#Federal election 2021: The Liberal campaign’s comeback strategy? Buy American.

#Federal election 2021: The Liberal campaign’s comeback strategy? Buy American.

“#Federal election 2021: The Liberal campaign’s comeback strategy? Buy American.” Andrew MacDougall: It’s the ‘most important election since 1945’ and we’ve been reduced to the two main parties shouting about a problem Canada doesn’t have Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Given…

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#338Canada: The Liberals stop the bleeding, at least

#338Canada: The Liberals stop the bleeding, at least

“#338Canada: The Liberals stop the bleeding, at least” Philippe J. Fournier: The latest election projection shows the two main parties deadlocked, though the Conservatives remain the favourites to win the most seats Three weeks of this snap five-week federal campaign are now behind us. While the first two weeks were marked by a gradual and constant…

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#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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#338Canada: The Conservatives surge, the Liberals slide

#338Canada: The Conservatives surge, the Liberals slide

“#338Canada: The Conservatives surge, the Liberals slide” Philippe J. Fournier: The latest 338 projection shows the Liberals falling two seats per day since the campaign began. The Conservatives are the new favourites. It was (another) difficult week for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in public opinion polls. The trends we observed in the first week of this…

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