thettctransitfanatic
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Yep. The pivot is too little, and way too late to help.
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thettctransitfanatic
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Federal Tracker: Liberals Down 2; Lead by 10
March 2, 2026 (Toronto, ON) – A new national survey released today by Liaison Strategies shows the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, holding a double-digit lead. If a federal election were held today, the Liberals would secure 43% (-2) of the decided and leaning vote...
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March 2, 2026 (Toronto, ON) – A new national survey released today by Liaison Strategies shows the Liberal Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, holding a double-digit lead. If a federal election were held today, the Liberals would secure 43% (-2) of the decided and leaning vote, maintaining a significant 10-point advantage over the Conservative Party, which stands at 33% (no change).
The Weekly Federal Tracker shows the New Democratic Party (NDP) holding 9% support, followed by the Bloc Québécois at 6%. The Green Party sits at 3%, while the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) and other parties account for the remaining 4%.
Liaison surveyed a random sample of 1,000 Canadians from February 16 to February 28, 2026, using Interactive Voice Recording (IVR) technology.
Liaison Strategies is one of the most accurate polling firms in Canada. It ranked #1 in accuracy in the 2025 Ontario election and #2 nationally in the 2025 federal election. Liaison is a member of the Canadian Research Insights Council (CRIC).
David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies, said:
"The latest data highlights a clear regional divide across the country. While the Liberals maintain a commanding lead in Atlantic Canada at 53%, Ontario at 47%, and Quebec at 40%, the Conservatives continue to hold significant ground in the West. In Alberta and the Manitoba/Saskatchewan region, the Conservatives are the strongest contenders, currently holding 48% and 47% of the support respectively. This regional variation underscores the distinct political landscapes across Canada as parties look toward the next election."
"That being said... the race has tightened significantly in Alberta. While the Conservatives lead, they are only ahead by 10 points. This is not the first time we have seen tightening in Alberta but it remains to be seen if this will be a new long term trend or a minor statistical blip."
"Demographically, the Liberal Party shows a substantial advantage among female voters, where they hold a 17-point lead, 48% compared to the Conservatives' 31%. Age also plays a critical role in these findings; Liberal support is highest among those aged 50–64, reaching 50%. However, the competition is significantly more intense among younger voters. In the 18–34 age demographic, the race is a virtual dead heat, with the Conservatives leading the Liberals by just three percentage points, 40% to 37%."
"Leadership remains a defining factor in the current tracker, with Prime Minister Mark Carney maintaining a robust 61% (-2) national approval rating. Conversely, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre continues to face high unfavourable numbers, with 55% (+1) of Canadians viewing him unfavourably compared to 35% who hold a favourable view."
"We have gone from a 12 point lead for the Liberals to a 10 point lead, and while it is tempting to say that things are getting better for the Tories, the Liberals are mostly down due to rounding (previously they got rounded up, now they are rounded down). The Conservatives have clocked their second week at 33% showing no movement."
"Given two weeks of tighter than expected regional numbers we will keep our eye on Alberta, though, for now, there is no spring election in sight."
zang
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Seriously? Have you ever even looked at who "HonestReporting" is? As if the name itself shouldn't set off alarm bells...
It's not a news organization; it's an advocacy group.
narduch
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Honest Reporting is a misnomer
T3G
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Full Metal Junkie
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I suppose you prefer the types of genocides where 30K+ people are gunned down in the street, but the buildings remain intact? Like Iran did to their own people less than two months ago? Good on ya, you have a taste in genocides.
I, for one, don't like any genocides and would like to see people responsible for them burn in hell. And that includes Netanyahu. But if he and Trump take out the Maduros, Khameneis, and Putins of this world before they themselves are served justice, I won't be the one complaining.
I suppose you prefer the types of genocides where 30K+ people are gunned down in the street, but the buildings remain intact? Like Iran did to their own people less than two months ago? Good on ya, you have a taste in genocides.
I, for one, don't like any genocides and would like to see people responsible for them burn in hell. And that includes Netanyahu. But if he and Trump take out the Maduros, Khameneis, and Putins of this world before they themselves are served justice, I won't be the one complaining.
T3G
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Can you please quote the post of mine where I suggested that I feel differently?
thettctransitfanatic
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Carney signs deals worth billions in diplomatic breakthrough with India's Modi
Prime Minister's Office says Carney raised transnational repression with Modi
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Indian counterpart announced Monday what they're a calling a "new partnership," a series of multimillion-dollar deals and a commitment to sign a free trade agreement by year's end as the two look to turn the page on years of frosty bilateral relations marked by allegations of Indian foreign interference.In a statement to reporters after a one-on-one meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the colonial-era Hyderabad House in Delhi's diplomatic core, Carney said Canada is going all-in on diversifying trade. The two countries have set a goal to more than double two-way trade to some $70 billion a year by 2030, he said, as Canada continues a push to reduce its dependence on the U.S.
Carney framed this new course as not just a return to how things were but rather an ambitious revisioning of what the two Commonwealth countries can do together in an uncertain era marked by instability. At the centre of this more robust relationship will be a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement — a free trade deal — that Carney said the two sides hope to sign by December, which will offer Canada exports relief from Indian tariffs that are quite high on some goods.
"This is not merely the renewal of a relationship. It is the expansion of a valued partnership with new ambition, focus, and foresight — a partnership between two confident countries charting our course for the future," Carney said alongside Modi as the two delivered statements.
Modi, who is notoriously media shy, and has taken part in only a handful of press conferences — none of them solo — over the last 15 years or so, did not take questions about what amounts to a huge foreign policy shift for both countries.
Reading prepared remarks, Modi was effusive in his praise of Carney, noting his leadership at two central banks and saying the only reason the two countries are on a better footing is because of his leadership.
"I credit my friend Prime Minister Carney for the growing momentum in every area of cooperation," Modi said in Hindi. "This vision inspires us to move forward in every field. Unlocking the full potential of economic cooperation is our priority."
Some Indian diplomats were dramatically expelled from Canada after former prime minister Justin Trudeau accused Indian agents of involvement in the murder of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was a supporter of an independent Khalistan state. The RCMP subsequently alleged India was behind incidents of extortion and violence on Canadian soil.
But, with Carney at the helm, the relationship has become friendlier with much more diplomatic dialogue — with even more to come after the prime minister invited Modi to visit Canada sometime soon.
'Beginning of a prosperous, new relationship'
According to the Prime Minister's Office, there has been more engagement between the Canadian and Indian governments this year than there has been in any year of the past two decades.That paved the way for what Carney and Modi signed today: five memorandums of understanding expanding Canada-India partnership across energy and critical minerals, technology and AI, talent, culture and defence worth $5.5 billion in total.
Perhaps the most significant is a $2.6 billion deal between the Government of India and Saskatoon-based Cameco to supply nearly 22 million pounds of uranium for nuclear energy generation from 2027 to 2035. That's a big boon for Saskatchewan, which sits on one of the world's largest reserves of high-grade uranium.
The other deals, some of which were previously announced by the companies involved, are smaller in scale.
Mumbai-based OCT Therapies & Research will manufacture more medicines in New Brunswick.
HCL Technologies, a major Indian IT firm, will open new AI centres in Calgary and Mississauga, Ont., and expand an existing one in Vancouver — increasing employment from about 3,000 to 5,250.
Jubilant Pharmanova, an Indian pharmaceuticals firm, will spend $155 million to triple production at a sterile injectables plant in Kirkland, Que.
B.C.-based coal producer, Elk Valley Resources, will sell 1.2 million tonnes of coal to India worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Saskatchewan separately announced that it has created a "joint pulse protein centre of excellence" with India. These farm products have been at the centre of past disputes because India slapped huge tariffs on Canadian peas and lentils. The press release announcing this new centre mentioned nothing about possible tariff relief for these agri-food imports.
There's also Canadian investment in India: McCain Foods will spend $135 million to expand its potato-processing plant in Gujarat, among other deals.
"These agreements are the beginning of a prosperous, new relationship that will offer generational opportunities to workers and businesses in both of our nations," Carney said.
And as questions continue to swirl around India's alleged involvement in harassing Canadian Sikhs, the PMO said both Carney and Modi have "agreed to advance bilateral co-operation on security and law enforcement." Those efforts will focus on curbing the flow of illegal drugs, notably fentanyl precursors, and cracking down on transnational organized crime networks.
"Prime Minister Carney also underscored that Canada will continue to take measures to combat transnational repression," according to a backgrounder on the Modi meeting shared with reporters.
'We need to engage'
A government official told reporters before the trip that Ottawa believes Indian foreign interference activity has stopped.Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand addressed the interference. Amid outrage from some in the Sikh community that the government would say interference in Canada is over, Anand distanced herself from those comments.
"The words of the senior official are not words that I personally would use," Anand said.
And yet she defended bolstering relations with a country accused of this activity. "We need to engage, we need to have these diplomatic conversations in order to make progress," she said.
UtakataNoAnnex
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I'm complaining and I did vote for Carney.
Full Metal Junkie
Senior Member
Apologies, I just assumed by the whataboutist "but what about Gaza?" tweet you reposted.
Did you know that not only Israel is deeply concerned about Iran breaking the international law, but also Putin (as he is bombing Ukrainian civilians) is deeply concerned that the US might have broken the international law by attacking Iran?
There's enough hypocrisy in geopolitics for everyone's taste.
T3G
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No, I don't have an iota of understanding for Iran either, I think they're all sickening hypocrites. The entire world order is based on "atrocities are bad if they're done by our ideological enemies, but they're fine if it's our people that do them". I just hate to see any kind of argument about democracy being trotted out, since what we're seeing here, on all sides, is less concern for democracy and more a bunch of wild animals fighting it out and seeing who can cause the most destruction.
Full Metal Junkie
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If the people of Iran want democracy, they will have to fight for it themselves. No one in history has achieved democracy by bombs alone. But at least the people of Iran are being given a chance to fight for something better than the murderous oppressive theocratic dictatorship they lived in for the past 40-odd years. Up to them what they do with that chance.
Sadly, I think the US will be contempt with turning Iran into Libya 2.0. A failed state in a perpetual civil war will suit them just fine - another pro-Chinese chess piece taken off the board.
But having spoken to a few Iranian immigrants, I have hopes that the Iranian people will prevail in this.
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kEiThZ
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I'm a little skeptical of diaspora bias. Especially from those who fled the regime.
Full Metal Junkie
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Yeah, I'm aware of the bias. That's why I said I have hopes. I hope they are right and there is a chance enough Iranians rise up, however small that chance is.
picard102
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It's not up to them. It never was. It's always been up to the US.