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Originally Posted by acottawa
What would Carney run on? Trudeau’s record?
He could conceivably throw Trudeau and Singh under the bus and propose a completely new, centrist agenda, but that is a really awkward position to fight an election on, particularly with no room to manoeuvre.
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The biggest problem the Liberals has it they are running out of time to do such a change.
With some credibility I think he can come in with a completely new agenda. Ideal case, would be to table a centrist budget that the NDP would be unwilling to support. Perhaps focused on innovation and containing the cost of social services with a pathway to being balanced. The NDP and Conservatives vote against it and we are off to an election. The Liberals take their traditional place in the centre of the spectrum.
The Liberals go in to the election saying, look we had a minority, the people clearly wanted to see the parties collaborate and compromise that is what we did. If you want a more balanced government, it is time to give us a majority.
All that said, I think the best the Liberals will end up with is a minority Conservatives government that is going to be unstable. PP does not have the personality to make that work. It would fall quickly and the Liberals will be back in. Worse outcome is the Conservatives have a majority, however that looks to be where we are going. Hopefully they are some moderate elements within the conservative party the constrain the more right wing elements.