Liberals like to portray Pierre Poilievre as scary, but a lot of Canadians simply aren’t frightened
Liberals like to say that the large polling gap with the Conservatives will be narrowed when voters stop and take a hard look at what Pierre Poilievre would do to the country.
But a new poll from Abacus shows that many Canadians have no illusions about how much Poilievre could shake up things — beyond just axing taxes — and the Conservatives are still holding a comfortable, 16-point lead in this latest survey. It should be noted that Abacus removes undecided voters from these horse-race results.
I think the hidden message from the poll is that people do not expect Poilievre to govern much differently from Trudeau.
Cosmetic change will be the order of the day.
