Federal election results: what our experts are saying

October 22, 2019

The Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, are heading back to parliament for a second consecutive term as the governing party, although they’ll need to negotiate support from at least one other party in order to pass any legislation while they are in office. Here is what some of our political scientists had to say about the federal election results:

• Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (BBC World News)
• Sylvia Bashevkin of Political Science and the Munk School (Washington Post)
• Andrew McDougall of UTSC (New York Times) (CBC Online) (CP24) (The Week)
• Erin Tolley of Political Science (Globe and Mail)
• Peter Loewen of Political Science and the Munk School (CBC Online) (National Post) (Global News) (Toronto Star)
• Christopher Cochrane of Political Science and the Munk School (National Post) (CTV News Channel)
• Nelson Wiseman of Political Science (Washington Post) (Toronto Star) (Dawn) (CGTN) (SBS) (Minneapolis Star Tribune) (The Standard)
• John McAndrews of Political Science and the Munk School (CTV News) (CTV News Online)
• Peter Russell of Political Science (Al-Jazeera Online)

Photo: Nelson Wiseman