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“If that had been front-ended, been part of the implementation package, that would have gone over well,” said Tom Urbaniak, a political science professor at Cape Breton University.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Ottawa on Jan. 30, 2023. - FileThe sample sizes of the polls for Atlantic Canada are relatively small, meaning there is a sizeable margin of error, and Urbaniak cautions that strong candidates play an outsized role in Atlantic Canada – voters here tend to support a local incumbent seen as working hard for the riding rather vote with their feelings for the national leadership.
“Meanwhile the federal government seems focused on other issues like the environment, reconciliation with First Nations people and so forth. Issues like the environment and reconciliation are important but if you can’t pay for groceries and the bills at home, well, that’s what people are focused on.”
With the Conservatives polling nationwide in solid majority government territory, the knives are coming out. The carved-out carbon tax exemption for Atlantic Canadian heating fuel came after Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Ken McDonald broke ranks in October by voting for a non-binding Conservative motion to repeal the tax.
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