That's exactly why Trudeau wants an election now and not later. He's never going to be higher in the polls than he is right now. It's all down hill from here for him, so he wants an election now while he's still in majority territory in the polls.

Trudeau could trigger an election right now if he wanted to. The government has the right to resign any time they want. But if he did that, he'd be the one forcing everyone back to the polls and in the middle of the pandemic, and that would likely cost him the election. So he's trying to trick the opposition into trigging the election so they can incur that penalty instead of the LPC being to blame.

That's the game that's being played right now. Good on the NDP for staying one step ahead.