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Dan's avatar
Apr 5Edited

If you want to know what is coming in the form of conservative attacks, look at the Twitter feed of Brian Lilley. Based on that, we can expect the conservatives to become even more desperate.

Expect more of the following:

- Tax strategy of Brookfield while Carney was leading Brookfield

- Innuendo about Carney’s personal taxes

- Revisiting 2008 financial crisis again trying to make the point that Carney was just a spectator

- Bail issues

- Discrediting expertise and PhDs in economics

None of it will work, people want to hear how we are going to get through the Trump crisis.

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I don’t know. I wouldn’t say they’ve had a bad campaign to date. They’re still above their numbers from ‘21. They’ve had some difficulties, sure, but so have all of the other parties. I think the bigger issue is structural: the context changed dramatically - Trump and tariffs, JT resigned, Carney wins leadership, key policy reversals from Libs - and the CPC were slow in adjusting to the new environment. That suggests a lack of strategic foresight and adaptability on their part, but in terms of the day-to-day tactics of running a campaign, they’ve been okay.

This is reflected in your own analysis, where you push them to focus on the things that matter but also admit they’re not that far out of it (yet, at least). My own view? This is a group that likes the smell of their own farts. I don’t expect a major campaign reorientation from them. They’ll stick to what is largely working, and what would have worked, if they were still operating in 2024.

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