Despite lagging polls, Young Liberals’ head says youth wing ‘fired up’ and growing strong
Many young people still hold progressive values, but ‘if given the chance, they will vote for Poilievre, not because they’re ideologically aligned, but because they feel he’s in their corner,’ says former Tory candidate Mattias Vanderley.
Re-framing housing issue could offer Liberals a return to ‘sunnier ways,’ says policy expert who spoke at cabinet retreat
There has been a shift in priorities for millennial and Gen Z voters, and the Liberals are ‘not really hitting the mark on what issues young people care about,’ said Oksana Kishchuk of Abacus Data.
A trickle of PR won’t douse the Liberals’ flaming poll numbers
No one should write off Justin Trudeau or the Liberal Party, but neither should the Liberals be so naïve as to just dismiss recent data or think a simple change of tone will make things better.
With Canadians frustrated by health-care system, new minister Holland brings ‘more punch’ to communications
Former health minister Jean-Yves Duclos’ relationship with the NDP had ‘soured,’ says one former NDP staffer, and Mark Holland’s relationships with that party will be a strength when it comes time to negotiate items like pharmacare and dental care as part of the supply-and-confidence agreement.
Tories’ anti-WEF attacks little more than an ‘us versus them’ campaign
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s anti-World Economic Forum stance is not the manifestation of a ‘fringe’ conspiracy viewpoint. Rather, it’s just a mundane political tactic.
The Trudeau government doesn’t care about rural Canada
The reason for this inequity comes down to politics: the Liberal party base is in urban Canada, so that is where the money goes.
Conservatives’ polling lead ‘still fundamentally about the Liberals,’ as fatigue sets in with incumbents, say pollsters
A new ad pitch to soften Pierre Poilievre’s image will only work if it’s backed by the Conservative leader’s actions, according to former Liberal strategist Dan Arnold. But Conservatives are still polling about 10 points ahead of the Liberals.
‘The minister is the message’: key cabinet roles for LeBlanc signal the PMO’s priorities in lead-up to next election
‘When Dominic LeBlanc speaks, it’s as though the prime minister is speaking,’ said former Liberal Party staffer Elliot Hughes.
Liberals attempting to push defence file out of spotlight with Blair appointment, say analysts
‘I don’t think there’s any evidence that this government wants national defence issues to be front and centre in the election at all,’ says former chief of staff Eugene Lang.
Trudeau’s cabinet needs to tailor its communications to today’s political realities
The Liberals need leaders who are not afraid to raise their voices, and who realize that today’s politics are not the sedate politics of 30 years ago.
