A Memorial University political scientist says some interesting outcomes may derive from the new minority government in Ottawa.

Kelly Blidook expects the Liberals to carry on as they have, just as a minority government and look for support as they need it. The NDP is best positioned to be the party the Liberals work with and what people will probably see the most of.

However, that doesn’t mean there won’t be cooperation with other parties.

Blidook says the NDP will probably push harder for things like a national pharmacare program and attention on climate change.

It will remain to be seen whether we see a government that is inclined to spend more or tax more, but it will end up being something that probably wasn’t exactly as promised—because no one party can deliver exactly as promised.

He says minority governments have a tendency to only about two years, so chances are there won’t be a fixed election date four years from now.

Meanwhile, another MUN political scientist says Trudeau has a “comfortable minority” with 157 seats, only 13 away from a majority.

Amanda Bittner says Trudeau can cobble together lots of different people from different parties to work together, depending on the kind of bill he tries to pass.

She says she wouldn’t be surprised if Trudeau governs with some confidence for the next while because it should not be that hard to gather coalitions of people who agree with what he is trying to do—whatever that may be.