James Moore/CTV: It seems evident that Prime Minister Carney will have to decide: is the broad middle the best course of action for governing and for re-election, or must he enact a progressive pivot to keep those borrowed NDP votes from leaving?
You can’t successfully pretend to always be all things to all people. Choices must be made. In 2026, Prime Minister Carney will have to choose to either make a progressive pivot to the left and fight to hold the confidence of the borrowed NDP from 2025; or double down on his centrist shift away from Trudeau excess with his unique offering of being a ‘Carney Liberal’ in the broad centre, which could alienate those NDP votes that got him his first mandate…