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Morris expects federal parties to shift campaign strategy following Liberal’s new chosen leader

The Federal Liberals have chosen Mark Carney as their new leader, which will have a ripple effect on other parties.

UNBC Senior Political Science Instructor, Jason Morris says there’s a lot of uncertainty in Canadian national politics, with parliament not returning until March 24th, and how the other parties will behave.

Morris expects a change with how the federal parties approach their campaigning.

“The Liberal party with the new leader that will want to put a stamp of his own onto it, but as well the opposition parties like the Conservatives, the NDP, the Bloc Quebecois, and Greens will have to adapt.”

“That’s good for Canada if it brings a competition for ideas.”

Morris adds the hope is that parties wouldn’t change so radically that they make themselves unrecognizable to how they have been historically for Canadians.

With the current U.S. disagreements, and with the new Prime Minister, he says the best call would be to have an election as soon as possible.

“A purpose of an election is also to legitimize our political system, and we don’t want to put it into disrepute by going through any parliamentary shenanigans to keep the Liberal party the government when Canadians are looking to pronounce their views.”

Morris says we should know in a few weeks with the various polls how things shake up now that things are a little more settled.

He notes a poll is just a snapshot in time, and is different than actually voting in an election.

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Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary Barrowcliff
Zachary is a news reporter for 94.3 the GOAT and Country 97fm in Prince George. His time as a news reporter began in Williams Lake, B.C., spending roughly two years with the Vista radio stations, then making the move up to PG in October, 2024.

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