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\u201c[The numbers] still advantage the Conservatives, obviously, because \u2018time for a change\u2019 is still a fantastic ballot question.\u201d<\/p>\n
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For the past year, Poilievre and the Conservatives have been framing the upcoming federal election as hinging on voters\u2019 feelings about the carbon price. But the two most prominent Liberal leadership hopefuls, former central banker Mark Carney and former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, have backed away from the Liberals\u2019 consumer carbon price.<\/p>\n
And Trump, with his continued threat of crippling tariffs on Canadian exports, represents a much larger economic danger both to individual workers and the economy writ large.<\/p>\n
Bricker said Poilievre has been adept at tapping into voters\u2019 anger with the Liberals and the rising cost of living. The question for him is which leader can most effectively address voters\u2019 fears and concerns over a potentially catastrophic trade war with Canada\u2019s largest economic partner and its unpredictable commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe candidate that best matches the mood is the one that has the advantage,\u201d Bricker said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe question for me is, we already know who wins on anger. If you\u2019re really angry, you\u2019re going to vote for the Conservatives.\u2026 (But) the other emotion and mood is fear and concern, and who wins on that? Who can provide reassurance and confidence about the future?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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