Canadians began voting in a general election Monday, with surveys predicting that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party could return with a weakened minority government or lose his grip on power entirely. After 40 days of campaigning, neither of the parties -- Liberal or Conservative -- that have led Canada since Confederation in 1867 is expected to secure an absolute majority of seats in parliament. "We need a strong, progressive government that will unite Canadians and fight climate change -- not a progressive opposition," Trudeau told a rally in a suburb of Vancouver after whistle-stops in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta. "We can only imagine what the NDP's price would be to keep Justin Trudeau in power," he said. "Whatever it is, we know Trudeau would pay any price to stay in power and he'd use your money to do it."

Source: Mint October 21, 2019 15:10 UTC