In his first week as prime minister, Mark Carney cancelled a planned capital gains tax increase, cut taxes on housing, and scrapped the consumer carbon tax—undercutting core Conservatives campaign promises. As Carney dismantles his opponent’s key attack lines, strategists say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to recalibrate his message to find new ground—starting with Canada-U.S. relations.
Support for Poilievre, whose catchy slogans and promise for “change” kept him ahead of the Liberals in the polls for more than a year, has been fading since Carney won the Liberal leadership on March 9. The two are running in neighbouring Ottawa ridings, with Poilievre aiming to retake his long-held Carleton seat and Carney in Nepean.
