Ideas – and plenty of 'em — from Liberal leadership hopeful Deborah Coyne

Deborah Coyne launched her campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada today with a barrage of ideas. You can go through them on her Web site. We only got to a couple of them today — mandatory voting,  reforming the way we elect MPs, and eliminating supply management —  when she joined me earlier today on the Daily Brief: Continue reading Ideas – and plenty of 'em — from Liberal leadership hopeful Deborah Coyne

Your Liberal leadership choices so far: Merner, Geschiere and Coyne (no, not that one)

Yesterday, our pollster, Abacus Data, reported that if Justin Trudeau was leading the Liberal Party of Canada, a whole pile of Canadians would be prepared to vote Liberal again.

Right now, according to Abacus, just 20 per cent would vote Liberal if an election were held to today compared to 35 per cent each for the NDP and Tories.

But after asking its survey panel that question, it floated a hypothetical: If Trudeau was leading the Liberals, who would you vote for? Answer: Conservatives: 33%, Liberals: 32%, NDP: 24%. Talk about your reversal of fortune! Continue reading Your Liberal leadership choices so far: Merner, Geschiere and Coyne (no, not that one)