‘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.’
My Christmas gifts to Canada’s political leaders
I’d give Prime Minister Justin Trudeau what he truly needs the most: a new political narrative.
Liberal and NDP strategists say flexibility on pharmacare timelines, dissent a sign of pact’s longevity, not limitations
As the NDP chalks up a win on the rollout of dental care, strategist Cam Holmstrom says if the Liberals can’t get pharmacare on the board soon, it could be game over for the New Democrats’ support for the government.
Attorney General makes ‘highly unusual’ decision to get involved early in privacy case involving federal political parties
Adam Dodek, a University of Ottawa law professor, said that Attorney General Arif Virani must be ‘very careful’ not to be seen to be taking any political direction on the decision to get involved. However, the AG’s office told The Hill Times that PCO was ‘leading’ on this file.”
‘Take chances’: expect parties to experiment, refine marketing messages in 2024, say political players
The Liberals are trialling new messages against Pierre Poilievre following the Conservative leader’s 15-minute housing video, but so far have brought a ‘knife to a gunfight,’ says digital strategist Cole Hogan.
Does the NDP need a miracle? It needs two
Since Pierre Poilievre is riding high in the polls and his party’s war chest is bursting, does anyone seriously believe the NDP, with its relatively meagre resources, has the firepower to effectively degrade the Tory leader’s brand? Nope.
Liberals risk ‘intense criticism’ from Conservatives if pharmacare grows federal deficit, says pollster Bruce Anderson
Recent reports from the Parliamentary Budget Office found that a universal pharmacare program could cost both provincial and federal governments $11.2-billion in its first year, while the federal deficit is already projected to grow to $46.5-billion next year.
‘Organizing to win’: why the NDP thinks the next election will be different
The federal NDP is focused on lessons from recent successful election campaigns, on-the-ground organizing, and reminding Canadians they are responsible for dental care, while hoping to also claim responsibility for a new pharmacare program.
NDP heading back to Ottawa with questions for Prime Minister Trudeau on ‘why he’s not standing up for international law’ in Gaza
‘If Canada truly believes in international law, we call it out every time it’s broken. It doesn’t matter the context,’ says NDP MP Heather McPherson.
Singh refuses to say if he will break supply-and-confidence deal with Liberals over pharmacare
New Democrats unanimously endorsed a resolution Saturday evening that would see the party ‘publicly declare’ that continued support for the government through its supply-and-confidence agreement ‘is contingent’ on ‘universal, comprehensive and entirely public pharmacare.’ But minutes after the resolution passed, Jagmeet Singh would not say whether he would back out of the deal if the NDP doesn’t get what it wants.
