Polls show ‘across-the-board, generalized retreat’ from Liberals, says Coletto

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will ‘either walk up to the edge of the next election and run, or he'll walk up to the edge of the next election and decide to retire,' so until that time Liberals should focus on how to ‘get more competitive with the current prime minister,’ says former Martin-era Liberal PMO staffer Scott Reid.

The Liberals are struggling 'across the board' and there is 'no evidence' right now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, pictured on Jan. 26, 2024, with Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi at the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, can be the one to turn it around, said pollster David Coletto.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

March 18, 2024

As the Liberals consider their best way forward from the Durham byelection—which was widely seen as confirming many of the recent in trends in national polling—the party will need a “fundamentally different” approach if it is to be in a position to retain government,...

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