I'll pick up on the bit about Carney's talent pool: It is *bizarre* how little we've seen from the broader Liberal team. Carney was joined this morning by François-Phillippe Champagne, who is pretty well-liked in Quebec. And we didn't hear a word from the guy (apart from him glad-handing every journalist who walked in the Bombardier fact…
I'll pick up on the bit about Carney's talent pool: It is *bizarre* how little we've seen from the broader Liberal team. Carney was joined this morning by François-Phillippe Champagne, who is pretty well-liked in Quebec. And we didn't hear a word from the guy (apart from him glad-handing every journalist who walked in the Bombardier factory.)
Carney is putting a lot on his own shoulders by making his personal brand as crisis-manager central to his election bid. But, to your point, there are others who can speak to Quebec's uniqueness *and* our current threats. Odd that they're sidelined.
I guess what I would respond to that is that the more Carney can make this a battle between him and Poilievre (as opposed to Liberals vs Conservatives), the more it improves his party's chances of victory. So far that seems to be working, if the polls are anything to go by.
I agree with you about Champagne (and others like Joly), but Trudeau did much to hurt the Liberal brand and Carney himself is the "new and improved" version. If Carney starts bringing in too many members of the old guard, even in Quebec, maybe Poilievre exploits that (and the voters decide that it's just Tide after all, rather than an exciting new product). Thoughts?
I'll pick up on the bit about Carney's talent pool: It is *bizarre* how little we've seen from the broader Liberal team. Carney was joined this morning by François-Phillippe Champagne, who is pretty well-liked in Quebec. And we didn't hear a word from the guy (apart from him glad-handing every journalist who walked in the Bombardier factory.)
Carney is putting a lot on his own shoulders by making his personal brand as crisis-manager central to his election bid. But, to your point, there are others who can speak to Quebec's uniqueness *and* our current threats. Odd that they're sidelined.
I guess what I would respond to that is that the more Carney can make this a battle between him and Poilievre (as opposed to Liberals vs Conservatives), the more it improves his party's chances of victory. So far that seems to be working, if the polls are anything to go by.
I agree with you about Champagne (and others like Joly), but Trudeau did much to hurt the Liberal brand and Carney himself is the "new and improved" version. If Carney starts bringing in too many members of the old guard, even in Quebec, maybe Poilievre exploits that (and the voters decide that it's just Tide after all, rather than an exciting new product). Thoughts?