Politics Insider for April 24: PCs win in P.E.I., Canada butting heads with G7 and Jagmeet Singh shares traumatic past
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The Progressive Conservatives, led by Dennis King, were projected to win a minority on Tuesday night, claiming 12 seats while the Greens won eight to become the official opposition, and the Liberals took six. A party needed 14 seats to cement a majority. Among the Liberal losses: current Premier Wade MacLauchlan, who failed to retain his own seat.
Prince Edward Island might have made more history on Tuesday night than they know. By electing a Green opposition, the province might have put the party on the register as a viable option for voters who have noticed their achievement, offering a proof-of-concept for other provinces and for the country, allowing the party to say to voters, borrowing from greats James Brown and Van Morrison, “If you’re tired of what you got, try me.” Voters might do just that. Canada vs.
For the first time since EKOS began its tracking in the 1990s, dyspepsia about the pace of immigration has coalesced with resentments about the rate of non-white newcomers to Canada. And that bloc of public opinion is consolidating for the first time behind a single political party—Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives.
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