Professor emeritus Cody speaks with WLBZ about Canadian election
Howard Cody, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Maine, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) for the report, “How Canada’s election could impact Maine.” Canadians voted to replace their conservative prime minister with the liberal Justin Trudeau, according to the report, which means liberals will have most of the country’s legislative power for the first time in about a decade. Cody, who has studied Canadian politics for decades, said Trudeau’s policies could affect Mainers who live along the border or make a living on tourism. He is proposing major government spending in Canada, a sharp contrast to his predecessor, the report states. “[Trudeau] wants to spend more money on infrastructure, for example, that might boost the Canadian economy,” Cody said. “It’s supposed to do so anyway — that’s the intention — even though it’s going to run deficits and the like. This may provide some boost to the Canadian dollar which I suppose would help Maine to some extent.”