BAs Americans head to the polls, prime ministers and presidents around the world face a delicate question - when to congratulate the eventual winner, especially given the risk the election result will be contested. On the one hand, there's a chance the popular vote will go one way and the Electoral College - which actually determines the winner - the other. In Canada, which has a wealth of border and trade links with the United States, there is a plan to dispatch congratulatory statements only once there's a clear winner - but that may not be obvious. We're going to be watching closely and assessing day by day, if indeed it's an unclear or contested result." "I can't believe they would get dragged into commenting on a disputed election outcome," he told the World Review podcast.

Source: The Star November 03, 2020 16:18 UTC