Liberal pandering hasn’t opened Pandora’s box of voter support

According to a recent Abacus Data poll, only 13 per cent of respondents said the policy changes on carbon pricing will make them more likely to vote Liberal.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a news conference on Oct. 26 announcing the carbon-price exemption with Atlantic MPs as his backdrop, it was hard not to see this as a special political deal for this influential group.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

November 15, 2023

OTTAWA—Here is a shock: new research from our company, Abacus Data, reveals that if one part of the country gets a deal, the rest of the nation wants a break, too. Now that is fairness, right? Or just good old-school shopping for deals.

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