Liberals’ success thanks to being less ideologically anchored than other parties

The biggest insult opponents used to hurl at the Liberal Party was that we’re ideological whores who stand on the mushy middle and believe in nothing but winning elections. Yet, it’s also key to the party’s success over the last 100 years.

Prime Minister Mark Carney visits the campaign office in his home riding of Nepean, Ont., on March 29, 2025. A number of smart observers have commented that they are pleased to see the return of the Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Mark Carney, writes Jamie Carroll. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JAMIE CARROLL

April 7, 2025

“There’s no whore like an old whore," Brian Mulroney famously quipped back in 1984, shortly after former Liberal cabinet minister Bryce Mackasey left office and was promptly appointed ambassador to Portugal by prime minister John Turner.

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