… Somewhere along the bumpy post-Harper road, Poilievre and his Reform-era sidekicks calcified their old-school principles and appear ready to accept a dug-in defeat over a softened-image victory.
Why? It would seem so easy for Poilievre to stick with a few economic policy essentials, advocate for inflation-whacked demographics, harp on Trudeau’s endless stream of missteps and steer clear of flirting with Freedom Convoy alumni, far-right European politicians and controversial commentator Jordan Peterson.
And yet . . . he doesn’t.
Few will change their mind about Justin, he has a stubborn base and a bought media. Poilievre can make some cosmetic changes to his line of attack but the fact remains there is little difference between the LPC and CPC on substantive issues such as mass immigration. I wonder if the ever increasing numbers of non-voters reflects the resigned acceptance of a Canada lost.
