As Canada's election race enters its final weekend, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is redoubling efforts to motivate supporters, knowing his bid for re-election on Monday could be doomed by low turnout.
with the opposition Conservatives led by Erin O'Toole, suggesting that getting out the vote will be crucial.
"I understand the frustration that some people are feeling. They just want things to get back to normal and an election isn't getting back to normal," he said at a campaign stop in Windsor, Ontario, where he was again dogged by angry anti-vaccine mandate protestors. Two senior Liberals with direct roles in the campaign both told Reuters they were worried that Canadians might be more focused on returning to their routines - rather than on politics - as increasing numbers of people are fully vaccinated.in record numbers, demand for mail-in ballots has been far lower than expected.
"It's not about convincing people they should think about voting for you anymore. It's about getting the people who are committed to voting for you out to vote," said Darrell Bricker, chief executive of Ipsos Public Affairs.The Liberals lead the Conservatives 31.9% to 30.4%, according to the latest election poll by Nanos Research, with the New Democrats in third at 20.3%. Trudeau has slight edge on O'Toole as preferred prime minister, at 29.8% to 27.8%.
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