News Analysis
There have been several reports over the past week that some federal and provincial Conservative campaigners are urging the Poilievre Conservatives pivot to focus more on the Trump factor as the Liberals rise in polls.
But David Coletto, CEO of the polling company Abacus Data, says that this won’t help the Conservatives gain an edge over the Liberals, as the fleeing support from the NDP, which bolsters the Liberal vote, is a bigger factor. Instead, he suggests they should keep the focus on the “change” factor.
“The biggest factor in this federal election is the complete collapse of the NDP,” Coletto said on the X platform on March 29. “Fighting on the Trump field doesn’t solve that problem for the CPC [Conservative Party of Canada].”…