Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are poised to win another minority government in Canada’s federal elections held amidst the pandemic. While not all ballots are yet counted and mail-in ballots are to be counted in coming days, the Liberals are poised to win more seats than the rivals but their seat count will stand shy of the 170 seats required to form a majority government. Trudeau’s Liberals, promising to continue the party’s progressive path on climate action and finishing “the fight against COVID-19,” had defended the decision to call another election in two years, saying Canadians needed to decide who will lead the country toward ending the pandemic. The party faced criticism throughout the campaign from opposition parties for calling the election amid a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that Trudeau’s motivation was to strengthen his power base. More to come