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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party Projected to Win Parliamentary
Elections

VOA News

   Canadian news outlets are predicting that Prime Minister Justin
   Trudeau's Liberal Party will win a second term in office, but will have
   to do so as a minority government.
   As of late Monday night, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said
   Trudeau's Liberals were either elected or leading in 146 of 338
   legislative districts, versus just 118 for the Conservatives, led by
   Andrew Scheer. If the results hold, that would leave the Liberals short
   of the 170 seats needed for a solid working majority. Trudeau would
   have to form a governing coalition with one or more smaller parties,
   most likely the progressive New Democrats.
   The 47-year-old Trudeau won a definitive parliamentary majority in
   2015, leading the first Liberal government in 10 years. During his
   term, he has become a champion of liberals worldwide for his support of
   free trade, diversity, environmental policies and taking an active role
   on the world stage.
   But Trudeau's bid for a second term was threatened by a handful of
   scandals, both personal and political in nature. At least three
   photographs of Trudeau in blackface and brown face from the 1990s and
   early 2000s surfaced just weeks ahead of the vote.

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