Not mentioned was the cringe-inducing slither into calling Trudeau a racist for half his adult life, a blatantly untrue statement that so turned my stomach there is nothing Poilievre could do in my lifetime that would make me vote for a conservative. The $3 million makeover can never really cover up Poilievre's truly repulsive nature. The longer he campaigns the more we'll get to see his true self.
I was waiting for the “Great Porn War” column. From now on we should call Evan the PMO whisperer. This week we saw Trudeau and the Liberals taking Evan’s advice of the past weeks to heart and start doing the things that may make a difference in their electoral future.
This week Trudeau did not take the bait. He focused on housing announcements across the country, had a great interview in Alberta and dismissed the personal insults as noise. And on top of that his media team showed a bit of “Dark Justin” with a great beer jab back at Poilievre.
Poilievre on the other hand looked small and pitiful. The personal insults made all the image softening efforts of the past months worthless, the digital porn id does not seem to be the winner that he may have thought it would be and the bathroom regulations will likely become a future liability (Mr. Poilievre how do you intend to enforce this? Are we going to check gender at each bathroom? Should we call police if there is a suspected trans person? How would this work?). And the latter was an answer to the Rebel agitator who now seems to get the first question.
As we likely still have 18 months to go, there is a lot of time for the Liberals to do more of what they did this week: “Mr. Poilievre may want to talk about porn IDs and make personal insults, we are focused on housing, healthcare, etc.” there is no guarantee that it will be enough, but at least they have listened to the PMO whisperer.
Poilievre still has until October 2025 for a writ. Lots of time for him to open his mouth and put his foot in. Liberals need to start improving their coms. Start pointing out to people that you're now dealing directly with municipalities for housing because Conservative Premiers are diverting the funds. Point out the childcare issues in Alberta because of the Premier withholding funds. Point out Doug Ford hiring private nurses at 3 times the rate while crying poor to the Feds. The Liberals need to burn those bridges. There has been no loyalty from Ford, Smith, Moe, Higgs or Houston for ANYTHING the Feds have done. Make people aware of why many of these areas are failing or lacking funds. Put the blame where it belongs. Right at the Conssrvatives feet.
I think a lot of Liberals actually like the idea that Poilievre is a good and skilled politician. It makes this a head-to-head contest. An external cause of any defeats.
Acknowledging that the CPC’s gains are almost all votes against the Liberals, rather than votes for the CPC, would require admitting to harder truths.
My somewhat uninformed take (which is similar to yours) is that Pollivare is generally a pretty weak leader but since the Liberals are so unpopular for a number of reasons (some deserved, some not) he’s able to play on easy mode. Any other leader would probably allow the conservatives to easily waltz into a majority but with Polivare at the helm it’s much closer than it needs to be. I do expect the conservatives to still win unfortunately but it will probably be a thin majority or even minority government instead of an overwhelming majority.
Not mentioned was the cringe-inducing slither into calling Trudeau a racist for half his adult life, a blatantly untrue statement that so turned my stomach there is nothing Poilievre could do in my lifetime that would make me vote for a conservative. The $3 million makeover can never really cover up Poilievre's truly repulsive nature. The longer he campaigns the more we'll get to see his true self.
I was waiting for the “Great Porn War” column. From now on we should call Evan the PMO whisperer. This week we saw Trudeau and the Liberals taking Evan’s advice of the past weeks to heart and start doing the things that may make a difference in their electoral future.
This week Trudeau did not take the bait. He focused on housing announcements across the country, had a great interview in Alberta and dismissed the personal insults as noise. And on top of that his media team showed a bit of “Dark Justin” with a great beer jab back at Poilievre.
Poilievre on the other hand looked small and pitiful. The personal insults made all the image softening efforts of the past months worthless, the digital porn id does not seem to be the winner that he may have thought it would be and the bathroom regulations will likely become a future liability (Mr. Poilievre how do you intend to enforce this? Are we going to check gender at each bathroom? Should we call police if there is a suspected trans person? How would this work?). And the latter was an answer to the Rebel agitator who now seems to get the first question.
As we likely still have 18 months to go, there is a lot of time for the Liberals to do more of what they did this week: “Mr. Poilievre may want to talk about porn IDs and make personal insults, we are focused on housing, healthcare, etc.” there is no guarantee that it will be enough, but at least they have listened to the PMO whisperer.
Poilievre still has until October 2025 for a writ. Lots of time for him to open his mouth and put his foot in. Liberals need to start improving their coms. Start pointing out to people that you're now dealing directly with municipalities for housing because Conservative Premiers are diverting the funds. Point out the childcare issues in Alberta because of the Premier withholding funds. Point out Doug Ford hiring private nurses at 3 times the rate while crying poor to the Feds. The Liberals need to burn those bridges. There has been no loyalty from Ford, Smith, Moe, Higgs or Houston for ANYTHING the Feds have done. Make people aware of why many of these areas are failing or lacking funds. Put the blame where it belongs. Right at the Conssrvatives feet.
I think a lot of Liberals actually like the idea that Poilievre is a good and skilled politician. It makes this a head-to-head contest. An external cause of any defeats.
Acknowledging that the CPC’s gains are almost all votes against the Liberals, rather than votes for the CPC, would require admitting to harder truths.
My somewhat uninformed take (which is similar to yours) is that Pollivare is generally a pretty weak leader but since the Liberals are so unpopular for a number of reasons (some deserved, some not) he’s able to play on easy mode. Any other leader would probably allow the conservatives to easily waltz into a majority but with Polivare at the helm it’s much closer than it needs to be. I do expect the conservatives to still win unfortunately but it will probably be a thin majority or even minority government instead of an overwhelming majority.
Poilievre is obsessed with wood, isn't he.