#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy

#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy

“#338Canada: The Liberals cannot afford voter apathy” Philippe J. Fournier: A new Abacus survey points to growing pessimism with the government. It is not a reassuring sign for Justin Trudeau and his team. Dissatisfaction with the federal government is on the rise, according to the newest poll from Abacus Data, which was on the field…

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#O’Toole’s blind side, Trudeau’s big gamble and other keys to the campaign

#O’Toole’s blind side, Trudeau’s big gamble and other keys to the campaign

“#O’Toole’s blind side, Trudeau’s big gamble and other keys to the campaign” A month before the 2008 election, the Conservatives put a juvenile and irritating online attack on Liberal Leader Stephane Dion, featuring an animation of a puffin defecating on Dion’s head. Voters recoiled, Stephen Harper blamed an overenthusiastic staffer, apologized and ordered the image…

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#Election 2021: Let the caring begin

#Election 2021: Let the caring begin

“#Election 2021: Let the caring begin” The prospect of a vote sure lit a fire under the Trudeau government’s behind. Maybe we should have one every three months. “This pandemic is not over,” Justin Trudeau, who said in May that “nobody wants an election before the end of this pandemic,” told reporters on Sunday outside…

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#This morning at Rideau Hall and in Kabul

#This morning at Rideau Hall and in Kabul

“#This morning at Rideau Hall and in Kabul” Scott Gilmore: Trudeau went to Rideau Hall because he wants to be Prime Minister a little longer. If he wanted to really do something, he would have been in a crisis ops room. This morning, as the Prime Minister made his way in his official car to…

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#All of Justin Trudeau’s unfinished business

#All of Justin Trudeau’s unfinished business

“#All of Justin Trudeau’s unfinished business” “There’s always more to do,” says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Put limits on how banks can gouge homeowners hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic? No. But,  “there’s always more to do,” he says. “And we’re going to make sure our financial partners are part of the solution to making sure…

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#Justin Trudeau puts his (small) mark on the world

#Justin Trudeau puts his (small) mark on the world

“#Justin Trudeau puts his (small) mark on the world” To be fair, Justin Trudeau was fielding a bit of a snotty question. “If I may, the G7 in Cornwall risks being forgotten in the way that most G7 summits are forgotten,” Nick Robinson, a veteran BBC political reporter, said to the Canadian Prime Minister at…

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#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever

#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever

“#The Biden-Trudeau talk: build back whatever” I’m going to cheerfully assume it’s not at all a bad sign that the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Canada don’t even agree on why they spoke by phone on Monday. The readout from the Prime Minister’s Office landed first in Ottawa reporters’ inboxes….

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