Trudeau has looked frantic and sounded shrill. The leader who propounded “sunny ways” and the hopeful narrative has been reduced to accusing his rival of saying anything to get elected. Lest we forget, this is the Justin Trudeau who promised electoral reform, the return of peacekeeping, pharmacare, clean drinking water on reserves, Access to Information in ministerial offices, two years of deficits before a return to balanced budgets etc, etc. This is dangerous territory for the Liberal leader — as is the politicization of vaccination. His position on those who have not been vaccinated is hardening, as he tries to link “anti-vaxxer mobs” stalking his campaign events to O’Toole.
Politics Insider for Sept. 8, 2021: Here come the attack ads; a call for cheaper phone bills; and debate day number one
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Enter the gravel. These nameless, faceless protesters, some of them brandishing banners of the People’s Party of Canada, have emerged as the perfect foils for the Liberal leader. On Monday, when one of them threw some gravel at Trudeau, they granted him the opportunity to look
stalwart and sympathetic—a victim in the face of unprovoked aggression. He expertly spun this point the next day at a press conference, citing supporters, volunteers, police, journalists and health-care workers who have faced similarly loud and angry anti-vax protests . “Those are the people I want to defend,” he proclaimed. One person’s gravel is another person’s political gold.
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How about that…after three weeks of stumbling & bumbling…Ta-Dah!!
Will Project Fear work again in 2021? In the final week of every modern election, the Liberals render the Conservatives as pantomime villains – “they’re behind you!” – to scare skittish progressives back into their ranks.
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“We’ve all seen that movie before and we have a plan that points out the cost of continuing to vote for the Liberals when they don’t do the things they said they would do,” said Jennifer Howard, the NDP’s campaign director.
There is a sense in NDP circles that this time is different. While very little has gone right for Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh’s stock has never been higher. Public polling suggests he is the most popular federal political leader. But his appeal goes beyond likeability – when respondents are asked about understanding ordinary Canadians, Singh outpolls Trudeau three to one.
Rex Murphy: Two debates for Quebec. One for the other 30 million of us
http://apple.news/ARXELXtbfRcOgC4RFrdLUBA We call them the leaders’ debates. There are three this time.
Two of the three are in Quebec. Because Quebec is such a big province and so perfectly settled in the Confederation. Quebec is also by act of the Liberal government officially a nation, and a unilingual one, too. Cake possessed, and cake eaten.
There are nine other provinces and also three territories, none of which is a nation, all of which are officially bilingual, and which hold only about 30 million of Canada’s 38.1 million people.
For this clutter of secondary provinces and outlying territories, there is one debate. One.
The people who set up these debates are under the illusion that Canada is a very small country and every place outside Quebec is a carbon copy of every other place. Hence, their careful rationing of debates. Etc….& tonight is the second French debate….
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