OTTAWA—Members of Canada’s Conservative Party picked Erin O’Toole, a former military officer and veterans minister, to be the new leader in results revealed Monday morning, entrusting him with leading the country’s main political opposition party back to power against a scandal-weary Liberal government. Another national election could be in the offing as early as the fall, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowing to introduce a post-pandemic economic-recovery plan that will be subject to a confidence vote in the legislature....

Source: Wall Street Journal August 24, 2020 06:33 UTC