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Justin Trudeau is about to call an unneeded pandemic election. The least he can do is help make it a safe one
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| Contributor | Bojicat |
| Last Edited | Bojicat Aug 09, 2021 07:47pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | The Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Sunday, August 8, 2021 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | That’s a lot of tiny pencils.
Elections Canada, the independent agency that oversees federal elections, has ordered 16 million golf pencils to mark ballots in anticipation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling a general election.
Mr. Trudeau is expected to ask the Governor-General to dissolve Parliament in the coming days, foisting a vote on Canadians this fall.
No one is asking for a snap election. But if Mr. Trudeau wants to call one, and jeopardize the health of voters and poll workers for political gain, that’s his prerogative.
It falls to Elections Canada to turn the Prime Minister’s hubris into reality, while keeping Canadians as safe as possible from the surging COVID-19 Delta variant.
Hence all the single-use pencils, just one strategy the agency has been touting to try to reassure people that casting a ballot can be a safe activity this fall.
Four provinces – Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick – have managed to hold general elections during the pandemic. And Nova Scotians go to the polls on Aug. 17.
So it can be done, if that’s what Mr. Trudeau decides is best for him and his party. |
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