Reception ‘a lot worse’ at the doorstep than in 2019, say some Liberal MPs, candidates, and campaign workers

Some former senior Liberals say the current close polling numbers are ‘irrelevant’ and the real campaign will start after Labour Day.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered the election on Aug. 15 in the hopes of winning a majority in Parliament. Based on the current polling numbers, the hopes of a majority appear to be vanishing.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY ABBAS RANA

August 31, 2021

The response some Liberal candidates and campaign workers are getting from Canadians at doorsteps across the country is surprisingly negative, according to Liberal sources who say it’s worse than the backlash from the blackface scandal mid-campaign in 2019. “It's a lot worse than it was in 2019...

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