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ELECTION WATCH: ELECTION DAY

CANADA
(MNI) OTTAWA
  • Voting began at 7am EST in Atlantic Canada, first results come after polls close there at 7pm EST. Some totals may be delayed by an outsized number of mail-in ballots, results posted at https://enr.elections.ca/National.aspx?lang=e
  • Party needs a majority of 338 seats in House of Commons to control government; a minority means opposition support is needed to pass confidence votes such as budgets
  • Liberal PM Justin Trudeau seeks a 3rd term and to regain the majority he lost in the 2019 campaign; Conservative Erin O'Toole is main opponent; NDP and Bloc Quebecois may also win enough seats to be power brokers in a minority government
  • Major parties all support big deficits in short term
  • Liberal chance of winning a minority of seats 57% according to CBC Poll Tracker; chance of Conservative minority 25%
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com

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