Lorne Gunter: Voter faith in Grits for resource development is foolish

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Of course, I noticed that Pierre Poilievre attracted his rally. They are the largest campaign rally for Canadian politicians in over 50 years. Perhaps ironically, the only gathering was a large gathering held by Pierre Trudeau in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The biggest difference is that polls and rallies remain consistent during Trudeau’s campaign. He leads in two. Poilievre leads only the rally. Liberal leader Mark Carney leads up to nine points in the polls.

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My most trusted pollster, abacus data shows that the liberals and conservatives tied at 39%. However, as Abacus CEO David Coletto said last weekend: “due to the efficiency of free voting,” the tie means at least one Liberal minority government. (Free voting is more average in highly populated areas.)

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Do I believe vote-first polls? Not exactly. They tend to go beyond older voters, who like liberals, and young voters who like conservatives. But when almost all major polls show similar results, you can ignore specific numbers, but not trends.

I don’t think these polls are conspiracies to hide the truth about Poilievre’s support and manipulation of public opinion. lib is ahead, I’m just not sure how much. Are they leading enough to stop the momentum of the conservatives?

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Recall that most U.S. polls show Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump, but Trump (and his rally) wins the day.

Having said so much, there is another question poll (not polling to vote) that really worries me. Indeed, this angered me and despaired about the future of Alberta in Canada.

Earlier this month, Ipsos asked voters which party they trust most to develop the Canadian energy sector, create jobs and grow the economy.

This is a conservative problem. It’s been years. In addition to affordability for ordinary families, economic development was a punch or two by Pierre Poilievre and his political parties.

So, who can support our country from the economic ditches of liberals in the past decade, and this is the decade of lost liberals?

IPsos believes that more voters favor liberals. It’s like trusting a doctor to perform plastic surgery to correct your incompetence on your makeover. Or place the drunk driver behind Uber’s wheel.

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For nearly a decade, liberals have presided over the slowest economic growth of the world’s 38 developing countries. Over the past decade (before Donald Trump’s crazy trade war), the U.S. GDP per capita has grown nearly 23%, but Canada has hardly grown – up 1.4%.

The OECD estimates that if the policy remains unchanged, the growth rate of Canadian member states will be the slowest until 2045.

So, forgive my language, who is the stupid person thinking leaving the liberals will change the damn thing?

This is the liberal environmental policy that scares at least $300 billion in investments – which could make us stronger in the face of Trump’s attacks. It is the liberal “green” obsession that removes the pipeline that may have operated on the West Coast that does not violate Trump.

They were the ones who promised tax cuts during the 2015 campaign and then increased the household tax by $6,000 or more during their inauguration.

President Trump managed to collapse in just one week. It took the liberals nine years to take longer. However, this is almost the same.

Thankfully, Alberta and Saskatchewanese don’t share America’s love for incompetent liberals in IPSOS polls. But the Central and Eastern voters are willing to return to the same minister, MPs and staff who have caused this destruction, which is amazing (outrageous).

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