Canada’s tight election heads into final stretch – Raw Story
From www.rawstory.com
2021-09-16 11:17:00
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt:
Tensions are mounting four days ahead of Canada’s legislative elections as Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on citizens to “vote strategically” to block a Conservative surge as he faces a potential defeat at the hands of rookie Tory leader Erin O’Toole.
According to polls, the two major parties that have ruled Canada since its 1867 confederation are in a statistical dead heat, each garnering the support of 32 percent of respondents, while the leftist New Democratic Party trails far behind.
If the numbers hold, Canada could see a repeat of the 2019 general election in which Trudeau’s once-mighty juggernaut party was reduced to a minority government.
“The fight is escalating between the two political parties,” pollster Jean-Marc Leger told AFP.
