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CHARBONNEAU – Anger, distrust are fueling anti-incumbent mood

CITY-DWELLING CANADIANS have typically voted for progressive parties in the past. But that’s about to change in 2025. Pollster Greg Lyle, president of Innovative Research Group, finds that some have shifted from identifying climate change or homelessness as a top priority. Instead, they are focused on the cost of living, increased stress about housing prices, food prices, gas prices and public safety. Voters have grown impatient with Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. “People are not willing to support policies they’d supported four or five years ago. And Mr. Trudeau is still thinking it is four or five years ago,” said Lyle. However, what voters are voting for is new. It’s not conservative. It’s part of a new wave that is sweeping the globe. I call it New Populism. Vancouver resident David Fine is typical of the new mindset. He has voted for the Liberal Party in every federal election of his entire adult life. But he’ll take a break from that pattern in next year’s election. “This time, I don’t think I can do that,” he says. Ironically, he’s considering a vote for a party he doesn’t particularly like. Fine doesn’t like the Conservative Party policies and he’s appalled by the [...]

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CHARBONNEAU – Anger, distrust are fueling anti-incumbent mood

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