GOLDSTEIN: The Trudeau Liberals are freaking out

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The Trudeau government wants you to know it's crazy and won't take it anymore.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has “PO'd” Bell Media for its “garbage decision” to fire journalists, to use the term politely.

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Immigration Minister Mark Miller says it is “necessary” that people with relatives in Canada cannot leave war-torn Gaza.

Justice Minister Arif Virani, despite a bogus apology in the House of Commons, is a “soft tool” that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre Virani says does not support the Liberal government's efforts to fight organized crime.

It was just last week!

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According to polls, the liberals seem to be trying to ride the wave of public discontent, frustration and internal anger with them in some parts of the country and redirect it to other goals.

This is certainly appropriate for a Trump-like Prime Minister and Liberal government who constantly attack their political opponents with evil, racist, tyrannical, misogynistic, child-abusing and planet-killing intent.

But whether it works is another matter.

To be clear, given that Poillevre's relentless attack on Trudeau and company — a government that “broke” Canada and can't do anything right — has been so effective, there's no reason to hold pearls about Liberal tactics. months of surveys.

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Liberals have every right to fight fire with fire.

Normally, a government that has been in power for almost nine years doesn't sound like this, especially given that the Liberals regularly complain about the lack of civility in the House of Commons, which they blame on the Conservatives.

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Indeed, a skeptic might argue that they tried out offensive lines, albeit unconsciously, when they were in opposition.

Trudeau's bottom line is evidenced in an Abacus Data/Toronto Star poll released Saturday that showed the Conservatives leading the Liberals by 19 points — 43% to 24% — with 59% of respondents saying they disapprove of the Trudeau government's performance. to do

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Abacus Data CEO David Coletto told the Star that many Canadians simply tune out the prime minister and the government he represents, no matter what they say.

“They can't cut corners because most people don't listen to Trudeau, and that's until they start spending money on direct-to-voter advertising,” Coletto said.

This raises one potential saving grace for the Liberals – if the Liberal/NDP deal goes through, there won't be an election until 2025, and in the last two they've managed to identify a Conservative leader, first Andrew Scheer and then Erin Oh. 'Toole, before either could identify themselves.

Coupled with the fact that Trudeau was a strong campaigner with a multi-talented Liberal war room, the Liberals won three consecutive elections – though they were reduced to minority governments in 2019 and 2021, but failed to regain the majority they won in 2015. when they defeated the Harper Conservatives.

They started in third place in this election, so you can never say never when it comes to Trudeau and the Liberals.

The difference this time is that before the Liberals could identify with Polieuvere and many Canadians, Polieuvere could still identify with Trudeau — a large enough majority to form a government if an election were held today — and it's not what they see anymore.

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