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What happens next in Canada with a minority government

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While formal coalitions are unlikely, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must now forge new partnerships

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau celebrates his victory with his supporters at the Palais des Congres in Montreal on October 21 2019. Picture: SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP

Preliminary results indicate the Liberals won 156 seats in the 338-seat House of Commons, 14 short of a majority. The NDP was on track to win 24 seats. To govern Canada, Trudeau must show he has the confidence of the House of Commons, the elected lower chamber of parliament. There is almost no chance of a formal coalition, in which the New Democrats would serve in a Trudeau cabinet. Canada has only had one coalition: in 1917, during World War 1.

Trudeau lost two cabinet ministers, so he must replace them in a formal ceremony presided over by governor-general Julie Payette, the Canada-based representative of the head of state, Queen Elizabeth.

 

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