“Another Damn Election”

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is seen as the best candidate for prime minister among the party leaders vying for the job in the federal election, according to a new poll, with 39 per cent of Canadians saying he should get a third term.

But the Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found an even larger number of those surveyed — 44 per cent — feel Trudeau will say anything to get elected, while 36 per cent said he has a hidden agenda. Both numbers also outstrip the other party leaders, suggesting Trudeau is facing trust issues while remaining the frontrunner in the campaign.

Ipsos

A sample of n = 1,501 was interviewed online, via the Ipsos I-Say panel and non-panel sources, and respondents earn a nominal incentive for their participation.

The Liberals need 13 more seats than they had in 2019 to reach a majority, but they’ll likely want a buffer to allow for MPs to step down or resign without causing them to lose a majority during their term

Tory leader pledges support for LGBT community health on question of ‘poppers’

OTTAWA – A Conservative government would respond to the needs of Canada’s LGBT community, including on the issue of “poppers,” says Tory Leader Erin O’Toole.

The recreational drug, a muscle relaxant used largely by men who have sex with men, requires a prescription and circulates in the grey market due to its limited availability, potentially jeopardizing users’ safety.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner recently sent a letter asking the federal health minister to study the benefits and harms of alkyl nitrites — the official name for poppers — amid a lack of attention that the lawmaker attributes to stigmatization of LGBT health care.

Talk about your apple-pie issues.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is promising to protect the right of health care professionals to refuse to provide or even refer patients for medical services to which they have moral or religious objections.

This is Red Meat for Baby Killers Trudeau and Singh and the CBC pounces as if on command – The Liberals are raising questions about ‘conscience rights’ in the Conservative platform

If the current federal polls are to be believed, the Liberals are set to soar to victory come September 20. The only question? Whether they’ll land another minority government or secure a majority. The same polls show Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives at risk of losing seats.

But as we’ve learned time and time again over the last decade, political polls are less than reliable. The latest example? Yesterday’s provincial election in Nova Scotia where, despite polls predicting a Liberal win, Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives pulled off a surprise victory.

Liberals drop three points, fall to near tie with Conservatives in public support, Signal analysis says

OTTAWA — The gulf in public support between the Liberals and Conservatives has narrowed considerably, putting Justin Trudeau’s gamble to regain a majority government in jeopardy, a new analysis of publicly available polling by Vox Pop Labs suggests.

The Liberals currently sit at 33.4 per cent support, while the Conservatives would garner 32.1 per cent of the vote if an election was held today, according to aggregate analysis by The Signal, Vox Pop Labs’ election forecast conducted for the Star.

The New Democrats command 20.1 per cent of voter support, with the Green party registering 5.8 per cent.

NDP and Conservatives better positioned to respond to Canadians’ top election concerns, poll suggests

… Maru had asked 1,511 respondents to “select the two issues or needs that they want to be addressed by the politicians and are currently shaping their ballot box choice.” The sample of online panelists was surveyed from Aug. 13 to 15.

The priorities the respondents chose could favour the NDP and the Conservatives, as opposed to the Liberals, according to the company.

So far it’s looking Lib minority gov.

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policies for some sectors and public spaces are quickly emerging as one of the key proposals being put to Canadian voters during the first week of the federal election.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who is running for re-election as prime minister, doubled down on Wednesday over questions about his plan to require proof of vaccination for all those looking to travel domestically as soon as this fall, amid a fourth wave primarily driven by unvaccinated people.

When Nova Scotia’s Liberal premier chose to call an election in the midst of the pandemic, word on the street was that federal forces might want to keep their eye on this baby, just in case something unexpected arose. It could, observers suggested, prove a harbinger of things to come.

“A weak performance by the Nova Scotia Liberals would be somewhat concerning to the federal Liberals,” a political science prof at Cape Breton University told The Canadian Press. “There seemed to be a high level of support going into the election for the incumbent. If that level of support is eroded, that would signal to the federal Liberals that the public is volatile.”

OTTAWA — A Conservative government would match commitments by the Liberals to resettle not only Afghan citizens who worked alongside Canada forces, but also thousands more who fear for their lives as the Taliban retake control of their country, Erin O’Toole said Wednesday.

Just before the election campaign began, the Liberal government committed to resettling at least 20,000 Afghans as the Taliban appeared set to regain power after a bloody 20-year battle.

OTTAWA — In 2015, millennials mobilized in droves to support the Justin Trudeau Liberals, but, six years and two elections later, experts say millennials have fallen out of love with the prime minister and his party will have to work hard to stop them from bleeding over to the emerging NDP.

Never underestimate our Yutes.

Oompa loompa doopety da.

If you respect copyright, then you will go far.

Twitter says it has pulled a Conservative Party attack ad against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau from its platform after the studio behind Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory complained that a scene from its 1971 film had been used without permission.

That’s election interference. Pity as it was a good ad.

If the Liberals are going to run on their record during the COVID-19 pandemic, then the electorate has a right to know what that record actually is

Now that we are in an election campaign, let’s not forget that the Liberal government’s failure to procure an adequate supply of vaccines in a timely manner cost this country hundreds of billions of dollars, because supply delays required long, economically damaging lockdowns.

OTTAWA, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Mail-in voting in Canada is set to soar ahead of the Sept. 20 election amid fears of COVID-19, and the complex registration process could deter voters, possibly undermining Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bid for a majority government.

Pollsters say mainly Liberal and left-leaning voters would like to use mail-in balloting, while Conservatives prefer to vote in person. But Liberal strategists are concerned the sign-up process for casting ballots by mail could discourage their supporters from using it and lead them to not vote at all.

I am suspicious of any Reuters story concerning the LPC given Freeland’s connections there.

I doubt mail in ballots will hurt the LPC or the NDP for that matter, it sure helped the Democrats.

Liberals and Conservatives ‘neck and neck’ in race for the GTA: Poll

The Forum Research Poll released Monday shows that among decided and leaning voters, 36 per cent would vote Liberal if the election were held today and 35 per cent say they would vote for the Conservatives. The poll found 17 per cent would vote for the NDP, six per cent would vote for the People’s Party of Canada and just three per cent would vote for the Green Party.

The Liberals’ support is strongest among women, those 65 and older, and those who live in the 416 area.

Conservative support is strongest among men, those 55-64 and those who live in the 905.

Support for the NDP is strongest among those who identify as non-binary and younger voters.

GTA young people are stupid.

And… Liberals maintain lead as election begins, but face tough road to majority: poll

Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party remain poised to win next month’s election as the campaign gets underway, a new poll suggests — but the road to a majority government may prove to be a tough one.

The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found that the Liberals would receive 36 per cent of the vote if the election were held tomorrow, while Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives would earn 31 per cent. Jagmeet Singh’s NDP would get 20 per cent.

Leger says Trudeau is in the lead…

While it is possible Trudeau could lose the sheer size of our permanent political class will ensure victory.

Corporate welfare cases, NGO’s, Academia and our predatory public service unions are a formidable voting bloc that have all developed an enduring fondness for your money and they aim to keep it that way.

How many people work in government across Canada alone, at all levels, Federal, Provincial, Municipal?

More than enough to ensure they will always have a hand in your pocket, if not Trudeau someone else will buy them off at your expense.

Liberals at work.

Large, crowded event in Cobourg. Some in the crowd getting nasty. A man upset with mask rules and the state of the economy says he immigrated to Canada for freedom, he decries Trudeau’s leadership. Liberal supporters across the street yell “go back to Afghanistan” and “leave then

— Mercedes Stephenson (@MercedesGlobal) August 17, 2021

Justin Trudeau has always veered towards grandiosity but his claim that the election he triggered by visiting the Governor General on Sunday morning is the “most important since 1945” is self-serving nonsense.