On September 20, Canada entered a federal election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; lots of things happened in the campaign, but not much happened in the result — the Tories, Greens, and People’s Party maintained their seat count of 119, 2, and 0 respectively, while the Liberals gained 4, and the Bloc and NDP both 1. Even the two main parties’ percentage of vote share stayed the same this time around.
Leaders other than Trudeau blasted this election as ‘useless’, ‘a waste of money’, and a ‘power grab’, and with the election costing $600 million, they weren’t wrong. But people are also wrong to say nothing happened at all, as this election has brought up a lot of interesting individual riding races (along with intriguing electoral history) worth talking about.