Tension mounts in Canada as election nears
[AFP]Julien BESSET, with Michel COMTE in Ottawa ,AFP•October 18, 2019
Montreal (AFP) - With just three days left before Canada votes in a hotly contested election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative rival Andrew Scheer on Friday ratcheted up the mudslinging, as both seek to avoid ending up with a minority government.
Policy announcements gave way to calls to vote strategically on Monday -- for Trudeau's Liberals, that means staying in power and preventing a rollback of his progressive policies.
They claimed the Tories were seeking to allow assault rifles on Canadian streets.
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Somehow I hope the Conservative, Scheer can win but even then, the breadth and scope of their election is fairly tame I'd say compared to ours.
I think Trudeau has indicated, he would bring in more gun control and more immigrants. Those are more or less, some of the hot-button issues and economics too.
Trudeau did fall behind in the polls but it's probably tightened up again and sometimes, poll are meaningless.
