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Canadians heading to the polls

We are setting ourselves up for quite the interesting fall – the kind that accompanies leaves falling, candies being handed out, and one or two pumpkins being smashed. As the country already should know, we are headed to the polls for the very first federal election since the pandemic first came to Canada.

Snap elections aren’t often called, with the last one called by Stephen Harper in 2008. It is fairly clear that Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party believe they have an advantage with the one set for Sept. 20. When Stephen Harper called the last snap election, it wasn ’t exactly the ideal outcome. They went into the election with a minority government and came away with one.

This election is already spelling trouble for the Liberals. At time of print, we were heading into the third week of the election campaign. According to several pollster, including Angus Reid Institute, Léger, Abacus Data and Ipsos, the Liberals lost ground during the first week of campaigning. This comes as the Conservatives and NDP are slowly gaining some traction across the country. This isn’t necessarily surprising as the Liberals have yet to release a comprehensive platform, while the Conservatives and NDP have both released their platforms.

The Liberals might not have the easy election they hoped for. Once they release their political platform, it should make them on equal grounds with the other parties. But for now, the Liberals have some work to do; after all, they are sitting at an approval rate of around 41 per cent and a disproval rate of 42 per cent, according to the Abacus Data poll.

The Bloc Québécois are still trailing behind the Liberals in Quebec (Liberals at 37 per cent and the Bloc at 27 per cent), according to the Ipsos poll. The Green Party was able to increase the number of seats held in the house in the previous election; let’ s see if they are able to pull it off again in the 2021 election.

For more information regarding what this means to the skilled trades, flip to the next page. Make sure to get out and vote this September! Plumbing & HVAC magazine has a new addition to the team, Francesco Lo Presti. Assuming the role of assistant editor on July 12th, Lo Presti has been put to work with his daily contributions to the magazine and website. A graduate from the

University of Guelph-Humber, Lo Presti obtained a Bachelor of Arts in media studies with an emphasis in journalism.

Please welcome Lo Presti as he continues to cover the industry. He can be reached at francesco@plumbingandhvac.ca

September 2021 Volume 31, Number 6 ISSN 1919-0395

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