Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in an abysmal political situation, and the hits keep on coming. Before the House of Commons returned for the fall sitting, the New Democrats terminated the supply and confidence agreement that had inoculated the minority Liberal government since March of 2022. Successive public opinion polls predict Trudeau’s demise in the next election, set for October 20, 2025, but which could come any time based on Trudeau’s weighting of an early election call as a way out of his current situation and the government’s exposure to non-confidence motions.
