Conservatives ‘keen’ to make 2019 election about the economy, say observers

Political observers expect to start seeing policy trail balloons floating this fall, and the beginning of ‘persuasion advertising,’ with the next federal election almost a year out.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, centre, pictured in a scrum on the Hill.
As parties square their sights on the 2019 election, expect Conservatives to spotlight the economy and related issues, like NAFTA renegotiations and the federal carbon-pricing plan, and to do so with “sharper” rhetoric and “a little bit more feistiness,” say observers. “The last year of A...

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