Fall Election? Pundits’ Views Differ on Favourability of Timing for Liberals, Tories

Fall Election? Pundits’ Views Differ on Favourability of Timing for Liberals, Tories
The Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 23, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Lee Harding
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Despite indications that a fall federal election could be a possibility, some are advising that going to the polls a few months from now may not be the right time for either the Liberals or the Conservatives.

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said on May 14 that if the pandemic is under control, an election campaign could begin on Aug. 16 without interfering with the Quebec municipal elections in November. A minimum 36-day campaign that starts in mid-August would wrap up by late September.
Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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