Kelly McParland: Canada’s upcoming election is like that monolith that turned up in a Utah desert a few months back: no one knew where it came from, what it meant or why it was there. It just was.
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The campaign will surely focus on the government’s COVID performance — did I get you vaccines, or did I get you vaccines? — and all that money that was spent. Would tightfisted Tories have doubled the debt on Canadians’ behalf? Would Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole have sent $636 million to teenagers? Presumably Trudeau feels he did a good job and voters will demonstrate their gratitude, notwithstanding a few debacles along the way .
The polls are tepid at best. The Liberals are apparently ahead, though by how much is open to debate. You have to wonder about polls taken in the summer in the midst of a pandemic, especially after 16 months in which opposition figures have been virtually silenced while the prime minister enjoyed regular access to an often confused and compliant media.
The border is not fully open. Americans can visit Canada, but Canadians won’t share similar ease of access to the United States until Washington gives the word, and there’s no sign when that might be. There are new outbreaks in British Columbia, and considerable unease at Alberta’s decision to throw aside caution and declare that happy days have returned. Canadians aren’t allowed into England or ScotlandThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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