OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s grip on a nervous Liberal caucus is weaker today.
The separatist Bloc Québécois stole a Liberal seat in suburban Montreal and Trudeau’s ex-governing partner, the NDP, held onto a Winnipeg riding — results that will embolden Trudeau’s internal critics, and gladden the hearts of his parliamentary Opposition, just as the minority government opened a fall sitting in the Commons.
Trudeau and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh both saw their parties lose big shares of the popular vote.
In short – Neither the LPC or NDP will want an election anytime soon after these results.
