Althia Raj: Many reasons why Poilievre doesn’t want spring election. One surprising way he could buy more time…

Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Telling Canadians you believe the Liberals are not governing properly but your party can’t defeat them right away because it needs more time to get organized; time to recruit star candidates; time to give Carney a record of unfulfilled promises that you can prosecute; time to, hopefully, lessen the Trump effect after next fall’s U.S. midterms; time to let Carney address the thorny issue of a separatist referendum in Alberta next year (that some of your supporters support); time to improve your own personal polling numbers; and time to find a million new votes is not the most compelling offer Poilievre can deliver. But time is what the Conservative leader needs…