To be clear, as of right now, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the greater precinct willing to go on — or even audibly off — the record with a prediction of a snap election before the end of the year.
Even at the apex of the will-they-or-won’t-they suspense over the confidence vote that followed the Speech from the Throne, it was a dicey proposition, given the uncertainty over the scope of what was at the time a still hypothetical second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, but amid skyrocketing case counts across the country, it’s a safe bet that no party would be willing to roll those dice.
