The Liberal Constanza strategy: do the opposite of usual practice

The Liberals have done a 180-degree shift; they’ve ditched the politics of pizzazz and personality and replaced it with the politics of mundane political proficiency.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Liberals have picked boring over sparkle, but it could work, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

March 24, 2025

OAKVILLE, ONT.–In the TV show Seinfeld, there’s an episode where George Costanza, because he is failing at everything in life, decides to do the exact opposite of whatever his gut tells him to do.

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