Can Poilievre and Singh exploit Trudeau’s weakness?
Trudeau is an experienced campaigner with the advantage of incumbency, while Poilievre is untested, and Singh has already been solidly thumped twice.
Atlantic support shifting away from Liberals as voters’ sentiments fail to reach Ottawa, says NDP candidate
‘Sometimes I think people feel like it’s not St. John’s East’s voice in Ottawa, but it’s Ottawa’s voice in St. John’s East,’ said NDP nominated candidate Mary Shortall.
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.
Is Jagmeet Singh a poor fit, or is politics a shabby job?
The federal NDP leader resembles a ringside observer as two veteran pugilists pummel one another at every available microphone.
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.
Canadians do have a choice: they have the NDP
Getting things done to help Canadians in their struggle to make ends meet is what Parliament should be about. Canadians will evaluate their candidates on that basis. And it’s not just between the Liberals and the Conservatives. The choice will include the NDP.
NDP ‘a loser’ in recent byelections, should be ‘very worried’ about hemorrhaging support to Liberals, say political players
Recent byelection results should make the NDP rethink their supply-and-confidence deal with the government, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.
Supply-and-confidence deal keeps Canadian families first, and Jagmeet Singh front and centre
Tory strategists claim to know what’s best, pushing the NDP to end its deal with the governing Liberals. But this deal elevates Singh and his party in the eyes of prospective voters, write Melissa Bruno and Mélanie Richer.
Byelection results show Tories still have work to do to win general election, says pollster Lyle
Former Tory staffer Yaroslav Baran said byelections in four safe seats were a poor test of how voters are responding to current issues. But former NDP staffer Cam Holmstrom said the two Manitoba ridings were a perfect ‘microcosm’ of the challenge facing the Tories.
Alberta election shows wooing reluctant Tory voters still a high bar for Singh, says pollster Coletto
The Alberta NDP left too much room for the United Conservative Party leader to define herself, a mistake the federal NDP and Liberal leaders can’t make with Conservative Pierre Poilievre, says former NDP comms director Mélanie Richer.
