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Stephen Hureau's avatar

Great way to end this particular newsletter, Paul

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Darcy Hickson's avatar

The CPC decided, to their detriment, to believe that no sane voter in Canada would support “a part time drama teacher” leading a rump Liberal Party into the 2015 election campaign and propel him into the Prime Minister’s Office. In certain ways, the party messaging still stubbornly dwells on this disconnect between Conservative views of Trudeau and a large portion of Canadian voters.

It would appear that the Liberals have fallen into the same trap. Rather than spend the PR cash to frame Poilievre as one big nasty piece of work, Liberal hubris and

a well established superiority complex has clouded what is really happening on the ground. The rallies that Poilievre has spoken at in the past months are well attended, the events cross racial and income lines and most importantly has allowed Poilievre to craft his messaging for an all important election campaign. He can truthfully point out that bread and butter issues have been his focus for months, while the Liberals have consistently leveraged regulatory mandates and high levels of spending to make life unaffordable. That’s a contrast worth fighting an election over.

Trudeau is an excellent campaigner but is facing Father Time and a Best Before Date. Poilievre is untested, but the Liberals have to admit that momentum is on his side and attempts to frame him in the public eye are not only late coming but appearing desperate.

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