ELECTIONS CANADA 2019 - JUSTIN TRUDEAU THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER

JUSTIN TRUDEAU - PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA 
By Bernard Bujold - 
All indications are that Justin Trudeau will be Canada's next Prime Minister after October 21, 2019.
Indeed, legally, the outgoing Prime Minister remains so until he submits his resignation to the Governor General. 
For example, suppose that out of 338 seats in Parliament, the Conservatives get 140 and the Liberals 130. Since the majority to be achieved is 170, it will require the support of the other parties to form a government. As outgoing Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau can negotiate until January 2020, before resigning, and try to form a coalition with another party to gain the support of at least 40 MPs from the other parties in the House. 
Because Andrew Scheer does not want a coalition and the other parties do not want to associate themselves with the Conservatives either, the door is wide open for Justin Trudeau, even if he mathematically lost the October 21 elections! 
Justin has more than one trick in his bag and observers were surprised to learn of Barack Obama's support. 
If Donald Trump had been criticized for accepting Vladimir Putin's indirect support in front of the Russian media, Barack Obama is now using Twitter to officially invite all Canadians to vote for Justin Trudeau... 
It seems that the support would be legal if no money was paid to Obama in exchange for his support. Justin Trudeau did not want to say whether he was the one who asked Barack to support him, or whether he was the one who offered it...
The support is likely to be talked about in the media and it will have to be seen whether or not the action will give Justin Trudeau a victory. If it is a victory, Justin and Barack will surely celebrate the event during the former American president's visit to Montreal on November 14. If it is a defeat, then the two will probably cry together... 
To conclude, let us mention a good news for election day: the temperature will be sunny and around 17 Celsius. 

 SEE STORY ON COALITION  

 SEE STORY ON SUPPORT BY BARACK OBAMA