As the federal election enters into third week, Canadians are still preferring Liberal leader Mark Carney on key issues like the economy, tariff fight with the US while Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre is suffering from a number of factors including his refusal to get a security clearance as Canadians remain concerned about foreign interference. Also the Conservatives have lost nearly a half dozen candidates over the usual idiotic and extremist statements including one from Ontario who joked about bringing in the death penalty and hanging former PM Justin Trudeau with the new law, while another Hindu candidate also from Ontario was kicked out for liking posts that said Canada should ship out Khalistanis to India so the country’s dictator-in-chief would teach them a lesson. Conservatives should ask who’s in charge of candidate selection?

VANCOUVER – As federal election enters into third week, Canadians are still preferring Liberal leader Mark Carney on key issues like the economy, tariff fight with the US while Conservative chief Pierre Poilievre is suffering from a number of factors including his refusal to get a security clearance as Canadians remain concerned about foreign interference. 

Also the Conservatives have lost nearly a half dozen candidates over the usual idiotic and extremist statements including one from Ontario who joked about bringing in the death penalty and hanging former PM Justin Trudeau with the new law, while another Hindu candidate also from Ontario was kicked out for liking posts that said Canada should ship out Khalistanis to India so the country’s dictator-in-chief would teach them a lesson. Conservatives should ask who’s in charge of candidate selection? In a faceoff with Conservative Party leader Poilievre, Carney holds an advantage on each of the five top issues as chosen by Canadians. His advantage ranges from marginal –five points over Poilievre on the cost of living and inflation, ten points on handling the economy – to massive – 65 points on handling U.S. relations and 43 points on health care.

By R. Paul Dhillon – Editor DESIBUZZCanada

As the candidates are crisscrossing the country sharing their plans for housing affordability, dealing with President Donald Trump, economic growth, and other top issues, a new poll from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute shows that thus far in the campaign, the top issues favour Carney and the Liberals.

In a faceoff with Conservative Party leader Poilievre, Carney holds an advantage on each of the five top issues as chosen by Canadians. His advantage ranges from marginal –five points over Poilievre on the cost of living and inflation, ten points on handling the economy – to massive – 65 points on handling U.S. relations and 43 points on health care.

While concrete details trickle out, Canadians are divided about one core economic philosophy – cut or spend.

Half of the population say that the federal government should focus on improving social programs even if it means more deficit spending (51%) while half say the feds should seek to balance the budget, even if it means cuts to said programs (49%).

What is clear in this debate is that Canadians are less interested in cutting recently established programs under Justin Trudeau’s government (with support and pressure from the NDP). Seven-in-10 Canadians say they would keep both the pharmacare (69%) and dental-care (69%) programs implemented in 2024.

Link to the poll here: www.angusreid.org/