Are you sure about that? Based on the Liberals rising numbers in the polls sounds like there's plenty of morons out there who would have no problem having their rights suspended just to "get back at Trump".
Do you think this is more than a blip on the statistical graph, due in part to:
1) Trudeau, sort of resigning, but not really, announcing his intention to resign eventually after a series of liberal events happen?
2) Just the potential for somebody different to run the liberal party… who, as of yet hasn’t had to face any type of real criticism or questions, or answerability outside of scripted scenarios?
3) Trudeau Proroguing parliament and removing the opposition for all intents and purposes from being able to question the government’s actions publicly?
4) The liberals have had their last couple months in the spotlight with everybody else federally in Canada muzzled, & they’ve done their dog and pony show leading up to their “debates” for their own ‘Liberal Leadership’ coronation?
5) Trudeau still out in the spotlight throwing around tax dollars and flying around like he still something beyond a “Lame Duck” as a surrogate showing that the liberals are doing something…while the opposition can do nothing do the prorogation?
Add these above factors together, & it equals a temporary uptick in polling numbers for the Libs…but how long do you think it’s gonna last?
I believe this will last until the current crop of liberals have to actually face the public (not just the liberal public insiders) and answer real questions (not just the softballs leading up to their “leadership” goat rodeo).
If a single month of Parliament sitting was allowed to happen, the liberals would nosedive. If Carney (directly or through his MP’s) had to actually answer questions from the opposition, or even a slightly unbiassed media, the liberals would nosedive.
The weekly Canada338 Federal Aggregate (a mix of all the polling companies to get an average & try to remove bias from a single company) numbers usually come out about midday each Sunday. I’m curious to see what they’re gonna look like.
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