
Polls open for tight election in Canada as Trudeau seeks to fend off conservative rival
CNN
Polls opened in Canada on Monday for a tightly contested general election pitting incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau against a conservative rival.
Trudeau called the snap election in mid-August, barely two years into his minority government, betting he could capitalize on his handling of the pandemic to win a majority in parliament.
But once-favorable polls for Trudeau and his Liberals quickly reversed course, with the Conservative Party's Erin O'Toole fighting his way into a statistical tie, according to national tracking surveys over the past few day

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