Deveryn Ross
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A strategy focused on winning, not pleasing political pundits
For the past several weeks, many of the nation’s top political pundits have struggled to make sense of the response by Pierre Polievre’s Conservatives to the resignation of former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the landslide election of Mark Carney as Liberal leader, and the massive shift in the polls that occurred in the time between those two events.
Take the threats seriously
Some of Canada’s European G7 counterparts think the United States isn’t serious about making Canada America’s 51st state. In remarks following this week’s gathering of G7 foreign ministers in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, told reporters that “I think many of my colleagues coming here thought this issue was still a joke and that...
Time for the Shawinigan handshake
While millions of Canadians celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of our flag, I am also remembering another anniversary. Thirty-nine years ago today, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was in Hull, QC to celebrate Flag Day. After the event was over, he was confronted by an angry protestor, who came within inches of the PM. In response, Chrétien grabbed the...
Ad loses more votes than it wins
The editorial in today’s newspaper discussed the changes that have occurred in public opinion polls over the past month. What was once a seemingly huge and insurmountable lead in favour of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives has shrunk to the point where, as the editorial contends, the next federal election campaign could be much closer than many Canadians expected. The Liberals have...
