And what's with the defeatist attitude about Trudeau and the next election? Even if it's an uphill battle, at the very least the Conservative Party could reduce the Liberals to a minority which would pave the way for a victory in the next vote. But as it stands, there's the real chance the Trudeau Liberals would win 200+ seats with just 37% of the national vote. Jean Chretien would be proud.
I wouldn't call it defeatist. The Liberal lead has declined to about 4% from 8% in the 2015 election and 15-20% earlier in Trudeau's mandate. That's not A+ material, but it isn't disastrous, especially against a popular first term PM. In fact I'd say we'd be in the minority territory you mentioned if it weren't for the NDP and Bloc pooping the bed in Quebec... but then that's
not Scheer's fault is it.
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Eh, it kind of is. At least insofar as he has been utterly incapable of taking advantage of the NDP/Bloc implosions. A more charismatic or intellectually forceful leader might have been able to make some intervention to shift people's perceptions, or at least capture their attention and help him redefine his image.
As for Singh, I think he's done reasonably well. He hasn't stepped in it on any major issues and he's still a good spokesman for the NDP and his brand of politics. As far as I can gather, the prevailing attitude about him is a general sense of frustration about the political landscape rather than his deficiencies as a leader: it sucks that his not an MP, that the Liberals are still popular, and that the two NDP provincial governments aren't aligned on oil exploitation.
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