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WHEN?

Re An Election? Why? And Why Now? (Editorial, July 29): I see no argument to postpone the election because of the pandemic – not when we are having the Calgary Stampede and about to welcome Americans back into Canada.

The average Canadian minority government has lasted 479 days. This one is at more than 600 days. Being a democracy means having elections, even when parties afraid of losing seats may prefer to avoid one.

Tom MacDonald Ottawa

In 2017, then-lieutenant-governor Judith Guichon refused thenpremier Christy Clark’s election request, following the loss of a non-confidence vote in the B.C. legislature. She instead invited opposition leader John Horgan to form a government.

In that instance, an election had been held a short time earlier.

And it seemed clear that an alternative government could be formed – one that would enjoy the confidence of the House.

Tom Urbaniak

Professor of political science, Cape Breton University; Sydney, N.S.

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