For Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the results of Monday’s by-elections are simply a disaster. A once-safe seat in Montreal has been lost, complementing the loss of an equally safe seat in Toronto three months prior. The Liberals face a shellacking in the next election.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Bloc-Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet now have conclusive evidence that the governing party is mortally weak, that the sooner they combine with the Conservatives to bring it down, the sooner they could reap the political benefits.
Singh’s pension, always Singh’s pension.
