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Jamie Sarkonak: How Conservatives can better target Mark Carney
Spending energy on losing battles is not exactly strategic
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Not all battles should be fought, and in recent weeks, the federal Conservatives haven’t always been strategic in those they take on. During the Trudeau years, Leader Pierre Poilievre truly revolutionized how Conservatives do comms. The party could benefit more from Poilievre’s talents if it understood Prime Minister Mark Carney is a less easy target.
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This would include, for example, keeping their powder dry over the Liberal conquest of House of Commons committees. It’s one thing to point out the fact that the Liberals are seizing control of committees by adding enough new Liberal seats to each to torpedo any Parliamentary investigation, something that they can now do as a majority government. And yes, that majority government was obtained in a less-than-honourable fashion, by luring opposing MPs to cross the floor. It’s entirely sensible for the Conservatives to talk about it, even though it’s within the rules of our democracy.
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But it’s another thing to go a step further and imply that what the Liberals are doing is illegitimate. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer seemed to do that last........