November – december 2019

New Challenges – It is fashionable in political circles these days to say, “Elections have consequences.” But it is true. The Liberals have formed a minority government in the 2019 elec-tion. It was a close election, and the situ-ation is similar to 2004. The Liberals have lost a majority government and now have a lame duck leader with less credibility in Canada and internation-ally than existed back then. The CPC has made gains. How long this Liberal PM and leader will last is in question. He is not an asset to the party. His inability to retain majority proves this and will not go unnoticed in the Liberal Party. A lot depends on the CPC now. They will need to continue to demonstrate in Parliament and from coast to coast that they are ready to govern.