It’s hard to believe, but we can now say that the federal election is “next year.” Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are already through three-quarters of their mandate, a period marked by great social and political upheavals, both internationally and domestically. The government has embraced policy moves in areas such as climate change, feminism, cannabis legalization, electoral reform and the restoration of a nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Throughout, Trudeau and his team have cultivated a highly personal and unabashedly progressive brand — with varying degrees of success in the public sphere. He goes up against three new opposition leaders during the next campaign.
A panel of public policy and political experts, moderated by Policy Options editor-in-chief Jennifer Ditchburn, took stock of these last three tumultuous years, but also looked ahead to the next federal election and what might be in store.
