Given the uncertainty that hangs over its leadership, it’s not hard for Canadians to imagine a country without a fully functioning government.
Opposition parties are clamouring for an election, and no one knows if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will stay on or resign or if Parliament, assuming it resumes, will be dissolved following a vote of non-confidence. Public support for Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals is at an all-time low—16 percent according to the latest Angus Reid poll—while the wounds inflicted by Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from cabinet still fester.
