Mulcair comes out on Top

“As you know, the person I’m trying to defeat and replace is Stephen Harper. Tom Mulcair chose the wrong side”, he told an evening rally near Brampton, Ont. It is also problematic to see half of Liberal voters (52%) acknowledge that they may change their mind before election day, which suggests “strategic voting” could lead some voters to choose a different path before October. 19. On Tuesday, Trudeau took aim at one of the star nominees of the left-leaning New Democratic Party, Andrew Thomson, a former finance minister in the province of Saskatchewan who balanced the budget.

One of Stephen Harper’s supporters hit the headlines last week when he verbally abused a group of journalists questioning the prime minister’s knowledge about an ongoing expenses scandal that dates back to 2012.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau underlined his economic chops by appearing in Toronto with Paul Martin, the former prime minister and the finance minister who tamed the out-of-control federal deficit in the 1990s. “The level of animosity towards a possible victory by either the Liberal Party or the NDP is significantly smaller (36 per cent and 33 per cent respectively)”, according to Insight West. “Having these eminences grises in your advisory team really enhances credibility and responds to the claim he doesn’t have experience”. This differs from the previous poll, which found women were more likely to vote for that party.

Some of Trudeau’s own missteps haven’t helped the perception.

Harper said Monday the unstable global economy is the most important issue facing Canadians and urged them to stay with his party.

On Tuesday, Martin entered the partisan fray for a second time. “The central government’s role is not to be an idle observer of the passing scene, but to do something about it when there are problems”.

“Growing the economy is a team sport. We have been reminded over the past weeks that we have a prime minister and a government that serves itself when it ought to be serving Canadians”. To achieve this goal, the NDP will re-establish the Police Officer Recruitment Fund that was cancelled by Stephen Harper, with a $250 million investment over the next four fiscal-years, followed by permanent ongoing funding of $100 million annually. All he needs is one chair and a mirror. He said he could find savings by doing away with the Conservatives’ income-splitting plan while raising taxes on large corporations. He dismissed Mulcair’s economic vision as incoherent.

Not to be outdone, Thomson attacked Martin’s economic legacy, describing it in slash-and-burn terms. “In the longer term, the budget has to come into balance; I think there’s no doubt about that”.

While the NDP and Liberals continue to press for closed markets, our Conservative Government has tripled the number of free trade agreements that Canadian businesses can benefit from internationally.