Liberals are having some 'robust' conversations about the state of their party and its slump in popularity with voters but those talks cannot happen in public, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Monday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to the Sunday evening cabinet retreat dinner at the Halifax Convention Centre on Sunday Aug. 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly ClarkLiberals are having some "robust" conversations about the state of their party and its slump in popularity with voters but those talks cannot happen in public, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Monday.
Trudeau refused to even speculate Monday whether there are lessons for him in recent developments with the Democrats in the United States. President Joe Biden, who was intensely unpopular with most American voters, including many Democrats, stepped down in mid-July and his successor, vice-president Kamala Harris, has injected unexpected energy and momentum into the campaign.
"We believe that using that strong economy to support Canadians in responsible ways is the best way to build the future," he said. "That's what we're focused on. We're not focused on culture wars, on complaining that everything is broken, going off on strange tangents that, quite frankly, Canadians are scratching their heads about."
"After nine years, housing prices have doubled, drugs chaos, disorder in our streets, and after nine years life has just become unlivable in cities across this country. Today’s announcements are more of the same."Immigration Minister Marc Miller said it's not hard to come up with a catchphrase. "All of us here have tremendous confidence in the prime minister. We have confidence in him as the leader of our government, as the prime minister of Canada and we have confidence in him as our party's leader, as the guy who is going to lead us into the next election.”But they don't deny they have a problem.
There is still more reckoning to come. In two weeks the Liberals will gather for their pre-session caucus retreat, and Miller acknowledged discussions aren't going to be easy.
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