Despite lagging polls, Young Liberals’ head says youth wing ‘fired up’ and growing strong

Many young people still hold progressive values, but 'if given the chance, they will vote for Poilievre, not because they’re ideologically aligned, but because they feel he’s in their corner,' says former Tory candidate Mattias Vanderley.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Young Liberals of Canada at the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa on May 4. Recent polling from Abacus and Nanos shows the Liberals trailing the Conservatives by 10 points among Gen Z and millennial voters.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

September 6, 2023

With the federal Liberals falling roughly 10 points behind the Conservatives at the end of August, the governing party is signalling a greater focus on the cohort of younger voters it partially owes for its only majority since coming to power in 2015. But as that demographic...

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