Lack of strong rival may hurt Canada's Trudeau in election


  • World
  • Thursday, 05 Aug 2021

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plays with children at the daycare in Carrefour de l'Isle-Saint-Jean school in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, July 27, 2021. REUTERS/John Morris

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces an unusual challenge as he prepares to call an early election - without a strong opponent to rail against, the vote may fragment and leave him with another minority government.

Trudeau, 49, is expected to call a September vote any day now, taking advantage of a recovering economy and ramped-up vaccine roll out to try and regain the parliamentary majority he lost in 2019.

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