Is CBC testing the waters for Trudie to call an early election?
Boost in support for Liberals the biggest for a minority government in 60 years
It would seem to me that given the circumstance, a fall snap election would logically be all but certain.
You have a Conservative opposition that will still be on it's back foot fresh off a leadership campaign, parliament kneecapped since March with zero accountability from the Liberals on $250,000,000,000.00 (and counting) of emergency spending. You have a public who's sense of normalcy has been completely disrupted, and Trudeau who has been throwing money at them as fast as he could possibly manage. You have the daily campaign-style briefings from the cottage steps....nothing like daily media exposure, catching soft-balls from the media like it was pulled from the script of Wag The Dog. Prior to all the craziness, Trudeau had only eeked out a weak minority mandate that would have been precarious at best, and most likely indefensible given the enormous damage to the economy this little pisant inflicted on our economy in the last 5 years. This pandemic was a gift from the gods for him.
The impact from all this massive spending, resulting debt-load, and a devastated economy is going to be felt over the next several decades, but will be particularly painful over the next several years. Increasing taxes and deep cuts to social spending are inevitable. Our economy is going to suffer massive damage. High unemployment rates will be the norm for the foreseeable future. Trudeau's once touted "debt to GDP" metric which he has used for the last half decade to justify his insane spending has been obliterated, he has run out of runway and has no more excuses...his bag of tricks is almost empty.
The chickens are going to come home to roost in the coming couple of years and things will only get worse into the future...much worse. Trudeau will want to try to grab a majority mandate before this happens. I suspect an election may be imminent.