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338 Sunday Update: From Honeymoon to Hard Reality

Parliament returns this week as Carney’s post-election glow fades and Poilievre struggles to grow beyond the CPC base. We break down the numbers.

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Philippe J. Fournier
Sep 14, 2025
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Happy Sunday, dear 338Canada readers,

Parliament returns this week in Ottawa, and so will Pierre Poilievre as Leader of the Official Opposition. The question looming over this fall: will Poilievre’s performance be enough to convince Conservative members to keep him at the helm? This could become one of the season’s defining political storylines.

We were spoiled with federal polling last week—Léger, Ipsos, Nanos, and the Angus Reid Institute—so let’s recap the numbers and set the stage for the fall sitting.

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