The Hill Times: Janet Brown, CEO of Janet Brown Opinion Research, said it’s too early to predict what impact the burgeoning Alberta Now Party would have on future federal election results. She said the new party would most likely have an impact in rural areas, but the Conservatives win with such large margins that shaving off a small chunk would not make any difference.
As for the winners and losers in the Oct. 19 referendum, Brown said the winners are the “stay” side, and the losers are the “leave” side. She disagreed with the opinion that Carney is the winner in this exercise, arguing that his entry in the campaign did not make any significant difference in people’s opinion. In the lead-up to the referendum, Carney stayed mostly out of the picture, but did attend some rallies in the campaign’s last few days…