Election 2025

Liberals’ lead could change if domestic concerns surpass U.S. tensions, says pundits, pollster

The Liberals have been boosted in the polls because of public concern about how Canada should deal with the United States, but a shift in focus to more domestic policy issues could make the outcome of the election much harder to predict, say lobbyists and pundits.

“The way I see it is, these last two weeks have been marred and had the cloud of [U.S. President Donald] Trump hanging over the election, and I would argue that the rubber hasn’t hit the road yet,” said Andrea Sarkic, a public affairs counsellor for Compass Rose Group and a former Conservative staffer.

WTF?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2025

Canada is more conservative than politicians think

Finally, some good news for Canada’s Conservative party. For the first time since the federal election was announced, a poll last week showed them in the lead, and polls over the weekend show them closing in on the Liberal party. They’re not where they were, but it’s progress.

In early January, the much-loathed Trudeau was stepping down, both Liberals and the New Democrats were highly unpopular, and the Conservatives, with a no-nonsense economic platform were considered a shoo-in for the next election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party, Election 2025

Business leaders, ex-bank heads throw support behind Poilievre with open letter

A number of prominent business leaders are throwing their support behind Pierre Poilievre in the upcoming federal election because they feel his Conservative Party will best handle Canada’s slowing economic growth.

The group of more than 30 current and past executives includes Fairfax Financial CEO Prem Watsa, Canaccord Genuity CEO Dan Daviau, former Royal Bank of Canada CEO Anthony Fell and former Scotiabank CEO Brian Porter.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party, Election 2025

Pierre Poilievre’s path to victory runs through the GTA. Here are some races to watch

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has not moved to the GTA, it just seems that way as he goes door to door with candidates, searching for a pathway to the Prime Minister’s Office.

After three elections in which Halton, Durham, York and Peel voters elected enough Liberal MPs to be dubbed the “Greater Trudeau Area,” opinion polls as recent as January suggested the seat-rich 905 belt was ready to swing back to Conservative domination.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party, Election 2025

Liberal operatives planted ‘stop the steal’ buttons at conservative conference

Two Liberal Party staffers attended last week’s Canada Strong and Free Networking (CSFN) Conference where they planted buttons that used Trump-style language and highlighted division within the Conservative Party.

The conference, often referred to by its former name, the Manning Conference, is an opportunity for conservative-leaning Canadians to talk about policy proposals and network. It was held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Conservative Party, Election 2025

Howard Levitt: Why I would not hire Mark Carney

If Carney was a Canadian CEO, his best defence would be that his deceptions were discovered before he was elected

If you were on the recruitment committee selecting the chief executive of a major corporation and a candidate was presented who, you learned, had an explosive temper, had plagiarized portions of his doctoral thesis (a doctorate that was necessary for the balance of his career), misrepresented his objectives, had been ineffective in his previous jobs and spent the last several years attacking your major revenue stream, how long would this candidacy last?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

NDP Faces Harassment Allegations and an Internal Collapse

A volunteer-based political organization is accusing the New Democratic Party (NDP) of coordinating a harassment campaign against them.

At the same time, a group of digital influencers previously working with the party have cut ties, citing mistreatment of fellow content creators and internal dysfunction. One NDP candidate described the party to The Rover as being in “absolute turmoil.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2025, NDP

Carney attacked for wanting ‘free ride,’ ‘hiding’ from public amid latest campaign break

Two federal party leaders took aim Saturday at Mark Carney, whom polls suggest is the front-runner in the April 28 election, for once again skipping the campaign trail.

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet accused the Liberal leader of trying to capitalize on his early momentum by coasting through the opening three weeks of the campaign.

“I believe that Mr. Carney is trying to get a free ride,” he said at an announcement in Trois-Rivières, Que., alleging the Liberals are trying to “hide him as much as possible.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

Federal election vote intention split among age, gender: Nanos

It’s a two-horse race that appears to be tightening, according to nightly tracking numbers from Nanos Research, which also show large gender and age divides forming among likely voters.

Forty-one per cent of respondents between 18 and 34 say they plan to vote Conservative, compared to 37 per cent who plan to vote Liberal. For those over the age of 55, 50 per cent plan to vote Liberal compared to 36 per cent for the Conservatives.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Election 2025

GELEYNSE: Canadians’ free speech rights are under attack, again

If Canadians wish to ensure the preservation of individual liberty and free speech, we must get back to first principles — and the medieval wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The Online Harms Act died when Parliament was prorogued late last year. It would have broadened the definition of hate crimes, empowered the state to impose house arrest to forestall possible future hate crimes, established a Digital Safety Commissioner to enforce social media regulations, and raised the maximum penalty for any offence found to be motivated by hate to life imprisonment.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

Cost of living, housing the top priority for young voters, not Trump

Young voters’ top priorities are not being addressed by federal leaders most focused on proving their party is best equipped to tackle the Canada-U.S. trade war and sovereignty threats, observers say. While those issues are a main concern for middle-aged and older Canadians, they aren’t shared to the same degree among Canada’s youngest generation of voters, a recent Abacus Data poll reveals.

Generation Z—which Abacus classifies as voters under the age of 30—places cost of living as a top issue (46 per cent), followed by housing affordability (33 per cent), according to a survey tracking more than 3,200 respondents released on April 5. Dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump ranks a distant third in importance among 23 per cent—which amounts to a 15-point gap between generation Z and other voters polled, with baby boomers listing Trump as their top issue by a significant margin.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2025

Liberal candidate accepted invitation from China to celebrate People’s Liberation Army event

A Liberal candidate running in a Greater Toronto Area riding, whose candidacy has come under scrutiny for ties to pro-Beijing groups, accepted an invitation from China to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army victory over Japan in the Second World War.

Peter Yuen, who has also been linked to Toronto’s Chinese consulate, joined a group of about 70 Chinese Canadians for the Tiananmen Square celebration in September, 2015.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

How young men are changing what conservatism looks like in Canada

Adam Beattie was walking with a friend in downtown Vancouver on a rainy winter day in 2023 when a stranger, who appeared to be high on fentanyl, punched him in the head.

They reported the attack to police, but Beattie says he was told that even if arrested, the attacker would likely be released a few hours later.

Beattie dropped the matter, but ended up moving to a Vancouver suburb where the rent was cheaper and he would feel safer.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2025

Bell: Does Canada wake from the psychodrama or is Poilievre sunk?

Another poll Saturday.

The needle doesn’t move. The Liberals are in the driver’s seat, out in front and steady and the clock ticks.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre hammers away at the issues. Hammers away at the Liberal record.

Some Conservatives tell him to be like the Liberals. Trump, Trump and more Trump. Forget about the rest.

Poilievre stays the course.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025

Ryan Alford: Poilievre has been vindicated for refusing security clearance

In an incident last month that may soon be considered ominous foreshadowing, Prime Minister Mark Carney was pressed by the media about his financial holdings and the ethical conundrums that they present. To change the subject, Carney boasted about his recently acquired security clearance, and claimed it was irresponsible for the leader of the Opposition not to obtain one himself.

This criticism flirted with the conspiracy theory that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre would fail a background check, which ignores the fact that Poilievre received security clearance after becoming a cabinet minister in 2013, demonstrating that there had been no concerns by security and intelligence officials about his loyalty to Canada or compromising foreign connections.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party, Election 2025