But these polling surges could make some minority governments think about rolling the dice — unless COVID-19 makes them think twice. The most recent big survey, conducted by Narrative Research in May , put his Progressive Conservatives 18 percentage points ahead of the opposition Liberals. Asked this week about the possibility of an early election, British Columbia Premier John Horgan said that a vote is "mandated by next October. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)That would make an early election call perilous. Voting in the time of COVIDElections officials still have to be prepared for an early election, even if it's not likely to happen.

Source: CBC News July 25, 2020 08:01 UTC