AP, TORONTOCanadians were yesterday electing a new Parliament after a tight election campaign that has raised the threat of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being knocked from power after one term. The 47-year-old Trudeau channeled the star power of his father, the liberal icon and former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, when he won in 2015, but a combination of scandal and high expectations have damaged his prospects. Not in 84 years has a first-term Canadian prime minister with a parliamentary majority lost a bid for re-election. Trudeau reasserted liberalism in 2015 after almost 10 years of Conservative Party government in Canada, but he is one of the few remaining progressive leaders in the world. Scheer, 40, has called Trudeau a phony who cannot even recall how many times he has worn blackface.

Source: Taipei Times October 21, 2019 15:56 UTC