Justin Trudeau makes final plea to voters ahead of Canada election

Conservative leader Erin O’Toole, left, and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau (Justin Tang/AP)

On the final campaign day of a tight election battle, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau warned that his Conservative opponents would weaken the nation’s battle against the pandemic and said Canadians need a government that follows science.

Polls indicate Mr Trudeau’s Liberal Party is in a close race with the rival Conservatives and that it is unlikely on Monday to get the outright majority needed to govern without relying on an opposition party to remain in power.