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To be fair to him the opinion polling does suggest that 54% of those polled were not in favor of the truckers: https://globalnews.ca/news/8610727/ipsos-poll-trucker-convoy...

But yes, tiresome to see people trying to claim that they know the mind of the people.

We`ll see next elections: I bet Conservatives will do well and the Liberals will decline and the NDP will be wiped out. Jagmeet Singh has managed to extract the worst possible position from this.

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It's very difficult to know which way things will turn. The most likely leader of the CPC supported the protests directly, and I think we will see that hurt them somewhat. The interim leader is a definite liability.

Trudeau is not making friends, but given a lack of strong leadership from any other party, you may not see them able to pull any more support out. The only poll that matters is the election and it's probably fair to say we don't know what will happen.

The protests may be a distant memory by then. And if one of the parties gets a handle on housing prices, that could swing things.

Jean Charest is being floated as a contender, I don't know what organization he has, but it might be popular in QC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jean-charest-conservative-l...

I see a lot of dislike from his past, but I would love to see an older-school politician back in the fray. The CPC needs a strong figure to rebuild.

Charest is a former Huawei employee and a lobbyist for them

Jean Charest is not exactly loved in quebec. The end of his provincial premiership was pretty rough and his name is a bit synonymous with "corrupt slimey politician". But I'd bet Québec would still vote for him just because he's from "our team" and he's a very familiar figure

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