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FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 5, 2021. REUTERS\/Blair Gable<\/figcaption>

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said for the first time on Friday there could well be an election this year, indicating his government is preparing for a vote he insists he does not want.<\/p>\n

Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party only controls a minority of seats in the House of Commons, which means he needs the support of opposition parties to govern and can be brought down if they unite against him.<\/p>\n

Trudeau, who says his priority is tackling the coronavirus epidemic, has previously sidestepped questions about an election, saying merely that one was theoretically possible.<\/p>\n

But on Friday he acknowledged the likelihood that Canadians would be voting this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we are in a minority government, and that could well happen,\u201d he told Montreal\u2019s CHOU 1450 AM radio station when asked about the chances of a national vote in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur priority as a government is going to be helping people get through this pandemic and I hope the different opposition parties will help us … it\u2019s not in our interests to have an election, people want us to work together to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n

A string of recent opinion polls suggests that the Liberals, while ahead of their Conservative rivals, would most likely fall short of winning a majority.<\/p>\n

Liberal insiders told Reuters last year that a snap election was likely at some point in 2021 rather than at the scheduled end of the legislature in 2023.<\/p>\n

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