast,” Bothwell said.
“It’s not that he’s unpopular but there’s no affection there. The Liberals behave as if he is this beloved figure but he’s not. The novelty is gone. But there’s still enough there and the performance on COVID was pretty solid so I think people will balance these things going into the election and vote for Trudeau.”
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Don’t worry, mail-in and harvested ballots, ya know, because of “safety” will win the day
Vote the Liberals out and they’ll throw out Trudeau
The opposition to the Liberals is weak.
Face they’re all WOKE
Justin Castro.
Yep, his mom was a gutter collector of errant sperm, and Fidel ‘got in there’. The calendar matches up well in 9months post Cuba visit. Unlucky Pierre did not mail that in— the stupid a@@ lazy fairy.
Dominion getting right to work.
Is he going to require proof of vaccination to vote?
I’m predicting that pretty-face gets his votes. Canadians have been turned into the biggest bunch of compliant wusses and wimps during his reign. They will vote for “safety” and lose what few freedoms they had.
Not all of us.
Unfortunately, “not all of us” is nowhere NEAR enough, and this will indeed be a cakewalk for Princess Justine Castro, and his entire party KNOWS it.
Probably.
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