Things are happening in the election campaigns behind the headlines that may reveal a different version of what’s showing up in the polls. Stuart Thomson and Tasha Kheiriddin, the team behind Political Hack, Postmedia’s politics insider newsletter, join Brian Lilley to talk about some of the challenges inside Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s campaign, which Thomson travelled with last week. Lilley and Thomson discuss the fragility of a Liberal polling lead that relies on U.S.President Donald Trump’s seemingly softening tariff attack, while Thomson talks vulnerabilities in Carney’s campaigning abilities. And Kheiriddin and Lilley consider the supporters who might not be counted in surveys, and could be Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s secret weapon. (Recorded April 4, 2025.)

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