Polling shows that for voters under 35, cost of living and housing affordability is their top issue in mind – and the dream of home ownership has been fuelling a huge shift towards Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.
No fewer than seven provincial premiers, including one from the Prime Minister’s own party, are lined up with the Conservatives against next month’s planned increase.
Remember that the split on the Canadian right guaranteed easy Liberal victories until 2003, when the Canadian Alliance (a rebranding of the Reform Party) and the remnants of the federal Progressive Conservatives finally decided to merge.
The Progressive Conservatives faced a toxic combination: not just a terrible vote share, but two powerful and regionally-concentrated challengers in Reform and the Bloc Québécois.
His manic energy and self-mocking wit recall the late, great Peter Sellers.
The key problem is stagnation. Margaret Thatcher’s reforms promoted mobility and opportunity. Now we are an economy which doesn’t change enough.
We set out our plan in Policy Exchange’s latest report, What do we Want from the King’s Speech, along with proposals for 13 other Bills.
The liberal darling Justin Trudeau is less popular with younger voters than his Conservative opponent. The intense focus on the most pressing issue for younger people is part of the reason.
The panel agreed the Conference is unlikely to change public opinion, and Afolami described the approach taken a year ago by the Truss Government as “bananas”.
An unloved compromise imposed by the Crown, even some of the capital’s defenders argue that its unimpressiveness is somehow reflective of Canada’s undistinguished history.
From Canada to Montana to New Zealand, centre-right parties have found different ways to break the grip of NIMBY gatekeepers and build the homes people need – and are reaping the electoral reward.
We effectively have two national anthems, sung in parallel with increasingly different lyrics; a national obsession among Canadian elites for the country’s entire history, is often only achieved through English and French Canada ignoring each other.
What’s missing are the long-term reforms that would overcome resistance by the pension sector. The question is whether the Government will use the limited time remaining in the Parliament to fix these problems.
We have no right to make assumptions about the value of the lives of others. We certainly have no right to do so when there is a clear financial incentive for us, or for the government, to place a thumb on the scales.