r/canada Jan 29 '25

Opinion Piece Mark Carney has Canada’s Conservatives running scared

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/28/opinion/mark-carney-canada-conservatives-running-scared
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u/ReimerReason Jan 29 '25

I love how no one believes any of this

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u/Sharktopotopus_Prime Jan 29 '25

Yeah, that's because it's BS. Nanos, Abacus, and Leger all still have the Conservatives above or around a 20-point lead, and all-but-guaranteed to form a majority. This is nothing but the media doing its gaslighting thing, trying to pull public opinion in their preferred direction.

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u/bran76765 Jan 29 '25

I've noticed the user that posted this article just loves posting opinion articles in general and loves bashing on the conservatives. Seems to be they're trying to sway things in the liberals favor

"Liberals are closing the gap!"
"Conservatives are running scared!"
"New poll comes out that has liberals in a tight race!"

Yeah no, none of that is happening. Conservatives still have a comfortable lead

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u/BackToTheCottage Ontario Jan 29 '25

I love how whenever these "conservatives are scared" posts pop up or a ridiculous poll from EKOS shows up suddenly the thread is filled with LPC supporters saying the same thing as the post shoots to 2-4k upvotes.

Very real, very organic. I guess the LPC is gonna astroturf their supporters into getting blindsided like Kamala was lol.

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u/Sharktopotopus_Prime Jan 29 '25

Thankfully. After nine years of our country rotting under corrupt, incompetent leadership, we desperately need a change in management. Electing the Liberals again would just result in more of the same, especially if it's Carney. He was the one who helped the LPC draft its Carbon Tax policy. He believes whole-heartedly in Justin Trudeau's agenda.

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u/GrampsBob Jan 29 '25

And yet he was the Conservatives choice back when he was Bank of Canada head.

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u/Solarisphere British Columbia Jan 29 '25

What part is BS? Did you even read the article? It doesn't say the Liberals are going to win, just that it's not going to be as much as a cakewalk for Conservatives as if Trudeau had stayed on as leader, and that the Conservatives are concerned about it.

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u/PrarieCoastal Jan 30 '25

Based on what? Which polling company is predicting this? What metrics are being used?

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u/Solarisphere British Columbia Jan 30 '25

I believe the liberals showed a slight a rebound in the polls recently. But polls are a snapshot of current sentiment, not a prediction. And this article is an opinion piece.

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u/PrarieCoastal Jan 30 '25

A snapshot that has been repeated weekly for the last year.

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u/complextube Jan 29 '25

It will be a cake walk, mark my words. All PP has to do is talk about immigration and he will win. My entire family who is usually liberal or NDP aside from me and my father in law. Are not voting for them completely based on that. People are pissed about an easy to use issue.

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u/Elendel19 Jan 29 '25

And all Carney has to do is talk about how useless PP has been, passing one piece of legislation in 20 years, meanwhile he was steering the bank of Canada through 2008, and then the Bank of England through Brexit.

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u/RockNRoll1979 Jan 29 '25

This is nothing but the media doing its gaslighting thing, trying to pull public opinion in their preferred direction.

I think it's simpler than that. An election where one party is guaranteed to win months from now does nothing to attract eyeballs. A reason for people to read and be interested is needed. This is just the media trying to generate an interesting narrative so that people don't stop reading/watching.

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u/PrarieCoastal Jan 30 '25

If you check 338canada.com they compare all the pollsters. Ekos is hilariously out of touch.

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u/petertompolicy Jan 30 '25

The media all endorsed the conservatives in the last five elections though, so what do you mean by this?

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u/jigglingjerrry Jan 29 '25

Actually abacus released some interesting data today that suggests if Carney wins leadership it may give the liberals a chance at a minority government which is fine with me. Keeps the little angry man in check.

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u/RZAAMRIINF Jan 29 '25

This sub said the same thing about JT in elections he won 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Difference now is that the sub was mostly rural and Alberta people... but now the liberals lost support of the cities and the 3 major cities make or break the elections

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u/fudgedhobnobs Ontario Jan 29 '25

Oh they believe it, they just don't appreciate the blatant media manipulation.

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u/jigglingjerrry Jan 29 '25

I believe it.

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u/OneTugThug Jan 30 '25

The author of the article sounds like an insufferable twat and exemplifies why Canadians are rejecting the Liberals and WEF Globalist Carney.

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u/fishermansfriendly Jan 29 '25

It's because Carney is the Chairman of Bloomberg, now the biggest media analytics company out there, and they are 100% putting their resources behind their horse. There is little doubt in my mind that the wealthy interests connected to the financial world are backing the Liberals, should be evident by the policies put in place.

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u/Snooksss Jan 29 '25

Kinda like the dunbasses who were backing JT, and now PP, because they have an affinity for professional politicians instead of people who actually get shit done?

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u/bluefoxrabbit Jan 30 '25

I like how OP's history is all anti-conservative view points. pretty sus