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Liberal-NDP split should not mean early Canada poll

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CANADA

The NDP has long pushed for a national pharmacare programme, and a lack of action would provide an excuse for Singh to end the 2022 pact with the Liberals that has helped keep the…

Canada's Conservatives push policies as Liberals trail

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CANADA

As Trudeau’s approval ratings continue to decline, a Conservative victory at the next election on a scale capable of producing a majority government looks increasingly possible…

Canada's right will struggle to erode Liberal support

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CANADA

The by-election outcome is better for the Liberals than the Conservatives, who have yet to see a surge in support following efforts by leader Pierre Poilievre to move the party to…

Canada sees Liberal ties with the NDP under strain

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CANADA

The confidence and supply agreement reached between the two parties in March, when the NDP was very much the junior party, has appeared less secure recently as the NDP presses the…

Canada opposition parties gain ground as Liberals slip

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CANADA

Trudeau’s gamble in calling a federal election on his pandemic record two years earlier than necessary has raised the possibility of a change of government, as the Conservatives…

Australia's Liberals are not testing the government

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AUSTRALIA

Labor was concerned about losing Dunkley ahead of next year’s general election. However, although the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, the main opposition grouping, managed to…

Australia's Liberals see party crisis deepen

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AUSTRALIA

The result leaves the party with only two federal parliamentary seats in Australia’s second-biggest city. It followed heavy losses in state elections in New South Wales and…

Gridlock is likely as Australian minor parties rise

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AUSTRALIA

Surveys show Australians are increasingly disenchanted with their major political parties. Despite some policy successes, the governing Liberal Party continues to trail well…

Trudeau gambles by calling election two years early

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CANADA

Trudeau believes he can win back the parliamentary majority lost in 2019 by campaigning on his government’s response to the pandemic and its plans to combat climate change. The…

Canada faces federal-provincial gridlock on policy

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CANADA

Canadian provincial and federal politicial dynamics.