Poilievre’s miscues won’t save Trudeau

Now I’m not arguing Justin Trudeau can’t make a comeback. It’d be difficult, but doable. But for him to succeed, he can’t just rely on Pierre Poilievre to fail.
Poilievre tests the limits of populist flim-flam with his pitch to Canada’s workers

The current version of the strategy is to capitalize on the crushed dreams of middle-class prosperity, and the horrendous income inequality the whole right-wing approach to socio-economic decision-making caused.
Liberals join social media skirmish as attacks on Poilievre target battleground Ontario

In new ads, the governing party has accused the Conservative leader of ‘importing far-right American-style politics here to Canada’.
Message to Conservatives: take a deep breath before firing up the rage machine

If you always plow ahead like a bull in a china shop, you are going to break a lot of glass and leave a mess for everyone.
Partisan clashes cloud implementation of revised Ukraine trade bill as experts pan Tories’ carbon tax complaints

While the Conservative stance is a ‘betrayal of common sense,’ the Liberals have also blown things out of proportion with their rhetoric on the trade deal, say observers.
Poilievre’s cheap shot at CP journalist has not gone unnoticed

By buzzwords and dog whistles, as the Trudeau government contends, Pierre Poilievre is doing his best to create a sense of grievance so powerful that the Liberals will be swept from office like dry leaves in a windstorm. It may not be policy or even credible, but it appears to be working.
Carbon taxes and conservative conscience

Conservatives don’t have a free-market conscience, so why appeal to something that doesn’t exist?
Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

Tory pundit Jordan Paquet says that so long as Conservatives can keep the affordability ball in the Liberals’ court, they can box out the Grits’ latest political wedge play with Bill C-58.
This just in: is Poilievre charismatic?

I’m not saying ‘Pierremania’ will sweep Canada the way ‘Trudeaumania’ did in the 1960s or the way ‘Justinmania’ did in 2015. But no one will ever call Pierre Poilievre dull.
‘I personally believe it’s not enough’: supporters at Poilievre’s Atlantic ‘axe the tax’ rally say Trudeau’s changes to carbon tax won’t sway their vote

In St. John’s, N.L., Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s common-sense message is resonating with young voters.