Liberals lose poll lead in election 2021 gamble
OTTAWA – When Justin Trudeau called the federal election 2021 on August the 15th, with still two years left in his mandate, the federal Liberal party had a nearly 10-point lead over the Conservative party. He took a gamble that the public would look positively on this government’s Covid-19 response, and that the Delta variant fourth wave would not emerge. With the popularity of the Conservatives then at a low point, and internal division emerging around party leader Erin O’Toole, there were Liberal hopes of getting a majority government and not having to negotiate with the NDP or Bloc