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John Brewin and Nils Engell have collaborated on this post. Nils is a recent graduate from Trent University and a member of the extended Brewin clan. The next federal election is set for April 28—a short four and a half weeks away. The Liberal Party of Canada is now favoured to win a majority or strong minority government. The Conservatives are rated as having only a 1% chance of electing a government. As you probably know, it wasn’t that way just three months ago. The national polls are almost unanimous in placing the Liberals ahead in current voting intentions. At this point it doesn’t seem likely that will change much, although it would not be a surprise if they showed a even stronger edge for the government. In January the Liberals were below 20% in the polls and were sinking slowly towards third party status in Parliament. Their recovery began the moment Trudeau announced he was going to resign. Mark Carney then announced he would run for the post of Liberal leader and the r...