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Election has neutralized Liberals’ opponents, Trudeau could do big things

The breakdown of seats may be the same as the last Parliament, but the power dynamics are very different, and from the Liberal perspective it was a pivotal election, hardly inconsequential.

Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole, Jagmeet Singh, Yves-François Blanchet, and Annamie Paul, picture. While Trudeau does not have a majority government, the case can be made that what he did get was a majority in effect, with opposition parties that may goad him here or there, but who have been forced into a compliant relationship, writes Andrew Cardozo. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
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