Chihiro Yoshihara
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called this snap election in mid-August and will take place on September 20, 2021. Conservative leader Erin O'Toole criticized that now's not time for an election, because Canada was entering its fourth pandemic wave. This article describes some key issues that could shape the outcome of the election: Stretched household budgets, the environment and healthcare. All the party leaders have pitched various solutions to Canada's overhead real estate market. In terms of the environment, record-breaking deadly heat waves caused wildfires and drought across a large section of the prairies. Thus voters claim that the environment is an even more immediate concern than before. Lastly, due to the pandemic, healthcare has become more serious concern. The voters need better access to mental health services not just to the health system. Canada has weathered Covid-19 relatively well compared with places like the U.S., but it has effects on the economy, especially among lower income Canadians. Liberal needs to add at least 15 seats to clinch a majority government so far, yet a minority government is typically in Canada.
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