According to several news outlets, the Liberal Party has won a minority government, winning 156 seats in Parliament. This is significantly short of the 170 required for a majority government, but it does mean that Justin Trudeau remains Prime Minister of Canada, despite the recent SNC-Lavalin and blackface/brownface scandals. The Andrew Scheer-led Conservatives will be…
Your Canadian Federal Election Primer The headline gives it all away, to be sure. I predict a minority government in Canada. And I don’t think it will be an effective one. And I don’t think this government lasts four years. Here’s why. According to Yahoo: Canada research, taxes are the biggest concern amongst Canadians. Much…
Canadian Elections 2019 – Opinion: A Minority Government In Canada The Canadian Federal Election is happening right now. Canada is the United States’ biggest trade partner, and we share the longest open border on the planet. However, many Americans don’t understand the Canadian election and their politics, instead trying to fit it in an American…
On Wednesday, September 18th, Time Magazine published a photo of Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in “brownface”, dated 2001. The photo was taken at an end of year “Arabian Nights” party in British Columbia, where Trudeau was a private school teacher, aged 29 at the time. To his credit, Trudeau apologized profusely…