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Tom Mulcair: Three reasons why the Liberals won’t want to delay the next election

Opposition parties have been working on the assumption that the Liberals will be seeking a way to extend the life of their minority government once their new leader is chosen.

That assumption may be dead wrong.

Canada will likely be heading into an election right after the Liberal leadership race. The “natural governing party” won’t be waiting around for the opposition to decide the election date. The countdown towards the next vote will begin the minute our new prime minister gets sworn in.


I can’t see the Liberals giving up their planned Trump Tariff Slush fund without at least some time at the trough.

Liberals open to recalling Parliament if opposition parties want to pass tariff relief, minister says

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