John Ivison/National Post: But it turns out, he was right. A Liaison Strategies poll released on Monday had NDP support at 15 per cent, with the party leading among 18–34 year olds. To put that in context, the NDP won the support of 1.2-million voters in the 2025 election. If a vote were held tomorrow, with a similar turnout, at this level of polling, the party would win nearly three million votes.
…But it goes without saying that voters are being sold a pig in a poke. Rent controls would make the housing shortage worse; grocery stores that are already working on net profit margins of three or four per cent would cut back on choice; wealth taxes would deter investment and innovation, while driving up avoidance…