Canada's official opposition Conservatives on Saturday chose a little-known, 38-year-old leader to fight a 2019 election against Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau but only after a fierce contest that revealed internal divisions. We can't go through another four years of Justin Trudeau." The right-of-center Conservatives held power for nearly a decade under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper before the center-left Liberals won in 2015. According to a Nanos Research poll, Trudeau is the preferred choice as prime minister for 46 per cent of Canadians. "If the Conservative Party doesn't have a strong lead over the Liberals on the question of which party has the best economic plan, it will struggle."

Source: The Star May 28, 2017 03:45 UTC