With the Liberals 21 points behind in the polls, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will need to “supercharge his front bench” and give his government “a new sense of energy” if he really wants to lead his party and be competitive in the next election, say Liberal MPs, pollsters and party insiders.
“Assuming that he wants to lead the party in the next election, the budget impact has been flat,” said Nik Nanos, chief data scientist for Nanos Research. “It means that if he wants to be competitive, he has to do something different. He has to perhaps talk about what does Justin Trudeau version 2.0 mean.”
