#Federal election 2021:The Liberals’ diminished leader

#Federal election 2021:The Liberals’ diminished leader

“#Federal election 2021:The Liberals’ diminished leader” Andrew MacDougall: The Trudeau of today isn’t the same weapon as the Trudeau of 2015. Why, then, are the Liberals still so Trudeau-centric in 2021? Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper If Winston Churchill reckoned generals were…

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#Federal election 2021Gerald Butts on the election so far: ‘A tie game with a lot of hockey left to play’

#Federal election 2021Gerald Butts on the election so far: ‘A tie game with a lot of hockey left to play’

“#Federal election 2021Gerald Butts on the election so far: ‘A tie game with a lot of hockey left to play’” Shortly before the TVA leaders’ debate on Thursday evening, Maclean’s talked to Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary and a key architect of the 2015 and 2019 Liberal campaigns. Now vice chairman…

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#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem

#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem

“#Federal election 2021: The Liberal platform, or CARPA diem” I’m wondering what happened to the camping. In 2019 Justin Trudeau ran for re-election with an 85-page platform that promised, among a lot of other things, “A New Generation of Campers.” The Liberals promised to “expand the successful Learn to Camp program” so 400,000 kids each…

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#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy

#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy

“#Federal election 2021: Beware the ‘deplorables’ strategy” Andrew MacDougall: The Liberals may try to make the ugly protests against Trudeau look like Erin O’Toole’s fault—and there’s a good chance it will backfire Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper When it comes to…

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#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters

#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters

“#Federal election 2021: The choice facing Indigenous voters” Niigaan Sinclair: In 2015, Indigenous voters helped the Liberals win a majority. But most of Trudeau’s success on Indigenous issues came after 2019, in a minority government. For all of Justin Trudeau’s time in office, the federal Liberals have made Canada’s treatment of Indigenous communities and reconciliation…

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