I can't wait till they take these signs all over the place
There is a real and pressing reason that Andrew Scheer is pushing on the idea that the party winning the most seats gets to form government. There is no way that I can see the Liberals winning the most seats in this election.
Looking at all the polling available, Scheer and his Conservatives will win the most seats come Monday.
That includes the latest polling done for the Toronto Sun as part of the DART & Maru/Blue Voice Canada Poll.
Nationally, this poll puts the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals with a four-point lead. DART has Scheer’s party at 33% voter support compared to 29% for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and 21% for Jagmeet Singh’s NDP. The Greens come in at 7% and the People’s Party at 2%.
“The polling suggests a minority parliament for either the Conservatives or the Liberals, dependent on two major factors — voter turnout and geography,” said pollster John Wright, a partner at DART.
That’s Wright’s official stance but allow me to differ from my friend and longtime collaborator on watching politics. Based on Wright’s own numbers and looking at geography and voter turnout, I’m willing to say we are looking at Prime Minister Andrew Scheer.
That’s if the Liberals and NDP will allow it to happen.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has said repeatedly that he will do anything to stop the Conservatives from taking power, a foolish move that negates his bargaining power with Scheer if the Conservatives do win the most seats. Even on Thursday, Singh was saying he wouldn’t respect the convention that the party with the most seats attempts to form government in a minority.
“We don’t respect Conservatives, no,” Singh said.
That’s a bad rookie mistake from a man who has been rising in the polls and could be using his balance of power position to get concessions from the two main parties.
For his part, Trudeau has refused to say that he will work as part of a coalition, simply saying Canada needs a “progressive government, not a progressive opposition.” Note he isn’t saying a Liberal government.
So how can I say that the Conservatives will win the most seats come Monday? Well there is more to it than the look of desperation on Trudeau’s face or his decision to spend the last two days in Quebec with a lot of time in Montreal.
He’s changed his podium sign in Quebec to read “Standing up for Quebec,” not for Canada. He’s fighting the Bloc who have come up from 23% support in Quebec at the start of the election to 33% now.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-scheer-set-to-win-most-seats-according-to-polls
There is a real and pressing reason that Andrew Scheer is pushing on the idea that the party winning the most seats gets to form government. There is no way that I can see the Liberals winning the most seats in this election.
Looking at all the polling available, Scheer and his Conservatives will win the most seats come Monday.
That includes the latest polling done for the Toronto Sun as part of the DART & Maru/Blue Voice Canada Poll.
Nationally, this poll puts the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals with a four-point lead. DART has Scheer’s party at 33% voter support compared to 29% for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and 21% for Jagmeet Singh’s NDP. The Greens come in at 7% and the People’s Party at 2%.
“The polling suggests a minority parliament for either the Conservatives or the Liberals, dependent on two major factors — voter turnout and geography,” said pollster John Wright, a partner at DART.
That’s Wright’s official stance but allow me to differ from my friend and longtime collaborator on watching politics. Based on Wright’s own numbers and looking at geography and voter turnout, I’m willing to say we are looking at Prime Minister Andrew Scheer.
That’s if the Liberals and NDP will allow it to happen.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has said repeatedly that he will do anything to stop the Conservatives from taking power, a foolish move that negates his bargaining power with Scheer if the Conservatives do win the most seats. Even on Thursday, Singh was saying he wouldn’t respect the convention that the party with the most seats attempts to form government in a minority.
“We don’t respect Conservatives, no,” Singh said.
That’s a bad rookie mistake from a man who has been rising in the polls and could be using his balance of power position to get concessions from the two main parties.
For his part, Trudeau has refused to say that he will work as part of a coalition, simply saying Canada needs a “progressive government, not a progressive opposition.” Note he isn’t saying a Liberal government.
So how can I say that the Conservatives will win the most seats come Monday? Well there is more to it than the look of desperation on Trudeau’s face or his decision to spend the last two days in Quebec with a lot of time in Montreal.
He’s changed his podium sign in Quebec to read “Standing up for Quebec,” not for Canada. He’s fighting the Bloc who have come up from 23% support in Quebec at the start of the election to 33% now.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-scheer-set-to-win-most-seats-according-to-polls
