Challenges for Canada’s Minority Liberal Government
Challenges for Canada’s Minority Liberal Government

Author(s): Paweł Markiewicz
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Economic policy, Environmental and Energy policy, Government/Political systems
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Canada; liberals; government; minority; politics; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) remains the largest political party in the lower chamber of federal parliament following the results of early elections in Canada. The prime minister however had counted on a majority, which would have allowed him to more easily enact LPC’s key economic and social policies. In a minority government, Trudeau will be forced to search for support from among the remaining parliamentary parties. The lack of a majority may also complicate the pursuit of ambitious foreign policy to fight climate change and assume broader engagement in the Indo-Pacific and Arctic.

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