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With Trudeau on the ropes, Liberals contemplate the next election with hope and anxiety (www.cbc.ca)
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The polls are not good for the Liberals β€” in fact, they're struggling to overcome the 15 to 20-point gap that separates them from the Conservatives. But those close to the prime minister like to point out that their leader is used to being underestimated and performs well under pressure.

But in the halls of Parliament, many Liberals are worried.

"Several MPs from the Greater Toronto Area are afraid of losing their seats," one Ontario elected official said. The official requested confidentiality to speak more freely.

"We would be better off changing leaders for the good of our country," one Liberal MP said, adding that he has a lot of respect for Trudeau and what he has accomplished.

He fears, however, that Trudeau's unpopularity will act as a drag on his party. The MP added that public weariness with Trudeau's leadership has reached a point of no return.

"If he doesn't leave on his own, I will be disappointed."

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Poilievre's Conservatives are an awful option and will only further harm the country. But they are winning the propaganda war at the moment, with many people somehow convinced they have something to offer. It's the usual right-wing fearmongering and scapegoating as a distraction from real issues they have no plan or intention to address. But once the right wing media machine starts to do its work it's hard to see others catching back up again.

[–] FireRetardant 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have a friend who is unemployed, collects disability pay, lives with his mom and they both need extensive access to healthcare, medication and mental health services. This guy thinks the conservatives are going to help him and refuses to acknowledge the history of conservatives stripping away social services.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I still remember public servants and teachers voting for Harris instead of Rae in 1995 and being absolutely incredulous about it.

Like, dude, his entire campaign platform is about firing you and people like you and salting the earth behind him so that your job doesn't just not exist, it can't exist because government will be so broken it won't be able to build a yurt. And you're voting for him because you're mad that the guy who made you take one unpaid vacation day every once in a while so that those jobs--yours included--would be saved.

Nope, "Common Sense" and suchlike...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I don't understand how people get these ideas, except that they live on a diet of propaganda. Conservatives never help anyone except themselves.