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15 September 2021

Canadian election 2021: Will Justin Trudeau’s Liberals be defeated?

The Canadian prime minister’s decision to call a snap election is looking risky as polling day approaches.

By Ben Walker

Having governed without a majority since 2019, Canadian prime minister and Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau has long hoped to achieve outright victory. Yet his party has not only fallen behind in the polls since he called a snap election in August, it now runs the risk of losing its largest party status in parliament.





There are many seats marked by forecaster 338Canada as being in “toss-up” territory, suggesting this contest, and Trudeau’s political future, may go to the wire.





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