Distance from Trudeau an advantage for Liberals on the Rock
A winning strategy out East seems to include flushing the words ‘Liberal’ and ‘Liberal Party’ until the national mood on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau changes.
Renewed ‘Team Canada’ effort in the U.S. needs to take advantage of parliamentary links on Capitol Hill, says former Grit MP Easter
‘Those personal relationships built up over time are extremely important and I don’t think are recognized enough by cabinet ministers,’ says Wayne Easter.
Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract
Mandatory criteria used in ArriveCan application procurement were ‘overly restrictive’ and ‘favoured’ GC Strategies Inc. as an existing CBSA supplier, which led to the awarding of a $25-million contract to the company in the centre of misconduct allegations.
Liberal slump could be an opportunity for NDP, but polarized campaigns historically favour the Grits, say observers
In the latest Abacus Data survey, one in five NDP supporters said they voted Liberal in the last election. But one in 10 past NDP voters said they would now cast a ballot for the Conservatives.
Would a united left stop Poilievre?
The Toronto Star’s Martin Regg Cohn recently urged the Liberals and NDP to join forces, but even though the parties get along in the ‘friend zone,’ it doesn’t mean they should get married.
How the Liberal Party can save itself, maybe
It may be too late. The Liberals are never going to win over Alberta’s political class, many voters out West, many angry men. They should stop trying and start governing—especially on the all-important climate file—for the rest of the country, and the rest of the planet.
Mark Carney has unlimited possibilities, but Liberals shouldn’t assume he’s the solution to their woes
While Carney can be charming and down to earth, he is certainly not attuned to the low-level, thuggish discourse dominating today’s public discourse.
Tory polling sign of political landscape’s ‘shifting sands’ and volatility from undecided voters, says pollster Shachi Kurl
The Conservatives still have a double-digit lead across every recent poll, but analysis by the Angus Reid Institute show that with potentially a year or more before the next election, half of the electorate are still open to changing their minds before casting their ballots.
‘Bad news across the board for Trudeau’: Conservatives would win 217 seats if an election held today, according to new Innovative Research poll
In the leadership attributes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trailing Pierre Poilievre by a double-digit margin, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle. ‘It is very rare to see an opposition leader win on things like competence. That normally falls to the prime minister. So he’s in deep trouble.’
Canadians on cusp of most consequential election in our history
It will be a choice between today, and all the tomorrows the planet may or may not have; between the cost of living, and the cost of saving what scientists warn is a planet being suffocated by carbon emissions.
