Canadian election
Trudeau’s weak showing at the G7 Summit may hurt him in the election
Opinions September 7, 2019By: Kelly Grounds, Peak Associate The G7 recently met in France and the summit was particularly important for Trudeau. With a federal election coming up, everyone expected Trudeau to take a strong, decisive stance on both the economy and climate change — both of which are key pillars of his re-election campaign. That didn’t really happen. Throughout the summit, Trudeau’s overall tone was reserved. The meeting with President Trump about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was so uneventful that it did not even merit reporting by the press. Talks about the USMCA were especially vital, given the fact that neither country…
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Start keeping track of candidates’ policies ahead of the election
Opinions July 16, 2019By: Naaz Sekhon, SFU Student The next Canadian federal election will be held this October, and the three major party leaders are preparing their campaigns. Only three months remain until an election that has voters uneasy about the future of…
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