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The Province | Analysis: Justin Trudeau and the parable of the foolish prince

September 20, 2021

For Justin Trudeau to call a pandemic election because he was up in the polls was calculating and self-serving, Law faculty member Jeffrey Meyers says. But people often get angry at minority governments when they call elections anyway. The real annoyance is the potential futility of it all, he said, that Canada might end with what looks like the most likely outcome, an expensive and divisive near-reproduction of the previous Parliament. Read more