Liberals face uphill battle in ‘war of ideas’ over best path forward on reconciliation, say pundits

A recent Pollara survey suggests the Conservatives have a 12-point lead amongst Indigenous voters, which policy analyst Melissa Mbarki says could be partly due to the party's talking points on fiscal responsibility and spending.
Two days after an online poll indicated the Liberals were trailing the Conservatives among Indigenous voters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was met with a wave of boos as he delivered the opening remarks at the North American Indigenous Games on July 16.

Following a recent online poll showing the Conservatives having a double-digit lead over the Liberals among Indigenous voters and the shower of boos that greeted the prime minister at a recent Indigenous sporting event, strategists say the Liberals can’t afford to "rest on...

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