Poilievre may have wanted to avoid an election. But maybe not like this

Aaron Wherry/CBC: Cynically, one might have wondered whether Poilievre’s recent enthusiasm for collaboration was inspired, at least in part, by a simple desire to avoid an election. 

To be seen working constructively at a fraught moment for the country might have the potential to improve Poilievre’s public image. But more than that, working with the government to pass legislation would make it harder for the government to argue that an election is necessary because of parliamentary obstruction — an argument that Liberals have seemingly been itching to make lately…