A month ago, the Liberal Party’s management team, faced with declining support numbers, got together for three days to plot strategy for the remaining months before the federal election. Since the extended session, news has gotten no better. The Liberals continue to droop in the polls. Since last fall, they’ve gone from about 36 per cent to about 29 per cent. That’s a loss of about 20 per cent of their support. In an election year that is ominous.
In the Greater Toronto Area, where the election may well be decided, a top strategist told me that the biggest drag on their numbers is not their own doing. It’s the Ontario Liberal government’s early age sexual education policy. “I’m not kidding. It’s hurting the brand badly in certain ethnic communities, especially in the west 905.”
There are, of course, many more problems than that...
