OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s third ethics probe in as many years will bring greater parliamentary scrutiny to his government’s COVID-19 spending, analysts said on Tuesday, as polls showed him losing gains made while managing the pandemic.
Trudeau’s Liberal Party was soaring in polls earlier this month after having shoveled more than $210 billion in direct emergency aid out the door in less than four months and as Canada got the coronavirus outbreak under control.
