Justin Trudeau will remain Canada’s prime minister following the vote in an early election on Monday, Canadian broadcasters projected. The prime minister called the election last month, two years ahead of schedule, expecting that the boost in his popularity provided by his handling of the pandemic would give him the majority he was denied in 2019. Preliminary results suggest that the final numbers will largely mirror those of the 2019 election. While disgruntlement about the election call dominated the five-week campaign, the pandemic intensified as a campaign issue over the final days. Mr. Trudeau has proposed mandatory vaccination for some and championed vaccine passports.

Source: New York Times September 21, 2021 03:03 UTC